Employment | Restructure & Reorganisation
Restructures and reorganisations can be complex. We guide our clients through the legal maze and the support we offer typically includes:
planning and strategic advice
ensuring collective consultation obligations are met
providing tailored documentation and communications for each stage of the process
dealing with issues that arise during implementation
Work includes:
advising a commercial airline on a cross-border reorganisation
guiding a high-street fashion retailer through a restructure
advising a UK manufacturer of silicon wafers on the reorganisation of its workforce
advising a Scottish newspaper on collective redundancy obligations arising from the introduction of new technology in its business
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As legislative adjustments in employment law persistently emerge, employers are advised to regularly reassess their contracts and policies to ensure compliance with the evolving legal landscape. We outline the upcoming changes set to take effect from April 2024.
Sign ups are now open for our upcoming Employment and Immigration seminar! Our very own Employment Partners, Nicholas Lakeland and Victoria Brockley, will delve into the latest updates in Employment Law. This will be followed by our Partner and Head of Immigration, Victoria Welsh, as she analyses the recent amendments to UK Immigration Law and the implications on UK businesses.
The significance of diversity in the workforce cannot be overstated, given the potential pitfalls associated with unconscious bias or preconceived notions. Diversity encompasses individuals of varying ages, religions, ethnicities, those with disabilities, and a balance between genders or those who choose not to be defined as belong to either sex.
The Supreme Court handed down it’s judgement which extends the right to seek compensation for underpaid holiday entitlements to police officers and employees of the Police Service of Northern Ireland ("PSNI"). This decision has raised considerable concerns about the proper calculation of holiday pay and cost the PSNI an estimated £30million.
You can now sign up for our upcoming Employment and Immigration seminar with Nicholas Lakeland, Victoria Brockley and Victoria Welsh!
We’re pleased to share that our very own Gillian Howard has been featured in Empire Weekly!
Understanding what matters to potential employees and adapting your recruitment process to their requirements can help attract the most desirable applicants. Getting this stage of the recruitment process right involves considering what will attract the right candidate to apply for the job.
Our very own Gillian Howard recently celebrated the launch of her new book; Secrets and Lies, Tales of an Employment Lawyer. Gillian wrote the book during lockdown, looking back at some of the standout moments of her career over the past 40 years, including how she came to achieve her nickname - The Rottweiler with a Handbag.
Solicitor advocate Victoria Welsh has joined Laytons ETL as a partner to establish a new Immigration Law practice at the City of London-based international commercial law firm.
In the second article of Laytons’ series ‘Getting Recruitment Right’, we address the employment law surrounding the need to identify the job that is going to be filled and the suitable job description associated with the job.
April is always marked as a busy time of the year for employment lawyers and HR professionals having to adjust the increased limits for awards.
Here are some examples of cases where employers have taken disciplinary action regarding an employee’s comments on social media about their employer.
Ahead of the expected changes for employment law this year, we look back at the implications of the cases that took place in 2022, and what we can expect in 2023.
You will have heard that P&O Ferries fired 800 staff with immediate effect in March 2022. Similarly, technology company Meta and social media giant Twitter have laid off thousands of staff in an attempt to significantly reduce costs.
It’s remarkable how often the title ‘director’ is used to describe someone’s position in a business. The title confers a sense of importance which is why it is often used but being a ‘real’ director brings with it a considerable degree of responsibility and potential liabilities, and if this was more widely understood there would be a greater reluctance to so casually use the title.
When advising employees about redundancy exits, it seems many employees are acting under the misconception that their contractual post-termination restrictions will not apply because their termination is by reason of redundancy. This is not correct, as the restrictions will apply even in redundancy terminations. It is worth noting, however, that the circumstances of 2020 may actually mean not all the restrictions are relevant even if they are still applicable.
As we slowly inch our way towards a brave new world post COVID-19 we set out below the employment law issues likely to face employers and employees in the coming months.
The government guidance has been continuously changing and this article is therefore inevitably a general exposition of key features of the scheme and specific advice should be sought in relation to the furloughing of employees.
The review, which was published on 4 November 2019, also concluded that despite the potential for minimum wages to have a negligible or zero effect on jobs, it significantly increases earnings of the lowest paid workers. Nicholas Lakeland, partner at Laytons, comments on the report, saying it will ‘frame the future remit of the Low Pay Commission… and future government policy’.
Employment lawyers and HR teams are well acquainted with the routine dance involved in the negotiation of settlement agreements. However, it is important to note that HMRC has decided to make some changes which will affect some of the steps taken when negotiating exit payments.