R. Felstead (Solicitor) is a niche solicitors practice specialising in Employment Law and Human Resource support.
Employers
For employers the firm provides a high quality, personal service that is not only practical and professional, but value for money.
Clients are nationwide and include companies in the telecommunications sector, finance, industry and professional practices.
Advice is provided in all areas of employment law and includes the following:
Beginning and running the employment relationship
- Drafting of employment contracts and service contracts
- Staff handbooks
- Policy documents
- Restrictive covenants
- Confidentiality agreements
- Data protection
- Maternity and paternity policies
- Working Time Regulations
- Day to day advice on sickness, flexible working, and parental leave
- Employee disputes
- Investigation of grievances
Termination of employment
- Advising on disciplinary and grievance procedures
- Dismissal of employees
- Settlement agreements
- Taxation of termination payments
- Redundancy, including information and consultation obligations
Litigious employment law
- Advising on and conducting tribunal claims all over the UK
- Unfair dismissal/wrongful dismissal/redundancy claims
- Race, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation and religious grounds or belief discrimination claims
- Breach of contract and unlawful deduction of wages claims
- Equal pay claims
- Advice on merits and settlement where appropriate
Commercial transactions
- Advising on TUPE issues on the transfer of a business
- Due diligence
- Employee rights and liabilities; information and consultation
- Warranties and indemnities on sale or transfer of a business