Our Employment Law Solicitors help employers manage workplace and HR issues with clear, practical advice that balances legal risk, commercial pressure and working relationships.
You may be recruiting, reviewing contracts, managing sickness absence, dealing with a grievance, planning redundancies, considering a restructure or responding to an employment tribunal claim. Early advice can help you understand your options and make confident decisions before issues escalate.
Employment solicitors
At Flint Bishop, our Employment Law Solicitors advise employers on the full range of workplace and HR matters. We support businesses with employment contracts, policies and procedures, disciplinary and grievance issues, capability concerns, family-friendly rights, flexible working, restrictive covenants, settlement agreements, TUPE, redundancies and restructures, workplace investigations and employment tribunal litigation.
We understand that employers need advice that is legally sound, commercially realistic and easy to act on. Our team takes time to understand your organisation, your culture and how you prefer to manage people, so the advice you receive reflects both the legal position and the day-to-day reality of your workplace.
With Employment Law Solicitors in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Sheffield, Swansea and York, Flint Bishop supports employers across England and Wales. Our Employment team is well-established and advises a wide range of organisations, from family-run owner-managed businesses and education providers through to global PLCs, with a reputation for commercial, pragmatic employment and HR support.
Whether you need ongoing HR support, advice on a sensitive employee issue or representation in an employment tribunal, our Employment Law Solicitors will help you understand your options and take the next step with confidence.
Contact us to discuss how we can support your business.
Employment solicitors
Our Employment team is well-established, with a strong reputation for providing commercial and pragmatic employment and HR support to a wide array of organisations, from family-run owner-managed businesses through to educational establishments and global PLCs.
We frequently advise our clients on contract and policy writing, disciplinaries, sickness and absence issues, capability issues, redundancies and restructures, unfair dismissal and discrimination claims, implementing and managing restrictive covenants, TUPE support and issuing bulk settlement agreements.
The diverse experience and expertise within the team enables us to advise on even the most complex of employment issues, including defending employers at employment tribunals involving protected disclosure and discrimination.
In addition, our solicitors routinely attend and support a number of our clients’ internal meetings including grievance and disciplinary hearings and are also able to assist with employee engagement activities to support retention and welfare in the workplace.
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