Training on HR Issues and Employment Law Issues

We train managers, HR teams and in house lawyers in relation to specific human resources or employment law projects and for the purpose of knowledge management and up-skilling managers and human resources professionals.

Our employment solicitors are also experienced in training businesses that need to elect representatives (and the elected employee representatives) in the context of work place consultations, TUPE, business transfers, restructuring, reorganisation and redundancy programmes.

In addition, we run a programme of topical and free employment law workshops with a view to keeping our clients and contacts up to date on Employment Law developments. Clients’ feedback from recent workshops include:

“Very informative and a good forum for discussion”

“Really liked the smaller group. Much better ability to interact and ask questions”

“It was a great, interactive session that was really beneficial”

Further, we publish regular Employment Newsletters on hot topics and new developments and we frequently blog updates to ensure that our clients and contacts are aware of developments as they happen. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please click here to signup to our Employment Newsletters.

We are aware that clarity on costs is vitally important to our clients. As standard practice, we give our clients an estimate of the costs involved in undertaking any piece of work at the outset. We then provide cost updates on a your case on a regular basis.

We also work closely with our clients to ensure that we meet their expectations both in terms of their objectives for a particular piece of work and in relation to costs. In addition, we are happy to discuss fixed fees and retainer arrangements and agreements if that is helpful to you.

Finally, your work is carried out by a solicitor in the team, who knows your business best. It is also carried out at the appropriate level, depending on the complexity, sensitivity and importance of the matter.

Examples of Employment Law and HR Training Courses that we run are:

• Training senior managers on how to run a fair mass redundancy exercise, including appropriate communication, selection, consideration of ring fencing, pools and alternative roles and the legal and practical risks to avoid

• The impact of TUPE when outsourcing or insourcing, including consultation requirements, calculating potential liability, timescales and practical examples

• The impact of legal developments on clients’ businesses, including in relation to the new shared parental leave regime, calculating holiday pay after recent legal developments (including the Bear Scotland case), changes to TUPE and the law on consultation (following the Woolworths and Ethel Austin Litigation), carrying out fair redundancies, how to avoid breaching changes to equality and discrimination laws

• Training on how to run an appropriate election of representatives to consult about TUPE or redundancies and training the representatives to ensure the most effective consultation takes place