Employment: Services

Employment law impacts on almost everyone and employment issues can often arise quickly, requiring prompt attention.

Our expert Employment Team works alongside business and employee clients to provide practical and down to earth advice on a complete range of legal issues including.

Services for business include:

• Fixed cost comprehensive employment service tailored to each employer's needs
• Employment claim avoidance
• Workplace and post-dismissal mediation
• Employment exit strategies
• Redundancy planning
• Defending Employment claims
• Contract and Policy drafting
• Restrictive covenants
• TUPE
• HR Services in your workplace
• Training

Employment Services for Employees include:

• Compromise agreements
• Senior Executive compensation claims
• Unfair dismissal
• Discrimination claims
• Settlement negotiations
• Complex discrimination claims against NHS Trusts and other institutions

Whatever your employment need our focus is upon delivering a fast, practical and effective response.

Our services are continually evolving to best suit your needs. Our Employer Protector Scheme provides a tailor-made package of legal advice and support at a fixed cost thereby providing much valued peace of mind for business clients.

Our team members also blog on recent developments in employment law. Read the blog here.

In The Legal Directory Chambers UK 2011 The employment team at Davies and Partners has received the following comments:
 "Davies and Partners is commended for its "great work on high profile difficult cases".  It is respected in the region for its contentious employment expertise.  
Key individuals - Chambers picks out Head of Employment, Nigel Tillott for praise for his "technical skill and commitment to providing outstanding client service.

In Chambers UK 2009: "This team consistently provides a service that exceeds expectations in terms of both quality and turnaround speed," and its lawyers are "personable, patient and quick to respond." Since its inception 20 years ago, the firm has expanded consistently, and now has offices in Bristol, Gloucester and Birmingham. Most praise is aimed at head of employment Nigel Tillott, who has extensive experience in NHS work. He is said to be "fantastic - he tells you exactly what you need to know," and clients recommend his "commercially beneficial and intelligent application of the law."

Client comment: "Thank you to you and your firm for the excellent and highly professional service I have received over the last 6 months, which has been a difficult time for me at work. Your firm's charges have been very reasonable, your secretary was courteous and prompt and I appreciated the convenient location of your modern offices at Gloucester and I could park outside! Your guidance has been balanced, pragmatic and clear at each stage - which was just what I needed when under pressure during that time." Charles Graham

Meet the team

• Nigel Tillott
• Sarah Whittock
• Gareth Price
• Ian Pettifer
• Richard Harwood

The following employment guides are available as a download please click on the title:
Guide to Bribery Act - Slides from seminar
Guide to Bribery Act - Scenarios potential answers
Guide to Tupe
Guide to Holiday Pay Entitlement
Guide to Compromise Agreement
Guide to Rules on Agency Workers

Employment Law Updates

Changes to Collective Redundancy Consultation Click here

Employee Shareholders Update Click here

March Roundup and April Changes Click here

Impact of Religious Belief Discrimination cases Click here

Religious Discrimination - recent decisions Click here

What to Expect in 2013 Click here

Social Media in the Work Place - Part Two Click here 

Social Media in the Work Place - Part one Click here

October 2012 Employment Changes Click here

Employment Law: Latest Government Proposals Click here

Settlement Agreements - June 2012 Click here

The Beecroft Report - May 2012 Click here

Latest Employment newsletter - Simply HR Winter 2013  Click here

Seminar Mediation in the Workplace - Notes are available to Click here

Case Study: Caste Discrimination Case - Saini –v- All Saints Haque Centre - Click here