EMPLOYMENT SOLICITOR - UNFAIR DISMISSAL

If you have been treated unfairly at work, whether this involves dismissal, bullying, or discrimination, or if you need detailed advice on what legal protection you have in the work place, it might be advisable to consult an employment solicitor. Our solicitors are experts in their field and where possible they negotiate settlement failing which they will make application to an Employment Tribunal to resolve any dispute. Our solicitors operate the no win no fee scheme and make no charge whatsoever if the claim is lost. If compensation is recovered on your behalf then costs are charged based on a percentage of the total sum recovered. If you would like to discuss your potential claim with a specialist lawyer with no charge and with no obligation just use the helpline or complete and send the contact form.

An employment solicitor is a lawyer who specialises in representing clients involved in disputes relating to their place of work. Obtaining compensation for the issues that arise at work requires a high degree of expertise and focus, making it important that if you have a potential claim, you find a specialist employment solicitor with competence and experience in this particular field of law. Ask any potential solicitor whether they have training in employment law, as such instruction is available, and any generalist would be at a disadvantage to a specialist, which might hamper your case.

The complexity of employment law makes it important that if you are involved in any disputes, you consult a specialist lawyer who can advise you, or provide you with representation at a tribunal or do both. An expert employment solicitor is trained in the following areas of law and may well be worth consulting :

• An employment solicitor can handle cases involving dismissal. This may extend to unfair dismissal, where an employee has been fired from his or her job, or made redundant, without sufficient reason. Employers should provide a clear reason for dismissal, and have evidence to back such a claim up; otherwise a claim for unfair dismissal may succeed. Or it may involve constructive dismissal, where an employee has left the firm due to conduct of the employer which breaches the employment contract and consequently deserves damages.
• An employment solicitor will handle cases of discrimination, harassment and victimisation at work. In the past, harassment at work might have been construed as harmless teasing, but in more recent times the true cost of harassment has become more evident. Shouting at employees and being unfairly critical are more obvious ways in which one worker may harass another, but more subtle ways are worth consideration too. Systematically overloading employees with work, blocking them for promotion, spreading rumours about an employee among other workers, even excluding them from activities or ignoring them – all are ways in which employers or colleagues may harass employees. At its worst, harassment may take the form of discrimination on the grounds of age, race, gender, sexuality, or disability. An employment solicitor may be able to help you with all of these problems.

A trained lawyer can provide you with detailed advice on particular aspects of employment law. If you want to clarify and understand your rights in respect to wages, equal opportunities, working time regulations, maternity leave, or on the rights you have when the firm you work for is transferred to other owners (or ‘Transfer of Undertakings Regulations’), then talking to one of our solicitors is likely to help.