Severance negotiations
The HR director from a large national client consulted us about an employee who had been absent for many months on sick leave.
The case was not straightforward as the employee had raised grievances against his colleagues, but was not c...
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TUPE
A national employer with multiple sites, asked us to advise them following the loss of a cleaning contract. The operations manager was not sure if there was a transfer of undertaking. The successful replacement company was taking over the work within jus...
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Disciplinary and grievance
The HR director of a national employer instructed us to assist her with a grievance complaint made by an employee against a colleague, arising from a work-related social event.
The allegations were serious enough to warrant dismissal if upheld...
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hrlegal helpdesk
A Suffolk specialist business subscribes to our hrlegal helpdesk. The client contacts us on a regular basis seeking advice and guidance on ad hoc matters as they arise. By providing quick responses, often at the point of first contact, on issues rangi...
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Enforcing restrictive covenants
A senior manager from a nationwide business contacted us concerned that a key sales employee had left and was approaching his former customers to try and obtain new business for his new employer. The value of sales which could be lost was calculated by...
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Severance negotiations
From time to time an employer decides that for one or more business related reasons an existing employee has to leave, even if the individual has done nothing to justify his or her dismissal. Such 'agreed departures' or 'engineered dismissals' are comm...
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Drafting compromise agreement
A large Suffolk based employer had negotiated terms of settlement with an employee. We were instructed by the HR director to draft and finalise the compromise agreement.
Our client was concerned that the employee had indicated an inten...
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Contracts of employment
We were instructed by the owner manager of a growing regional recruitment agency.
The client was concerned to protect his confidential information and the business client connections. In particular he wanted to put in place appropriate restric...
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Disciplinary investigation
A small regional business with a mixture of employed and self-employed staff instructed us.
They had concerns about an employee carrying out private work during work time and tampering with a tachograph as cover.
With no dedicate...
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