Employment – Employers

Our team of experienced and commercial employment lawyers advise businesses across a range of sectors, from SME to PLC.

We provide a personal service, giving pragmatic and strategic advice based on the experience from the breadth and depth of our team.

We take the time to get to know you and to understand your business, so that our advice is tailor-made.

Our HR expertise allows us to quickly and effectively problem solve in the short term and drive strategic development in the longer term.  Your goals and motivators are intrinsic in the advice that we deliver.

We provide support associated with business growth, both through transactional TUPE advice and in longer term workforce planning and strategy.

We can guide you through all stages of the employment relationship.

Employment Tribunal and defence of claims – PRICING & SERVICE INFORMATION

We can help you with:

  • Employment contracts, service agreements, handbooks and policies
  • Worker status and a typical workers’ rights advice
  • Staff Management (from disciplinary and grievances, sickness absence to poor performance issues)
  • Defending Employment Tribunal Claims
  • Staff Training and Organisational Development Strategies
  • Advice regarding TUPE (business reorganisation/sale/purchase/service provision changes)
  • Securing employee business confidentiality obligations and customer information protection
  • Redundancy and reorganisation programmes
  • Dismissal and employment termination
  • Shareholder and Directors’ duties

Your employment – employers team are...

Rhodri DaveyManaging Partner

Rhodri is our Managing Partner

01752 236712

Jayme NicholsonPartner and Head of Employment

Jayme is a Partner and Head of our Employment team

01392 455533

Kyle RichSolicitor

Kyle is a Solicitor in our Corporate and Commercial team

01803 408422
Kitsons Solicitors - Jade Sleeman

Jade SleemanLegal Assistant (ACILEx)

Jade is a Legal Assistant (ACILEx) in our Litigation and Employment teams

01392 455976
Kitsons Solicitors - Rory Wakeling

Rory WakelingAssociate (Solicitor)

Rory is an Associate (Solicitor) in our Employment team

01752 236717

Elaine AshenhurstPA to Rhodri Davey, Corri Pedrick and Jayme Nicholson

Elaine is PA to Rhodri Davey, Corri Pedrick and Jayme Nicholson

01803 202084

Stephanie FoulgerLegal Assistant

Stephanie is a Legal Assistant for our Employment team

01803 202044
Kitsons Solicitors - Rachel Webster

Rachel WebsterLegal Assistant

Rachel is a Legal Assistant for our Employment team

01752 236705

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    01/03/24

    National Minimum Wage Increase – From 1st April 2024

    By: Employment – Employers

    The Low Pay Commission (LPC) made a recommendation to the Government regarding the increases to National Minimum Wage (NMW).

    In November 2023 the Government made an announcement to say it was accepting these recommendations and these will apply from 1st April 2024.

    The changes are as follows:

    National Living Wage (NLW) (21 and...

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    28/02/24

    Government Response to “FIRE AND REHIRE” Code of Practice

    By: Employment – Employers

    The Background

    There was widespread public criticism and concern relating to the practice of “fire and rehire” which is used by employers to change employees terms and conditions. The practice is used to force through changes to contractual terms of employment. The criticism led to the Government responding in March 2022...

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    07/02/24

    The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023

    By: Employment – Employers

    Why were amendments needed? – following the UK’s departure from the EU, certain protections derived from EU caselaw would have ceased to apply at the end of 2023. In order to preserve these protections, arrangements were required to be implemented so that the Government has time to consider whether to...

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    14/12/23

    Update: Recording Daily Working Hours for Employees

    By: Employment – Employers

    The Government has published its consultation in November 2023 and the draft regulations regarding the records Employers are required to keep on their employees working hours. These changes will come into effect on the 1st of January 2024.

    Previously, in the case of CCOO v Deutsche Bank SAE the ECJ held...

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    17/11/23

    Predictable Working Pattern Requests

    By: Employment – Employers

    The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023

    The government is introducing a new law which will come into force in Autumn 2024, which will allow eligible workers a statutory right to request a more predictable working pattern. The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 19th...

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    15/11/23

    Spent Convictions and Recruitment

    By: Employment – Employers

    The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force on 28th October 2023. This has reduced the amount of time until a custodial sentence is deemed spent for less serious offences.

    Certain custodial sentences will no longer need to be declared after the certain time frame. However, serious offenders...

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    07/03/22

    The Kickstart Job Scheme for Youth Employment

    By: Employment – Employers

    One of the inevitable fallouts of the Coronavirus Pandemic is the impact on levels of unemployment in the UK.

    Young people appear to have been hit hardest by this, the likely reason being that many people aged 16-24 work in more transient or low skilled jobs, often making them easier to...

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    25/02/22

    Govt Announces an End to Coronavirus Restrictions

    By: Employment – Employers

    The prime minister has announced an end to all remaining Covid restrictions, with the legal requirement to self-isolate coming to an end on 24th February.  Is it too soon to end restrictions?

    I suppose time will tell.  But certainly there will be mixed feelings about the announcement, both optimism and nervousness.

    For...

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    13/05/20

    Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

    By: Employment – Employers

    On Friday 20 March 2020, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced the introduction of the “Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme” (the Scheme). The guidance in relation to the Scheme has changed several times since it was first released. The Treasury has now issued a Direction to HMRC which, we hope, provides definitive...

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    29/07/20

    Employees in Quarantine – What Can We Do?

    By: Employment – Employers

    There has been a significant change to travel advice over the weekend.

    The Department for Transport (DfT) announced that anyone arriving in the UK from any part of Spain now has to quarantine for 14 days.  Individuals arriving back to the UK must go straight home and their 14 day isolation...

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    15/06/20

    Flexible furlough – How does it work?

    By: Employment – Employers

    The government has published its long awaited guidance on flexible furlough, as part of the wider pathway to phasing out the Scheme later this year.  Flexible furlough i.e. part working and part furlough, will be permitted from 1st July 2020.

    Who can be furloughed under the new rules?

    The Scheme is now...

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    02/12/19

    Christmas in the Workplace and Your Company Policies

    By: Employment – Employers

    With the festive season fast approaching, Employers will be anxiously anticipating the inevitable effects of Christmas in the workplace.

    Now is the time to assess your company policies and make sure they are watertight and those responsible for administering them are familiar with the details.

    There are many issues that can arise...

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    02/12/19

    Benefits and Awards for Length of Service

    By: Employment – Employers

    Following a mass exodus of long standing members of staff with valuable experience, you may want to come up with a way to reduce the risk of this happening again in the future.

    Perhaps you could offer a benefit to incentivise staff to stay with you, such as awarding an incremental...

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    01/11/19

    Does an After Hours Email Policy Work?

    By: Employment – Employers

    As an employer you are always trying to find ways to improve your employees’ productivity. Their well-being is paramount in achieving this. However, it is difficult to apply a “one size fits all” approach to this, especially in an office based environment. Some employees need regular breaks, some prefer to...

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    08/10/19

    Alternatives to Redundancy & Debt Recovery Advice

    By: Employment – Employers

    How to reduce debt in business and alternatives to redundancy.

    Have you found the current climate a little more challenging than a few months ago?  Well, don’t feel alone. So many businesses are experiencing similar circumstances, but we have been able to help them with some good advice.  Some of this...

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    30/09/19

    An Unusual Choice of Companion

    By: Employment – Employers

    A recent article in the news which related to an employment issue in New Zealand: ‘Man brings clown to redundancy meeting’ – led me to contemplate the practical impacts of allowing employees to bring a companion of their choosing to disciplinary, grievance, or other similar meetings.

    Picture this:  You are anxiously...

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    18/07/19

    Audio Recording in the Workplace

    By: Employment – Employers

    The recent decision in Phoenix House Limited v Stockman demonstrates the considerations of a Tribunal when considering covert audio recording in the workplace.

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal’s (EAT) recent decision in Phoenix House Limited v Stockman demonstrates the considerations of a Tribunal when considering covert audio recording in the workplace’ meeting.

    In...

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    01/02/19

    Suspending an employee pending an investigation

    By: Employment – Employers

    Before suspending an employee, for example, as part of a disciplinary process, an employer should think carefully about the reasons why they are doing this – and whether it is necessary.

    The 2017 case of Agoreyo v London Borough of Lambeth (the appeal of which is being heard by the Court...

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    30/01/19

    Pregnancy Rights in the Workplace

    By: Employment – Employers

    Research over the past few years undertaken by a number of organisations has highlighted flaws in current protections afforded to new and expectant mothers.

    In response to this, the government has committed to strengthening the position of women in relation to pregnancy, maternity and redundancy. The Department for Business, Energy and...

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    19/12/18

    Agency and Zero-Hour Worker Rights Reforms

    By: Employment – Employers

    Following on from Matthew Taylor’s ‘Good Work Review’ in 2017, the Government has introduced proposals to make legislative changes to improve protection for agency workers, zero-hours’ workers and others with ‘atypical working arrangements’.

    Draft legislation is yet to be published but the legislative changes are designed to:

    introduce a right to request...

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    06/01/21

    Flexible Furlough Update

    On 13 November 2020, HM Treasury published a new Treasury direction which sets out details of the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ...

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    06/01/21

    Covid Update

    The Prime Minister has announced a third lockdown period. As was the case in March, employers will need to quickly decide on ...

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