• Advised an international healthcare provider on its employment structure including self-employed contractor clinicians and IR35 risks. Drafting contractual terms and training the operational part of the business on best practices to avoid employment status risks
• Advised a local authority on a complex, multiple claim employment tribunal dispute, involving allegations of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing detriment and sex discrimination against 11 named individuals
• Supporting the senior management team of Vista Retail Limited in a dual employment legal counsel and HR business partnering function, work which has included various inward and outward TUPEs
• Advising a global engineering group on various contractual issues, policies and procedures, working time regulations, restrictive covenants, industrial action and employment tribunal claims
• Advising a manufacturing company on employment status issues as part of its global operations
• Advising a leading fintech company on settlement agreements and negotiations following a restructure
• Advising a private European investment firm on strategic people management issues within its group companies, including exit arrangements for a number of directors and shareholders
• Advising a premium shower manufacturer on its employee relations, including pregnancy and maternity rights, disciplinary and grievances and a breach of contract
• Advising a global shipping and maritime company on sickness absence management, TUPE, employment status and performance management
• Advising international businesses in the creative industries on sexual harassment allegations, other grievances and an employment tribunal claim for constructive unfair dismissal
• Advising a leading high-tech manufacturer on sickness absence management, dismissal processes and an employment tribunal claim
• Advising a sports business on a restructuring process, TUPE and a disciplinary investigation
• Advising a company in the health and social care sector on staffing issues and complex disciplinary action
• Advising various employers on GDPR compliant policies and procedures
• Advising a local authority on employment tribunal claims over allegations of constructive unfair dismissal, disability discrimination, whistleblowing, victimisation and harassment

Accolades

• The Employment team is ranked Band 2 in Chambers & Partners.
• The Employment team is ranked Tier 2 in The Legal 500.

Testimonials

“The team has spent time to understand our business and build strong relationships. I am as comfortable contacting the employment team at Acuity as I would be contacting a department within my business.”

“When I work with the Acuity employment team it feels like I am working with any other section of my in house legal team. They integrate seamlessly, orient to the issue and present solutions on behalf of the organisation, rather than just a lawyer advising a client.”

“I fundamentally trust the team is because they are moulded in the image of their exceptional leader. Claire has that magical combination of a law library in her head, availability that suggests she has more hours in the day than other people, and a success rate to be envied.” – Matt Phillips, Monmouthshire council

“The employment legal team at the firm has been expanding which, from our impression, has resulted in the development of a strong, energised and dynamic team.”

“The team has the mix of professional expertise, reliability, availability and outcome that means I go back to them repeatedly.”