A company's workforce – its skills, experience and knowledge – is its most valuable asset. But when things go wrong, staff disputes can be time–consuming and expensive.
Our experienced Employment Team can help you handle these potentially difficult situations with the utmost confidence, and ensure the best possible prospects of success.
We take the pragmatic view that it is better to avoid problems by helping your company draw up properly drafted Employment Contracts.
But should complications still arise, we can help.
We know that employment disputes need to be handled quickly and effectively. Often the best way to do that is to head off trouble before it develops and we can give advice on the best way to deal with an employee who poses a problem.
We have a proven record in handling Employment Tribunals and limiting the scope for damage, successfully defending employers against unjustified unfair dismissal and discrimination claims, and negotiating settlements for clients who may well have lost the case had it reached the Employment Tribunal.
It is not always employee relations that can sour however. Relationships between fellow directors, and with shareholders, can sometimes go awry also. We advise on directors' legal obligations in such circumstances, on how directors can avoid potential personal liability, and (as one of our team was formerly Solicitor Agent for the Department for Trade and Industry) regarding company director disqualification proceedings.
As the field of employment law never stands still, we run a rolling series of seminars to help clients keep up-to-date. Recently topics covered have included everything from Working Time Regulations to the Pensions Act, flexible working to age discrimination, family friendly policies to new dispute resolution procedures.
