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Hempsons’ boasts a team of employment law solicitors thoughout the UK that deliver clear, pragmatic, and expert solutions, tailored to the budgets of a broad client base. Our client groups include public and private health care organisations, corporations, professional partnerships, third sector businesses and charities all of which require at some stage a degree of employment law support. Hempsons deliveres professional, expert advice on employment law.

Driving organisational performance and maximising efficiency are key issues for all employers. Re-organisation and redundancy programmes may be required. Financial pressures mean that absence and performance management have come to the fore. Insisting on accountability at all levels often flushes out an employee challenge. Requiring the top team to deliver can lead to tricky board level employment issues and employers may wish to move away from pay settlements negotiated in less financially challenging times.

Hempsons offer specialist UK employment law advice

Hempsons' employment solicitors are well known for delivering results rapidly and reliably with the minimum fuss. Deep knowledge of clients’ regulatory and commercial environments means our advice encompasses all areas of risk, not just the legal issues. High profile and controversial situations are our speciality. We are approachable, realistic and work to budget.

Key clients include NHS Trusts, Foundation Trusts, Royal Colleges, national charities, professional associations , pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment manufacturers, IT , retail and construction clients.

Hempsons has prolific experience over decades of providing advice on employment law. Our ability to get results gives our clients confidence and leads to long term working relationships.

Janice Barber is described in Chambers as being 'a stellar presence' in the health employment field, providing 'cool and perceptive analysis of every tricky situation'.  Chambers lists Jean Sapeta in the 'Best of the UK'  category  as  a national leader in field providing 'pragmatic' and 'determined' support to clients, being 'very active in heavyweight matters'.

The team works with HR Professionals, Finance Directors, chief executives and HR teams, owners of businesses and senior professionals in acute and primary care health organisations, professional partnerships, charities and private sector businesses.

This team wins plaudits for its swift response times and broad experience.

Chambers UK 2011

Hempsons is well known for its work for NHS trusts and PCTs, in both contentious and strategic matters. It is no stranger to the high-profile tribunal work, particularly in the field of discrimination.

Legal 500 2010

Key Services and Issues

• Reorganisation programmes
• Redundancy arrangements
• Redundancy selection process
• Contractual variations including variation of pay agreements
• Whistle blowing and discrimination claims
• Executive performance and terminations
• Corporate transactions
• Equal pay
• TUPE
• Employee relations and industrial action
• Employment claims and disputes
• Performance and disciplinary issues
• Wrongful dismissal and breach of contract claims
• Data protection
• Outsourcing /insourcing /reprovision
• Take-overs /mergers
• Training of HR teams
• Pensions
• Diversity/equality issues
• Employment tribunal claims at all levels  

Our Work

• Public and Third Sector work
• Private sector work