Employment Law - Legal Advice

Aim:

We offer legal advice on employment law prioritising discrimination and harassment at work and unfair dismissal for low paid, non-unionised workers. You must be living and working in the greater London area without access to other specialist services . Our service is free and confidential.

How to get legal advice:

Initially please telephone 020 7839 2998 and speak to an adviser to get telephone advice. Lines are open during office hours between 10am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday. If you are a member of a Union we will ask you to contact them for assistance.

We have very limited resources (currently one adviser), and the demand for our service is high. When resources and capacity permit, we will offer advice and representation at Employment Tribunals. Priority will be given to discrimination cases and those who are on low income or in low paid jobs, and have a case with good merits.

History:

The Law Centre's Employment Unit has specialised for twenty five years in cases of discrimination at work. This includes race, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation and religious discrimination. The unit also conducts unfair dismissal cases and advises on in-work problems among its traditional client group of low paid, non-unionised retail, hotel and catering workers, with a view to making inroads into maximising employment rights.

Our services include:

• Advice, assistance and casework
• Training and support to generalist agencies
• Writing and producing articles, updates on legal matters, books and guides

The Employment unit also provided second tier advice and assistance and takes referrals as appropriate from CABx and other advice agencies on all aspects of employment law but having regard for the stated priorities of work.

Publications and Contacts

The Employment Unit has produced a number of well respected publications. Please see our section on Publications where many of the publications can be downloaded in PDF format.

See our list of useful employment contacts >>

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