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Employment Lawyers
Ways of working continue to evolve, with wide reaching effects on employers and workers alike.
Understanding and complying with new regulations that affect your business is key to helping recruit and retain the best staff and to put in place successful HR plans and policies.
Our employment law expertise
Whether you are an organisation, business owner, senior executive or professional adviser we will help you untangle employment and immigration issues. Where these areas of legal advice are constantly changing, we use our exceptional breadth and depth of expertise to ensure you receive personalised advice to effectively manage risks and realise the opportunities in your people strategies.
International
We understand that employers with international operations need to manage risks and maximise the opportunities in their people strategies whilst complying with the laws of multiple jurisdictions. Using our network of offices in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia where we have employment lawyers on the ground advising on local laws, or working with our Global Network of firms covering almost 200 jurisdictions worldwide, we can project manage international advice or introduce you directly to leading employment lawyers where you need them.
What we do
Relating to you and understanding your needs comes first for us and our approach is always client and people-centric. By working collaboratively inside and outside the firm, sharing skills, knowledge and ideas, we see the bigger picture and deliver to a high standard for our clients. We solve your problems with small, purpose built teams, aiming to be trusted as an extension of your team. We stand out for advice on larger scale strategic projects and on corporate reputation issues. Clients value our discretion working on executive issues, guiding boards, committees and leaders through complex and sensitive situations. We advise on all aspects of employment law, including:
- Recruitment issues, drafting contracts and policies
- Disciplinary and grievance matters
- Workplace investigations
- Workplace audits
- Business transfers and TUPE implications
- Restructuring and redundancies, including collective consultation
- Restrictive covenants, team moves and injunctive procedures in the High Court
- Employment tribunal claims
- Complex discrimination claims including age, sex, race, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation and gender reassignment
- Harassment
- Capability and performance processes and outcomes
- Ill health and disability related challenges
- Protected disclosures (whistleblowing)
- Senior executive on-boarding, exits and rewards
- Issues of confidentiality and post termination restrictions
- Providing tech solutions to problems where appropriate
Every member of the Charles Russell Speechlys team is easy to deal with and knowledgeable in their area."
The advice we received regarding a very difficult employment issue was clear and precise. Specifically, it managed the development of a strategic approach to the issue that avoided the potential for drawn out and expensive litigation that may have arisen if we had pursued alternative approaches.
The team provide a formidable service for private clients and corporate entities for all types of employment matters. They are adept at managing complex and sensitive investigations."
Our employment law services
International Employment
Our team can deliver a coordinated and commercial approach worldwide wherever your employment issues arise.
Immigration
Whether you require UK immigration assistance as an individual or as an organisation, our specialist lawyers can help you.
People & HR: Training and Advisory Services
Delivering people and employee-related workplace solutions and resolutions across a broad range of business sectors.
Employment Investigations
Our dedicated Employment team has considerable experience in dealing with employment related investigations.
Key dates for Employment law
Here we set out a timeline of the upcoming expected key changes, and how to best prepare for them.
Meet our employment lawyers
Our thinking
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Francesca Charlton and Kayleigh McKee write for People Management on the Worker Protection Act
Francesca Charlton
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Francesca Charlton writes for Personnel Today on how employers can prevent sexual harassment
Francesca Charlton
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HR Magazine quotes Nick Hurley on sexual harassment claims against Pizza Hut
Nick Hurley
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New Law Journal quotes Michael Powner on the landmark judgment on underpaid holiday claims
Michael Powner
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Ciara Coyle writes for People Management on ways to ensure ‘invisible’ workers do not go unrecognised
Ciara Coyle
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Religious Discrimination at Work: Protecting Religion & Beliefs
Syma Spanjers
Insights
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People Management quotes Briony Richards on workplace monitoring and employee privacy
Briony Richards
In the Press
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Charles Russell Speechlys Business School Inspire programme granted Institute Approved status by the Institute of Leadership
Karen Stages
News
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Syma Spanjers writes for People Management on flexibility around religious holiday requests
Syma Spanjers
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Adam Kyte and James Lamont write for Construction News on the crackdown of illegal working in the sector
Adam Kyte
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Sara Wilson and Izzie Beddard write for People Management on the 'right to switch off'
Sara Wilson
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Personnel Today quotes Vivienne Shirley on the Kristie Higgs religious discrimination case
In the Press
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Age Discrimination at work - How to promote anti discriminatory practice
Ben Smith
Insights
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South West Business Insider quotes Sara Wilson on social media policies in the workplace
Sara Wilson
In the Press
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Emily Chalkley writes for The Evening Standard on the Goldman Sachs equal pay settlement and potential for future claims
Emily Chalkley
In the Press
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Dubai announces its plan to streamline the enforcement of civil judgments and arbitral awards
Peter Smith
Quick Reads
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UK Government announces consultation on calculating holiday entitlement for part-year and irregular hours workers
Francesca Charlton
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Right to work checks – an issue for both immigration and employment law and practice.
Charlotte O'Connor
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New industry group aims to build sustainability skills in the construction sector
Carolyn Davies
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Are workers entitled to the Bank Holiday off for the Queen’s Jubilee? Don’t bank on it!
Sophie Clark
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Out of Office – 5 tips for employers considering a more flexible approach to where we work
Sam Lawn
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AI and HR - How can employers reduce the risks associated with using artificial intelligence to help manage their workforce?
Briony Richards
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The Tip of the Iceberg of Changes to a Modern Hospitality Industry? Hospitality staff entitled to keep all tips under new rules
Sam Lawn
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Brace yourselves: dentists could be liable for actions of self-employed staff
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Government to introduce duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment
Nick Hurley
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It’s all about the data…why has the government delayed hospitality reopening again?
Michael Powner
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Restaurants must keep innovating to survive the impact of another lockdown
Anna Rogers
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UK Government considering a crackdown on unfair employment contract clauses
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