Employment Issues

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Our Employment Team is well regarded for its contentious employment work as well as advising on all aspects of employment, human resources and health & safety issues.

Our clients include small, medium and large limited companies, businesses, partnerships, Limited Liability partnerships and sole traders as well as charities, schools, contractors and sub-contractors.

We aim to work closely with clients to provide professional support and continuing advice in an increasingly complex and ever-changing and developing area of the law.

We advise on:
  • Drafting employment contracts

  • Consultancy agreements and employment policies
  • Terms and conditions of employment
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Working time regulations including holiday issues
  • Family friendly and flexible working legislation
  • Grievance and disciplinary hearings
  • Unfair and constructive dismissal
  • Discrimination claims – racial, sexual, disability, age, sexual orientation and religion
  • Redundancy
  • Compromise agreements
  • Proceedings at all levels including litigation from Employment Tribunals through to Employment Appeal Tribunals and County, High Court and Appeal Courts
  • Employer merger, acquisition and insolvency
  • The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE)

External links
The following websites also provide helpful information and general advice on Employment matters:

If you need advice on an Employment matter please contact us, and we will respond as soon as possible, or call us on 01923 225212.

Penman Sedgwick's opening hours:

Monday to Friday, 9.00am – 5.30pm