Last Cawthra Feather

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The Employment Law Unit, headed by Elizabeth Henry, advises both companies and individuals on all aspects of employment law. This expanding and complicated area of law presents many problems for the employer and employee and specialist advice is needed to negotiate its complexities.

Our Employment Law Unit can assist with negotiating and drafting employment contracts including directors' service contracts and staff policies. Where pension issues, share options and employee benefit schemes arise, we work closely with accountants who have particular skills in this area.

The Legal 500 2007 Edition says:

Clients praise the Employment department of Last Cawthra Feather LLP for its "excellent advice, service and response times"
As well as advising on employment issues at the planning stage, we also advise on issues as they arise during the contract, including negotiating variations, advising on dismissals, disciplinary procedures, redundancies, restructuring and discrimination. We also have experience in dealing with disputes and claims in Tribunal.

Tribunal Services

Our Employment Law Unit is experienced in dealing with disputes and claims.

Tribunal claims including:

• Unfair dismissal
• Constructive dismissal
• Wrongful dismissal
• Unfair selection for redundancy and failure to consult
• Sexual discrimination, harassment and bullying
• Race discrimination
• Disability discrimination
• TUPE issues
• Unlawful deduction from wages
• Breach of Working Time Regulations
• Maternity and parental leave issues
• Whistleblowing
• Issues of pay, bonuses, holiday and sickness pay
• Issues relating to employee/worker/self employed status
• Part time workers and fixed term employment

Employment Drafting Services

Our Employment Law Unit specialises in non-contentious work including:

• Drafting service contracts for senior personnel and staff contracts for employees.
• Drafting and advising on handbooks and policies covering matters such as data protection, email and internet use, equal opportunities and harassment.
• Negotiation of variations for contracts and where necessary redundancies, severance packages and compromise agreements.
• Advice on disciplinary issues both drafting procedures and guiding employers through them
   

The Employment Law Unit also provides:
 

• Corporate support to the Company and Commercial department advising on TUPE issues in relation to acquisitions and sales of business.
• Advice on issues of post termination restrictions and restraints of trade.

The Department runs regular seminars dealing with specific areas of employment law and training sessions in-house direct to either HR personnel or line managers tailored to the client organisation needs.

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