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Our Employment Law specialists are dedicated to supporting your business throughout the full employee life cycle and beyond.

Whether you are simply starting up, undergoing a reorganisation of your business, need assistance in relation to specific employees, exiting employees from your business or dealing with post-employment issues, we are able to assist and support you every step of the way, with services ranging from:

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Our dedicated team of experts are recommended by the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.  We have a wealth of experience supporting businesses of all shapes and sizes, from blue-chip multi-national public listed entities through to SME’s and start-ups.  Whatever the employment issue may be we are ready to assist.

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Employment Management Training Sessions

 

Darren Smith, a Partner in our Employment team, will be hosting a series of online training sessions looking at essential employment law for managers. Each session will be £79.95 + VAT.

> How to Avoid the Problems of Recruitment & Probation
> Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
> Absence Management
> How to Performance Manage
> Problems with Social Media & actions outside of the workplace
> Disciplinaries and Grievances
> Conducting a Fair Redundancy Process

All in a Day’s Work: Introduction to Redundancy

In this month's episode, we will cover an introduction into managing a redundancy process. We will discuss when a redundancy process may...

Historic Video: Immediate Dismissal or Prejudiced Mistake?

In a recent Employment Tribunal, a warehouse worker was found to have been unfairly dismissed after his employer dismissed him amid...

New Draft Code of Practice on Preventing Illegal Working

The United Kingdom places a significant emphasis on maintaining a fair and lawful workforce. Employers and individuals alike are expected...

Santa Banter, Toxic Culture or Discrimination?

Mr Graham worked as a salesperson for Swansway Garages (the “Company”), a car dealership for three years, while also working part-time as...

Regulatory Shake-Up: New Rules for Holiday Pay & TUPE

The government have recently responded to the consultation on reforms to retained EU employment law and the consultation on calculating...

Sex Discrimination and Harassment at Work

In the recent case of Kalam v The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, the Employment Tribunal awarded the Claimant, a female firearms...

Managing Sickness Absence in the Construction Industry

The construction industry is known for its physically demanding and challenging work environment. With labour-intensive tasks, exposure to...

Ancestry versus Spouse visa – Which one do you qualify for?

There are numerous visas available to enter the UK. The qualifying criteria as well as the requirements and costs can be very...

All in a Day’s Work: Race Discrimination

In this month's episode, we will cover an introduction into discrimination with a particular focus on race discrimination under the...

Pregnancy Discrimination Controversy for Lloyds Bank

In a recent case against Lloyds Bank plc, the Employment Tribunal found the Claimant, Ms Alicja Banks, was subject to pregnancy...

Herrington Carmichael LLP's employment team is praised by clients as 'exceptional'. Alistair McArthur leads the practice, working on a range of employment law matters, with particular emphasis on enforcing post-termination obligations and TUPE. In February 2020, Darren Smith joined the firm from Boyes Turner; Smith acts for a number of prestigious leisure and hospitality sector clients and also strengthens the teams offering in complex discrimination cases.

- Legal 500, 2022

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