Employment Highlights

• Advised on a range of employment matters with particular emphasis on contractual issues.
• Advised employers on the implications of legislation on work practices, such as Working Time Regulations, Equal Pay Act as well as the anti-discrimination legislation.
• Provided advice and representation to employers in unfair dismissal cases and cases where discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, gender and disability has been alleged.  For example, recently advised one of the UK's leading employers' organisations in a race discrimination case.
• Advised on employment law issues arising in relation to the transfer of employees between two Hospital Trusts.
• Advising a leading public sector employer on litigation arising out of a dispute with a government department. The dispute concerns the responsibility for "shared employees".
• Presently acting for supplier to manufacturing industry in action to enforce restrictions on competition by former employees who have left to establish business in the same field.
• Advised pension scheme members on recoupment of the sum of £900K paid out to the company by the trustees.
• Provided corporate support and employment advice to Resource Services Limited on the acquisition of Pall Mall, the UK cleaning and security services division of Carillion plc, creating the largest support services company based on the island of Ireland.
• Provided corporate support and employment advice to Synetecs Limited, a Northern Irish equity investment vehicle, on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of MacIldowie Associates Limited, a leading finance and HR recruitment consultancy in the Midlands.
• Provided corporate support and employment advice to SIG Group Plc on the acquisition a Northern Ireland building products company.
• Represented clients before the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal in a wide range of matters to include unfair dismissal, discrimination (including age discrimination and part time worker pension claims), victimisation, harassment and bullying.
• Advising in relation to employment aspects of mergers, acquisitions, disposals and outsourcing and in relation to warranties, indemnities, due diligence and TUPE issues in a number of sectors.
• Advising and representing an employer in relation to injunction proceedings in the High Court against a former employee for breach of the restrictive covenants in his contract of employment and in a claim for damages.
• Representing an employer in an action in the Industrial Court involving industrial relations issues and before the Tribunal in relation to proceedings arising out of Trade Union disciplinary procedures.
• Drafting and amending terms and conditions of employment together with staff handbooks to ensure that they are up to date and in line with legislation and best practice.
• Providing ongoing daily advices in relation to disciplinary and grievance issues and issues of harassment and bullying.

• Providing advices on termination of employment to include redundancy and drafting Termination Agreements.

   

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