Employment Law
Our employment team has many years’ experience of handling both simple and complex employment issues which means first and foremost that if you choose us to advise you, you can have the confidence that we will understand and guide you in one of the most difficult periods of your life or business and we will manage your case with your best interests and objectives at in mind.
We regularly act on behalf of both employer and employee and so can understand the various, difficult issues that arise within the employment relationship and how they can be dealt with to protect the employer’s business interests and the employee’s rights.
We can assist with:-
- Grievance and disciplinary processes (including, where necessary, conducting hearings or appeals on behalf of an employer and preparing necessary correspondence);
- The preparation and negotiation of employment contracts and processes/procedures;
- Advising on prospects of success and courses of action in bringing or defending various forms of claim in the Employment Tribunal (including unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, discrimination, unlawful deduction from wages and appeals);
- The preparation of and advising upon of settlement agreements;
- Liaison with ACAS;
- County Court applications to prevent former employees sharing information with competitors;
- Redundancy arrangements;
- Preparation and enforcement of restrictive covenants; and
- Dealing with Subject Access Requests from current and/or former employees.
As a reference point, our time is charged at an hourly rate of £265 plus VAT per hour where a Solicitor is acting (those fees are reduced where works can be carried out by paralegals or trainee solicitors), save where a fixed fee arrangement (which is available for specific types of work) is agreed. These fees do not include disbursements, such as Court or Counsels fees.
If you have a problem at work that you’d like to discuss please contact us on 01937 547 000 or email james@hartlaw.co.uk
