With the rise of the service oriented industries in the last couple of decades, more and more people join a workforce which doesn’t have any trade union to support them. For these set of workers which are not covered under any labor union, life will get extremely difficult if they are removed from their services without any notice. The worker will find it difficult to look for guidance as they don’t have a formal union supporting them.
In these circumstances the only option that is left for them is to take the help of employment barristers. Employment barristers have the required experience in handling and interpreting the employment laws. In case the employer has not respected the initial contract, the employee has all the rights to seek the services of an employment barrister. But if the employee has not read the contract initially at the time of joining and approach the barrister for legal help, then they will struggle.
The employment barrister will go through the complete contract in detail and inform the employee regarding the nature of the contract that the employee has signed. For these initial services, most employment barristers will not charge and even if they do charge it will be a small amount. This is to ensure that the employee who has already lost the job doesn’t suffer further.
The employees need to carefully go through the contract before signing it at the time of joining an employment. There are actually not many ways in which an affected employee can employ an employment barrister. In the UK, the employee cannot usually approach the barrister directly. They have to approach a solicitor who in turn will contact the barrister or take the services of an employment barrister.
This process is followed in some European countries such as the UK. In some countries the employees can directly approach the barrister, such as in U.S.A. Hence if the employee is in the UK, then he/she has to go through a solicitor. The solicitor will in turn appoint an employment barrister.
The solicitors and the barristers will work closely with each other and try to bring relief to the employees, if their rights have been taken away by the employers. Employment barristers have years and years of experience of handling employment laws in the UK and hence can easily guide the employee during this tough period. They will be able to quickly find out whether employee rights have been denied.