As an employee, you will have legal rights governing your employment which may provide you with legal protection when things go wrong.

If you have been employed by the same employer for over a year, it is likely that you will have unfair dismissal protection giving you the potential to raise an unfair dismissal claim against your employer in an Employment Tribunal.

However, depending on your circumstances, you may have unfair dismissal protection even if you have worked for your employer for less than 12 months.

Perhaps you have been the victim of discrimination in the workplace or you have a disability and this has affected the way you have been treated.

You may feel that you have been treated less favourably because of your race, sex or age.

You may even be owed money by your employer.

Whatever your circumstances or employment problem, you can be assured that you will receive sympathetic advice from one of our specialist employment lawyers. We have experience in acting for employees at all levels on a wide variety of employment issues.

Our expertise includes the following areas:

• advice on raising an internal grievance
• advice on disciplinary matters
• unfair dismissal claims
• wrongful dismissal claims
• constructive dismissal claims
• breach of contract and unlawful deduction from wages claims
• redundancy claims
• equal pay claims
• age, sex, race and disability discrimination claims
• claims arising from the transfer of a business
• compromise agreements 

The Porter Dodson Employment Team are happy to assist you in all aspects of your claim; from initial advice to the drafting of an application to the Employment Tribunal through to the conclusion of a Tribunal Hearing.

Please contact Adrian Poole or Laura Staples for further information.