Employment Law

Key employment law services

Our team of employment lawyers can advise you on all employment law related issues including:

• employment contracts, director service agreements and consultancy agreements;
• policies and staff handbooks;
• performance management;
• disciplinary issues and dismissals;
• absence management and ill-health capability issues;
• handling grievances;
• advice on family friendly rights;
• discrimination advice;
• redundancies and restructuring;
• employment issues related to mergers, acquisitions and disposals;
• TUPE regulations;
• protected conversations and settlement agreements, including director exits and shareholder issues;
• whistleblowing;
• managing mental ill health in the workplace;
• employee GDPR (data protection) advice and documentation;
• employment status issues including IR35;
• post-termination restrictive covenants and breach of confidentiality issues, including injunction proceedings in the High Court; and
• Employment Tribunal claims, including advocacy and representation at hearings.

Flexible fees

We understand that employers can perceive the cost of instructing a solicitor to be daunting, particularly if faced with the cost of defending an Employment Tribunal claim. To assist our clients, we have developed flexible fee arrangements to give our clients access to instant legal advice whilst offering financial peace of mind regarding their legal spend. We can provide:

• retainer arrangements with or without insurance backing;
• capped fee Tribunal representation; and
• fixed fees for drafting and reviewing documents.

Employment law work examples in 2020:

•  Advising on the furlough scheme and the changing rules relating to this scheme.
•  Advising on numerous redundancy situations including collective redundancies.
•  Advising employees in mass-settlement agreement exercises.
• Representing clients in respect of a number of substantial Employment Tribunal cases, including:
  • TUPE claim for an employer where 15 employees brought an action concerning the application of the TUPE Regulations;
  •  Whistleblowing claims in the Employment Tribunal for employers and employees; and
  • Discrimination claims;
• Obtaining injunctions and undertakings in restrictive covenant and confidentiality cases.
•  Advising on director exits where the issues involved are often complex and high value, involving both employment and shareholder issues.
• Representing a client on a national minimum wage case before the Court of Appeal.
• Advising on insolvency situations for employers.