For individuals
Employment
Karen Cole
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 of 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; with an emphasis on post-termination restrictions and confidentiality obligations. We advise on suitable clauses to be included in directors’ service agreements, which best protect the individual. We provide guidance on family-friendly employment rights including requests for flexible working 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 through to representation in the Employment Tribunal or civil courts.
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Articles
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
Tip top tips for those in the hospitality and service sectors – October 2022
Are NDAs appropriate in the workplace? – January 2022
Are you a worker? – May 2021
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 a group of 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 incoming senior management team for major Central London development project on their employment terms and packages.
- Securing substantial compensation on a sex discrimination claim for a senior female director in the retail sector.
- Acting for a defendant employee restrained from moving to a competitor: securing the discharge of an interim injunction and the dismissal of the claim.
Costs information and transparency
Please view the following webpage for a full description of our costs and charges in accordance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Transparency Rules 2018.
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
Testimonials
Please find a link to our employment testimonials here.