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Employment

Ashfords' Employment Team is known for its pragmatic, rigorous and commercial advice to employers in both the private and public sectors. Our solicitors have considerable experience of supporting clients through all aspects of HR practice, including the preparation of contracts and handbooks, restructures and redundancy, the TUPE implications on the sale of businesses and the successful management of litigation in Courts and Employment Tribunals.

The size of our team means that we can support clients' HR needs wherever and whenever help is needed. Clients tell us that they value our approachability, and willingness, and ability to understand their businesses and objectives.

Work handled includes:
  • contracts and terms and conditions of employment;
  • tax and employee incentives;
  • handbooks, policies and procedures;
  • maternity issues and "family friendly" policies;
  • minimum wage;
  • working time;
  • restructures and redundancy;
  • trade union recognition and industrial disputes;
  • grievance, disciplinary, capability and dismissal procedures;
  • termination packages;
  • post-termination restrictions;
  • all employment aspects of business and company sales, and public sector outsourcing projects, including TUPE and the negations of warranties and indemnities;
  • litigation and advocacy, including unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and breach of contract, discrimination issues of all types including harassment and bullying, equal pay and whistleblowing;
  • employing foreign workers;
  • intellectual property; and
  • data protection.


The Employment Scheme

We have developed a fixed-fee solution for employment law and HR support. The Employment Scheme provides comprehensive support, offering members tailored employment documents, full telephone and email support (including the preparation of documents), access to employment stationery and the possibility of insuring against Tribunal claims. For further information about the scheme, please contact any of the Partners in the team.


Recent work undertaken includes:
  • successful defence or settlement of several high-profile unfair dismissal and discrimination Tribunal claims brought against a significant public sector client;
  • advising three local authorities (including a large unitary authority) on their obligations under "Single Status" to eliminate discrimination in pay. Our advice included assessments of the potential liability for Equal Pay claims, guidance on drafting and negotiating related collective agreements with Trade Unions, and strategic advice;
  • successful defence of a significant Tribunal claim for unpaid holiday pay for a private sector employee;
  • successful prosecution and defence of a large number of restrictive covenant disputes; and
  • advice and guidance on all aspects of the TUPE regulations arising out of the outsourcing of various services by Local Authorities and the sale of various businesses.

Would you like to receive free legal updates by e-mail?

We provide up-to-date summaries of case law and legislative developments each month by email. Employers tell us that they like the fact that each email is short, so can be read quickly, but contains links to more in-depth articles which they can access if a particular issue interests them.

If you would like to subscribe to our monthly employment update please click on link and complete form.


"Handles sensitive tribunal work superbly."
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession, 2010 Edition

Key Contacts

Charles Pallot

Charles Pallot
Partner and Head of Employment


T: +44 (0)1392 333906
F: +44 (0)1392 336906
c.pallot@ashfords.co.uk
  • Michelle Fox
  • Rhiain Lewis
  • Chloe Ricciardi

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Additional Information

  • Ashfords' Employment Scheme
  • Employing Foreign Workers

News and Publications

  • Employment Update - February 2010
  • Employment Update - January 2010
  • Struggling to work
  • Employment Update - December 2009
  • Employment Update - November 2009
  • Allegations by students against School staff: Employment Law implications
  • Religion in the Workplace
  • Charities lose age discrimination case
  • Will increased paternity rights be a burden to businesses?

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