Employers' liability

Full, expert service in defending employers' liability claims, particularly workplace, public sector and healthcare.

Employers in all sectors, and their insurers, regularly receive claims for damages as a result of alleged employer negligence. Many such claims can be successfully defended with the right experience, knowledge of the law and understanding of the complexities of the insurance business.

Weightmans' Employers' Liability team is second to none in providing defendant litigation services in this specialist area. We operate on a national basis from five offices, with dedicated workplace, public and healthcare divisions. Within these, we have separate teams covering retail, leisure, construction, security, and food and drink manufacturing.

In serving clients, our aim is simple – to understand your business and to work closely with you and your insurers in order to achieve your objectives as cost-effectively and time-efficiently as possible.

Our services are underscored by value for money. Not only will our advice help you save costs and improve administrative efficiency, but our support services will also provide significant ancillary benefits for you and your staff. We work closely with our other departments so that, when necessary, you receive the best advice in associated areas such as employment and health and safety.

As part of our holistic service, we help you to avoid problems and minimise claims by providing on-site surgeries and delivering in-house training and workshops. We also provide regular legal updates and newsletters to make sure you stay fully aware and informed of current risks and developments.

"Weightmans constantly provides an informed and effective professional service"
Health and Safety Manager, KP Foods

Noel Walsh

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0116 242 8921
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Employment - April 2008
This month’s edition includes articles on: part-time workers, sexual orientation discrimination, serial grievances, deducting wages for strike action and legislation pipeline.
Employment - March 2008
This month’s edition includes articles on immigration, forthcoming legislation, equal pay and age discrimination.
Employment - February 2008
This month’s edition includes articles on: alcohol-related dismissals; the employer’s implied duty to consider ill health retirement benefits; the level of protective awards for failure to consult on collective redundancies;the test for disability in relation to recurring conditions and retirement dismissals.
Employment - January 2008
This month’s edition includes articles on: TUPE; Illegal Working and Unfair dismissal; National Minimum Wage and Age discrimination; a Case Law round up (with cases on redundancy procedures; night shift work and equal pay; casual workers; derogatory statements and on the modified statutory dismissal procedure).
Employment - December 2007
This month’s edition includes articles on: Disability reasonable adjustments; redundancy collective consultation; forthcoming legislation and Weightmans' Disability Forum and Training
Employment - November 2007
This month’s edition includes articles on: race discrimination; compulsory retirement; the statutory dispute resolution procedures and Weightmans’ employment law training programme for 2008
Employment - October 2007
This month’s edition includes articles on: The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006; The statutory dispute resolution procedures; Recruitment issues; CV fibbing and Weightmans’ Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
Employment - September 2007
This month’s edition includes articles on: Age discrimination – recent cases; employment law issues arising from social networking; extending probationary periods and forthcoming legislation, including the Racial & Religious Hatred Act 2006 and the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Employment - August 2007
This month’s edition includes articles on: the extension of ACAS’s conciliation services to certain types of EAT case; an important decision of the EAT in an equal pay case dealing with an earlier finding of discrimination against a Union arising out of its behaviour towards a group of female members when representing them; clarification from the Court of Appeal about the ability of an employer to fairly dismiss an employee for long-term sick absence – even where the employer caused that absence; and finally, a summary of the forthcoming changes to statutory annual leave entitlement.
Employment - July 2007
This edition includes articles on a significant challenge under the October 2006 Age Discrimination Legislation, an update regarding the implementation of increased statutory annual leave, the latest consultation on the Government’s proposals for a single equality bill, and a review of the ongoing problem of violence against front-line staff.
Disease - July 07
This edition deals with deafness test cases; medical expert performance; the DCA consultation papers; our regular asbestos update; limitation and support for the objective test; legislation surrounding legionella in the workplace; success fees and what the future could hold for an increase in compensation claims.
Employment - June 2007
This edition includes articles on the use of CCTV in the workplace, the quasi-judicial status of decisions made by Police Disciplinary Boards, and a briefing on the DTI’s Consultation on statutory parental leave.
Retail - June 07
Articles covering law updates including: Smoking in the workplace; Work Equipment Regulations; and Disability Discrimination issues within the retail sector.