Employee Relations and HR Support

Proactive HR and employee relations support is essential for protecting your organisation, managing risk, and building a productive workplace. Our Employment team provides clear, commercially focused legal advice to employers on all aspects of HR, from day-to-day issues to strategic workforce planning.

For some clients, we act as an extension of their HR function or as their full outsourced HR legal support, providing practical and responsive advice whenever it’s needed. We can provide a dedicated HR and employment law helpline, giving you access to real-time advice on day-to-day employee issues. This service allows you to get clear answers quickly, manage risk effectively and keep your operations running smoothly.

Employee Relations

We support employers with proactive employee relations strategies and effective engagement with trade unions, works councils, and employee representatives.

Our team advises on collective consultations, industrial action, changes to working conditions, and the use of agency workers. Whether you’re negotiating with unions or managing potential disputes, we help you navigate the legal landscape and maintain a productive, compliant and engaged workforce.

Employment contracts, policies and HR compliance

Every business has unique needs and challenges that will vary by location, size and sector. We draft and review tailored employment contracts, staff handbooks and HR policies that align with your organisation’s culture and market challenges, ensuring that you comply with the latest employment legislation. We also offer policy audits and training to support ongoing compliance.

Incentives and remuneration

We advise on the design and implementation of  employee pay structures, bonus schemes, share options and wider incentive programmes. We can also help you make sure that pay equity is implemented and maintained, and we are happy to review existing agreements to check that they are still compliant with industry regulations.

Our focus is on helping you attract, reward and retain key talent, while ensuring legal and regulatory compliance. 

Restructures and redundancies

When commercial pressures or new opportunities lead to organisational change, we provide sensitive and strategic advice to support employers through restructures and redundancy processes. Our team advises on all aspects, from collective consultation and settlement discussions to protected conversations and negotiated exits.

In what is often a stressful and commercially sensitive time, our expert team of employment lawyers can help you minimise risk and handle difficult decisions in a way that supports your business continuity and respects the individuals affected.

Business transfers and TUPE

The transfer of undertakings protection of employment regulations – or TUPE, are the complex rules put in place to protect employees when a business or part of a business is transferred or sold to a new employer.

Navigating employee transfers during mergers, acquisitions or outsourcing arrangements requires careful planning and specialist legal insight. We advise on TUPE regulations, from due diligence and risk management to the drafting of employment contracts, warranties and indemnities. We also support post-acquisition harmonisation and employee engagement to mitigate potential disputes and ensure a smooth transition.

Executive and boardroom support

We work with senior leadership teams on employment issues at the highest level – including executive appointments, director service agreements and negotiated exits. We also advise on governance matters and dispute resolution involving senior personnel.

Trusted legal advice tailored to your workforce

We work closely with employers across a variety of sectors to provide tailored, responsive and commercially sound HR legal advice. Whether you need support with employment documentation, managing change, or executive issues, we help you protect your people and your business.