Expert HR Advice and Employment Law for Employers – including disciplinary, grievances, sickness absence, employment tribunals, discrimination, flexible working

As an employer, your business is important to you, and because it is important to you, it is important to us. Needless to say, specialist and clear legal advice is necessary to not only help protect your business, but also your employees, reputation and finances. That is where we come in.

We regularly advise employers either in relation to a specific, isolated issue or on an on-going basis through which we develop a greater understanding of your business needs and priorities. We act for a wide range of organisations including charities, educational institutions, GP practices, sole-traders, SMEs, partnerships, and large corporates.

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Oliver Kew on 0118 955 9612

Disputes can be create large costs and can take up a lot of management time as well as damage company morale and reputation. It is important to consider prevention being better than cure as an ethic in our work and we pride ourselves on ensuring that our clients rarely have to appear in the Employment Tribunal.

Nonetheless, there may be times when you may face vexatious litigation. If this is the case, we will defend your position; constantly advising you of the merits of your claim at each stage.

We are experienced in defending employers in the Tribunals and have the ability to personally represent them at hearings. Furthermore, we regularly advise on mediating and resolving employment disputes through negotiation, confidential conversations and settlement agreements.

Our key areas of advice include:

• Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures
• Unfair Dismissal and Wrongful Dismissal
• Redundancy Consultation and Procedures
• Business Mergers and Sales (“TUPE”)
• Changing Terms and Conditions
• Long term sickness absence, Ill-Health Dismissals
• Whistleblowing/Protected Disclosures
• Harassment and victimisation
• Without prejudice/Confidential Discussions
• Parental Rights (maternity leave, adoption leave, parental leave, rights relating to surrogacy)
• Flexible Working
• Restrictive Covenants (protecting your business)
• Worker status – the differences between “employees” and “workers”
• Volunteers
• Discrimination Claims including Disability, Sex, Race, Age, Pregnancy, Sexuality, Religion and Belief

We want to work with you to prevent future claims by providing practical advice and properly drafted:

• Contracts of Employment
• Directors Service Agreements
• Non-Executive Agreements
• Consultancy Agreements (for self-employed individuals)
• Settlement Agreements (formerly known as Compromise Agreements)
• Notices of Termination of Employment
• Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures
• Staff Handbook and general business policies
• Correspondence to employees

We can also provide bespoke training at your place of work on most aspects of employment law. The training is fully interactive and audience appropriate.

For further information, please see our HR and Employment Law Training page or contact Oliver Kew on 0118 955 9612.