Our employment law team provides a specialist service to many of the region's businesses.

Our specialist employment department is the leading employment team in the region.

We advise business of all sizes, including national businesses who are based in our immediate area and beyond. The team have over 50 years experience in dealing with employment matters and are committed to providing cost effective advice. The team offer advice on the full range of contractual and statutory employment issues including;

• Unfair dismissal
• Disciplinaries and Grievances
• Contracts of Employment and Employee Handbooks
• Equal pay
• Acquisitions and mergers
• Redundancy
• Transfer of undertakings
• Discrimination
• Business re-organisation
• Terminating Senior Executives
• Restrictive covenants
• Compromise agreements

The solicitors in the team all undertake their own advocacy at the Employment Tribunal and are members of the Employment Lawyers Association.

The employment team start from the premise that most things are achievable and offer practical solutions and provide risk assessments to assist our clients to meet their business objectives. They aim to find solutions rather than problems.

We recognise that our clients want practical advice rather than legal theorising. We aim to provide qualified solicitors who not only know and understand the law but how to apply it to practical effect. We have the resources to offer the response and support you need, when you need it.

The employment team offers to clients an employment law advice line service. Clients pay a fixed monthly fee and are entitled to unlimited telephone and email advice from a dedicated solicitor, who builds an ongoing relationship with the client. We can also provide insurance to cover legal costs and compensation awarded by Employment Tribunals.

The employment team can also provide an on-site human resources support and assistance service for clients who need help with matters such as:

• Displinary hearings
• Grievance hearings
• Recruitment
• Managing absence
• Managing poor performance

This support is provided by our experienced HR professional, Katie George. Prior to joining the firm’s employment team, Katie worked as a human resources officer and manager for over 11 years in a number of large businesses.

Recommendations

"At Grange Wintringham, the 'robust' Jane Eatock is a successful ribunal advocate with an equally strong employment law advisory practice, and the practice is set to be boosted by the firm's merger with Wilkin Chapman" - Legal 500 2010

"The 'impressive' Jane Eatock at North Lincolnshire-based Grange Wintringham advises national employers on contentious and strategic matters. 'She is an expert in her area with an ability to present the information in an understandable and logical way'. - Legal 500 2009