Prevention is far better than cure
Any experienced company director will agree that the best advice is the timely sort that prevents an issue ever occurring. William Sturges’ employment law experts constantly put this principle into practice.
Advising organisations of every size and sector, our employment law specialists offer new clients a ‘health check’ of employment documentation for a nominal fee to ensure that their documentation properly reflects the frequent changes to the law, redrafting contracts and staff handbooks as necessary.
All areas of potential employment conflict, from grievances, sickness, maternity and paternity and family friendly rights through to discipline/ dismissal are addressed in a way which minimises the risks of unnecessary escalation, with all the cost and time savings this achieves. We hold frequent workshops and seminars to help clients predict, prevent and plan for areas of potential employment conflict.
In difficult economic times, many of our clients are seeking advice on restructuring and redundancies. Our team has the knowledge, insight and sensitivity to support companies with individual cases, and also the resources to help deal with collective employment law, including large scale redundancy, trade unions and industrial relations, including trade union recognition, balloting and industrial action.
Even in buoyant conditions, larger-scale employment issues arise from company sales and purchases, business transfers and re-organisations.
With the departure of key individuals, our clients benefit from timely advice on suspension, garden leave, termination of employment, and enforcement of restrictive covenants and confidentiality provisions. We also act for directors, senior executives and City workers advising on termination of employment, discrimination, whistleblowing, contractual disputes over bonuses and post-termination restrictions.
Our employment law experts are here to help businesses work effectively with employees and remain focused on their commercial priorities.
Every client is assigned a partner-led team, together offering an enviable track record including employment, discrimination and equal pay cases in the Employment Tribunals, County Courts, Employment Appeal Tribunal, High Court, and Court of Appeal.
Here you’ll find a selection of information which we hope you’ll find useful; for more, contact the team. | 
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