Our employment team is experienced in all manner of employment issues and is acutely aware of the need to provide an immediate response where there is often a fast developing situation where the wrong word or action (taken without good advice) can have disastrous consequences.

We accordingly provide a full employment service which includes:

• a telephone response help-line;
• reviewing and up-dating your standard employment contracts;
• reviewing and up-dating your employment policies and arrangements to ensure that they comply with the law and are in accordance with good practice;
• advising in relation to your dealings with unions;
• advising in relation to grievance and disciplinary issues enabling you to make informed decisions having regard to the various options available to you and comply with all relevant procedural issues;
• advising in relation to the form and content of ‘sanctions or dismissal letters’ and settlement agreements;
• advising in relation to appeals against decisions to take sanctions or dismiss; and
• providing representation at employment tribunal and appeal hearings.

We also provide and facilitate seminars and workshops in relation to recent developments in employment law and/or its application to businesses in the healthcare sector.