Employing people is an investment in your business and maintaining a positive relationship with employees is often mutually beneficial. However, the legal and regulatory landscape governing the relationship between employers and their employees is complex and constantly evolving. When things go wrong employee relations can affect your business’ finances and reputation.
Our expert employment team is here to help you navigate these challenges and minimise business disruption. We pride ourselves on getting to know how our clients’ businesses operate and tailoring practical, commercial advice to their needs.
For specialist advice contact Noel Deans on 020 3814 2020 or email employment@blasermills.co.uk. Alternatively, fill in our contact form.
About us
Our employment team is known for providing strategic, results-driven advice and our partner-led service ensures that, where necessary, an experienced senior adviser is available to provide you with guidance and support.
Our team excels in dispute resolution and litigation in employment tribunals and the High Court, with our lawyers ranked among the best in the UK’s legal directories.
Why choose us?
Our priority is to help you operate confidently and to deliver positive outcomes as quickly as possible so that you can focus on running your business.
Our team has a deep understanding of the full range of employment issues you may encounter whether that’s before, during or after the employment relationship has ended. We are trusted by our clients to advise on all aspects of UK employment law, including data protection and litigation in the Employment Tribunals and High Court. Our lawyers are ranked highly in the UK’s legal directories, Legal 500 and Chambers UK.
We provide the highest standard of service to our clients; you can count on us for prompt responses, quick turnaround and a proactive approach to helping you manage any process or issue. We are always mindful of what is proportionate regarding considerations of cost and time management and will ensure that we discuss this with you before any strategy is agreed.
Who we help
We advise and represent employers of all sizes, from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to global corporations, across many sectors. We also regularly work with HR professionals in managing workplace issues.
Our team provides guidance on the full range of employment matters, which notably include:
- Advising a large professional services firm on several key office relocations involving 900+ employees and the ensuing consultation process which involved consideration of TUPE, redundancy and managing communication with employees.
- Successfully representing our clients in a contract dispute (valued in excess of £5 million) heard in the International Arbitration Centre involving complex issues regarding the construction of penalty clauses.
- Handling a sensitive employee relations issue for a British multinational firm which followed the breakdown of a relationship between a senior and junior employee and a subsequent discrimination claim.
- Successfully defending our client against a claim of discrimination arising from long-covid.
- Acting for a large international client which operates in the renewable energy sector on several employment law related matters including drafting contracts, policies and schemes.
- Guiding our client through a large-scale subject access request made by an employee who was currently under investigation utilising eDiscovery software to facilitate an efficient turnaround for our client so that the investigation and subsequent disciplinary process could continue without delay.
Our specialist team also has expertise of the following:
- Employment Tribunal and High Court litigation
- Drafting contracts and policy documents (including staff handbooks)
- GDPR and data protection including data subject access requests
- Regulatory compliance
- Redundancy (including redundancies arising from office relocations)
- TUPE
- Investigations, disciplinaries and grievances
- Drafting and negotiating settlement agreements
Personalised, strategic, thorough, honest and unique approach. It is clear that the Blaser Mills team works in a united, efficient, personal and innovative way to deliver the best outcomes. Value for money is excellent.
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Contact us
For a confidential discussion, call Noel Deans on 020 3814 2020 or email employment@blasermills.co.uk. Alternatively, fill in our contact form.