Employment services

Broad spectrum advice

Our highly regarded employment group provides a specialist employment law and HR advisory service to business clients, including directors and investors.

We cover a broad range of businesses across diverse sectors such as pharmaceuticals, biotech, healthcare, IT, transport, professional services, education and media. Clients range from large multi-national companies, including USA based corporates, established UK regional businesses through to small and medium sized employers, start-ups and UK inbound businesses. Clients include; Stagecoach, Oxford Brookes University, Baxter Healthcare and Epicor Inc.

We provide fast, efficient and practical advice at competitive rates and our employment solicitors are well qualified, down to earth and personable with professional legal and in-house experience. Our aim is to understand how your business operates and its goals, ethics and challenges so that we can provide comprehensive and strategic advice.

Communications are generally by e-mail or telephone but we are always very happy to meet clients and key personnel at their premises. Our solicitors are also experienced in liaising with in-house counsel and overseas headquarters and in providing accredited seminars, talks, in-house training and workshops tailored to particular topics.

We can help your business and support your HR team with bespoke advice or training on;

• Practical advice on general day-to-day HR problems, including how to deal with redundancy, maternity, paternity and flexible work related queries.
• Drafting and advising on documentation such as service agreements, employment contracts, handbooks, policies, restrictive covenants and incentive arrangements including commission and bonus schemes.
• Executive share option arrangements and EMI schemes.
• Negotiating severance arrangements and compromise agreements.
• Defending employment tribunal and court actions, including unfair and constructive dismissal claims.
• Understanding the issues with business transfers and the TUPE regulations and other corporate transactions.
• Training and advice on current and forthcoming employment law.
• Health and safety legislation and accidents at work.

For further information, please contact James Simpson, head of department.

Useful website addresses

• Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Commission for Racial Equality
• Department for Education and Skills
• Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
• Disability Rights Commission  
• Employment Tribunal Service
• Equal Opportunities Commission

"adept at handling complicated matters for complicated clients"
Chambers 2006

Seminars

The employment team is holding a series of workshops during the first half of 2008. More details can be found on the seminars page.

Please email James Anderson if you woud like to attend