We work with our clients to understand their business and objectives and tailor our advice to ensure we provide a commercial and specialised advice that meets the client's objectives.

Our client base covers a wide range of different businesses and sectors so our qualified advisers use that experience to help each client. We also litigate disputes, so we help businesses to avoid or at least be well placed to defend future proceedings.

Our services include:

• Helping HR departments with day- to-day queries on typical employment issues including disciplinary, performance and absence management.
• Dealing with potential disputes involving constructive dismissal, grievances, bullying, harassment, pay disputes and discrimination claims.
• Guiding businesses though maternity and paternity provisions and flexible work requests.
• Advising on large or small scale redundancies and termination of employment.
• Assisting with recruitment and employment contracts and ancillary documentation including handbooks, policies and procedures, incentive arrangements.
• Helping businesses to understand the issues surrounding part-time and fixed term workers, consultants, casual workers, volunteers and the self employed.
• Managing disputes and resolution via severance or compromise agreements.
• Advising on and enforcing confidentiality arrangements and restrictive covenants.
• Outsourcing and TUPE advice including outsourcing agreements, due diligence and consultation requirements.
• Employment support in acquisitions, mergers and disposals.
• Advice on data protection and monitoring at work.

We respond rapidly and use e-mail and direct dials and clients can also have 24 hour on line access to their cases.

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