Employment and HR

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The Needle Partnership offers the expertise essential for guidance through the minefield of ever-changing employment regulations.

We offer our clients - businesses and individuals alike - proactive and pragmatic employment advice and HR solutions on matters which include:

Non-contentious advice
 • Employment issues on acquisitions and mergers, including the impact of TUPE
 • Restructuring exercises
 • Terms and conditions of employment
 • Staff handbooks
 • Disciplinary and grievance procedures
 • Recruitment practices
 • Equal opportunities policies and training
 • Working Time Regulations
 • Employee monitoring and data protection
 • Maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave
 • Status (employed vs self-employed)
 • Flexible working
 • Atypical working

HR solutions
 • Reward consulting - including remuneration and incentives
 • Share option and bonus planning
 • Senior executive compensation packages
 • Performance and absence management
 • Work/life balance
 • Consultancy and training on HR and employment issues
 • Change and crisis management

Contentious advice
 • Unfair and wrongful dismissal claims
 • Redundancy procedures and packages
 • Group and individual severances
 • Compromise agreements
 • Restrictive covenants and injunctions
 • Discrimination and victimisation claims
 • Advocacy