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Employment Law for Employers

Our expert Employment Law team are highly experienced in providing timely and practical legal advice to businesses on a range of employment matters. 

It is important to act quickly when an employment issue arises. To get in touch with our Employment team please complete the enquiry form here or call us on +44 (0)20 7833 4433.

Employment law issues can escalate quickly becoming time-consuming and costly. We work with businesses across major industry sectors, drawing on our breadth of experience in all aspects of employment law, ensuring that all clients receive comprehensive and commercially minded advice.

Closely supporting our clients in all HR and employment law matters, our objective is to provide assurance and minimise exposure to the risk of claims, so employers can focus on running their business. Our Employment team can help employers to develop the right strategy to ensure legal compliance, and proactively resolve problems before they grow.

Our employment solicitors offer a full complement of employment law services for employers including:

We are regularly relied upon by private and public companies, charities, partnerships, political parties, local authorities, NGOs and media organisations. Our employment lawyers have expertise in advising in all employment sectors, with a particular specialism in:

  • Retail
  • Hospitality
  • Manufacturing
  • Telecoms
  • Financial services
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Media organisations

We share our clients’ commitment and enthusiasm for their businesses. Our employment solicitors work in partnership with them to provide the best possible service, tailored to their needs and budget. We are sensitive to the reputational needs of our clients and when the need arises, we are able to liaise with our Media and Crisis Management teams to help control and assess the reputational significance of litigation decisions.

Additional services
Business Immigration

We have a comprehensive understanding of the impact that UK immigration law can have on employment matters, and we are well placed to advise companies, HR departments, employers and employees, in all industries and sectors, on how to best navigate the relevant immigration rules and regulations.

We are able to liaise with our colleagues in our Business Immigration team. Our business immigration experts advise on a range of matters, including:

  • Right to Work requirements and checks/ Illegal worker prevention
  • Long-term sponsorship visa routes
  • Short-term work visa applications
  • Global Mobility visas
  • Advising individuals and their accompanying family members who are seeking to relocate to or extend their stay in the UK for work or business reasons

Contact the Employment Team and we will refer you to one of our Immigration specialists.

Data protection, cyber and GDPR advice

We provide practical tips and advice in relation to data protection and cybersecurity issues faced by HR professionals and employers both in the UK and internationally. The issues that we deal with include:

  • Carrying out a full Data Protection Audit for your HR and other departments/business units
  • Building a Privacy Governance Framework targeting HR and Pensions data
  • Drafting Data Protection/Privacy Policies and aligning employment contracts
  • Outsourcing data to suppliers and international data transfer issues
  • Proactive and reactive cybersecurity and data breach advice, including insider threats
  • Dealing with Data Subject Rights Requests, such as right to be forgotten and subject access requests (DSARs)
  • Defending you from claims and complaints brought by ex-employees in respect of their data
  • Guiding you through investigations by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
  • Advising and assisting your Data Protection Officer (DPO)

If you require advice, contact our Employment team here, and we will refer you to our Data Protection specialists.

Employer training

We provide in-house training to businesses in the UK.

Examples of training topics include:

  • Performance management
  • Sickness absence/disability discrimination
  • Investigating and conducting disciplinaries/grievances
  • Redundancy

Contact the Employment team to discuss your needs. 

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It is important to act quickly when an employment issue arises. To get in touch with our Employment team please complete the enquiry form here or call us on +44 (0)20 7833 4433.

Meet the team

Krishna Santra
Partner

Employment

How can we help you?

We are here to help. If you have any questions for us, please get in touch below.