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Employment

Our employment lawyers offer tailored legal advice and services. We regularly act for large corporations across the UK, which, when working for an individual, gives us valuable experience in tackling the matter from the other side of the fence.

Whilst we can quickly respond with specialist advice if something goes wrong, we are often consulted at all stages of the employment relationship. We offer professional advice on proposed employment contracts, emphasising post-termination restrictions and confidentiality obligations. We advise on suitable clauses in directors’ service agreements that best protect the individual. We provide guidance on family-friendly employment rights, including requests for flexible working hours and rights afforded to employees on maternity leave.

If the employment relationship becomes difficult, we provide adept advice on all areas, including disciplinary issues and grievances, redundancies and transfers, terminations and exit strategies. We aim to provide advice and guidance on a sensible and cost-effective basis. If matters cannot be resolved, we guide employees through the ACAS early conciliation procedure to representation in the Employment Tribunal or civil courts.

If you are not an individual, view our employment law page for businesses here.

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Articles

Blowing kisses, not boundaries – March 2025
New sexual harassment rules may signal changes to office parties or a decline altogether – December 2024
What is the Employment Rights Bill 2024? – November 2024
How the Employment Rights Bill 2024 impacts employers and businesses – October 2024
Comprehensive Guide to Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) – October 2024
Redundancy facts and fictions – September 2024
Fair tips for all: New legislation ensures transparency in gratuity distribution – June 2024
An employee’s guide to settlement agreements – January 2024
Overzealous employee monitoring may overstep data protection boundaries – November 2023
Checking your employment status – July 2023
A step towards family and maternity leave security – May 2023
Christmas temps – what are the rules? – December 2022
Are you a worker? – May 2021
Avoiding a cracker of a hangover from the company Christmas party – November 2019
Supreme Court rule Employment Tribunal fees are unlawful – July 2017
Publication of Employment Tribunal Judgments – April 2017
What are restrictive covenants? – October 2014
Unfair dismissal cap changes – April 2014

At a glance
  • Acting for employees with claims relating to a collective redundancy process. All employees secured substantial compensation after securing favourable rulings on preliminary issues.
  • Securing substantial compensation for a female employee in the banking sector subjected to very serious acts of sexual harassment.
  • Successfully defending an employee working in the asset management sector accused of breaches of confidence. Securing discharge of injunctions and substantial compensation.
  • Advising the incoming senior management team on their employment terms and packages for a major Central London development project.
  • Securing substantial compensation on a sex discrimination claim for a senior female retail director.
  • Acting for a defendant employee restrained from moving to a competitor: securing an interim injunction’s discharge and dismissing the claim.
Costs information and transparency

Please view the following webpage for a full description of our costs and charges under the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Transparency Rules 2018.

Please click here for more information on settlement agreements, how they work, and the costs involved.

Practice areas
  • Confidential information and springboard injunctions
  • Consultancy arrangements
  • Disciplinary issues and grievances
  • Discrimination and victimisation claims (including bullying and harassment claims)
  • Equal pay claims
  • Family-friendly rights (maternity/paternity and flexible working)
  • Post-termination restrictions (restrictive covenants)
  • Redundancy
  • Representation in the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeals Tribunal, High Court and County Court proceedings
  • Settlement agreements (formerly known as compromise agreements) and settlement negotiations
  • Sickness and absence from work
  • TUPE rights (your rights following the transfer/outsourcing of a business or part of it)
  • Unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal
  • Whistleblowing
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