I am pleased to welcome you all to the third edition of the Employment Law Guide.

At the time of the last publication in 2019 it was envisaged that this would be an evolving publication and that the Guide would be regularly updated and republished over time in order to allow colleagues the opportunity to keep up-to-date with more recent developments.

The world is a very different place now to the one envisaged in 2019 and we have all had to adapt to new ways of working. Although the Guide itself was not republished in 2020, we were able to circulate information directly to colleagues in 2020 on employment policies and practices related to the coronavirus pandemic and this proved very timely.

There has never been a better time for close co-operation with colleagues across all jurisdictions and we are very pleased that, despite the many demands of the last 12 – 18 months, we have again been able to gather so many high quality submissions from colleagues.

We are delighted to be able to deliver an up-to-date Guide for 2021 to you and extend our sincere thanks to all the contributors who made this possible.