Employment

About

Provided by BTO Solicitors LLP

Our team, including 3 accredited specialists, advises a range of public and private sector clients, from large plcs, to membership organisations, SMEs, housing associations and individuals, including CEOs and senior executives. 

Advise on every aspect of the employer/employee relationship, from the recruitment process, to hybrid working, grievance/discipline, absence management, redundancy, mediations, protected conversations, disciplinary hearings, managed exits, settlement agreements, ACAS early conciliation, whistleblowing and discrimination claims. Also support HR projects advising on options and processes and provide guidance on many projects, from complex TUPE, to large organisational change.

Significant experience in dealing with contentious employment law issues, conducting tribunals and NHS disciplinary hearings and challenging collective industrial relations from both sides.  

Specialisms:

• Healthcare sector: “go to” team for advising doctors and dentists through the 3 main UK medical/defence organisations (MDDUS, MPS and MDU) plus the BMA, RCN, care homes/providers, pharmacies and health insurers.
• Advising membership organisations and representing trade union members: e.g. senior police officers in misconduct and judicial review proceedings via the Scottish Police Federation.
• Advising the professions in employment issues and regulatory concerns
• Employment Tribunal claims: instructed by Royal & Sun Alliance plc - only Scottish firm on RSA approved legal panel.