Employment

• Disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Performance management
• Enforcing restrictive covenants
• Redundancy
• TUPE
• All forms of discrimination such as sex, race, disability and age
• Bullying, harassment and stress
• Equal pay
• Whistle blowing
• Flexible working
• Payments on the termination of employment and compromise/settlement agreements
• Service contracts and terms and conditions of employment
• Employment policies and staff handbooks
• Dealing with claims in the Employment Tribunal and High Court

The Employment team provides specialist experience across a range of industries, including the pharmaceutical and retail sector.

A sample of recent cases includes:

• Defending a claim against major fashion retailer for breach of TUPE regulations
• Defending a claim for pregnancy related discrimination
• Advising on enforceability of restrictive covenants
• Advising a corporate client on a serious grievance raised by employee
• Advising a corporate client on performance management issues
• Drafting and updating executive service contracts, standard terms and conditions of employment and staff handbooks

For advice and assistance, please email lawyers@rooksrider.co.uk