Employment (Employer)
Leathes Prior’s Employment team has long been regarded as one of the leading Employment Law teams in East Anglia and beyond. The independent guides to the legal profession speak volumes:
Chambers UK 2012 recognises that, "Clients trust this Norwich-based team to give clear and practical advice on the gamut of employment law issues, from tribunal claims to reorganisations. Dan Chapman is "straight to the point, prompt, professional and his advice is always relevant." He is assisted by the "very able" Katie Franklin.
The 2011 edition of Legal 500 ranked the Employment team as "assertive, commercial" and on "top of their game" and Dan Chapman was rated as a leading individual in East Anglia.
The 2011 edition of Chambers UK proclaims that the Employment team has a "tremendous wealth of knowledge and experience", provides a "brilliantly cohesive" service and has "demonstrated a capacity to undertake highly complex work".
The 2010 edition of Legal 500 stated that Dan Chapman’s expanding Employment team should be heralded for its “excellent response times, commercial acumen and good value for money”.
The 2009 edition of the Chambers UK said that the Employment team is "high-quality" and that it goes from "strength to strength" and the 2010 edition added that, “Clients are impressed with the group’s knowledge, promptness and helpfulness”.
The 2008 edition of Legal 500 noted the expanding reputation of the Employment team and commended Dan Chapman for his "speed, efficiency and thoroughness and his Tribunal appearances".
The bewildering flow of constantly changing UK laws, EU regulations and Tribunal decisions mean that employing people has become an increasingly complicated issue. New legislation is constantly being introduced and employers need to make sure that they have effective procedures in place to avoid all manner of potential legal claims.
While the Employment team at Leathes Prior are technical experts in this highly specialist area of law, they nonetheless provide common sense solutions that are commercially practical as well as legally sound.
We offer a comprehensive range of services to assist employers of all sizes – both locally and nationally – in dealing with the following range of issues.
- Ensuring Employment policies and procedures are up to date
- Advising on how to discipline or dismiss employees effectively
- Advising on how to respond to grievances and other internal investigations
- Utilising our acclaimed litigation skills to engineer the best possible outcome for you in the event of a dispute
- Acting as advocates on your behalf at Employment Tribunals
- Advising on how best to deal with redundancy situations (whether small or large scale) or other restructuring required
- Advising in relation to boardroom level disputes
- Drafting Employment Contracts that afford maximum protection to the Employer
- Negotiating termination settlements in a manner that keeps the cost to the Employer at a minimum
- Drafting Compromise Agreements
- Drafting Staff Handbooks and other bespoke policies
- Advising on Trade Union recognition and disputes
- Advising in relation to employee incentive and benefit schemes
- Anticipating forthcoming legislation and advising on how best to ensure compliance
- Advising employers on the employment aspects of business acquisitions and disposals and the implications of the highly complex TUPE regulations
- Advising Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses on regulatory compliance
- Advising upon and delivering commercial solutions to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010
- Advising on the complex Gangmasters Licensing Authority regime
- Advising in relation to restrictive covenants, confidentiality and injunctive proceedings before the High Court
Employmentor® subscription service
In addition to the range of general services we offer employers we are proud to be able to introduce Employmentor ® to our employer clients. Employmentor® is a fixed-fee annual retainer service provided by the Employment team which comprises of online access to our frequently updated bespoke website ( www.employmentor.co.uk ) that contains all of the legal resources (including templates, precedents, flowcharts, model letters, forms, procedures and guidance) that you will ever need, which you can then copy and use when required. The website is supported by the Employmentor® telephone and email helpline (manned by the Employment team’s qualified solicitors), which as a subscriber you can use as regularly as you need to without the fear of incurring any additional costs. For further information follow the above link.
Other services
“I love you guys! You’re so can do. Thanks for your help, as I said before, you guys rock!" [Darren Grice, Executive Director, The Garage]
For more information on any aspect of Employment Law or our unique Employmentor® service, please contact Dan Chapman, Katie Franklin or any other member of the team. Alternatively please call us on 01603 610911.
