Employee

Do you have an employment law problem or dispute in London ?

We appreciate that as an employee dealing with your employer or an ex-employer can seem like a daunting experience. Warings employment law team, headed up by David Winston can ensure that you are skillfully represented  and your employment law rights are fully  protected.

Discrimination law

It is not only employees that have employment rights; if you are suitably qualified but are not getting appointed to positions you apply for (or do not even receive an interview) you may have been the victim of unlawful discrimination, whether race discrimination, sex discrimination, disability discrimination or age discrimination.

Under English employment law, as recently reinforced by the Equality Act, it is unlawful to discriminate against a person (who could be an applicant for a position, an employee or an ex-employee) on the grounds of Sex, Sexual Orientation, Age, Disability, Race, Religion or Belief. The right not to be discriminated against also extends to workers, agents and contractors.

Warings have a highly experienced employment law team in London providing a complete service from initial consultation right through to representation at Employment Tribunal. We believe continuity is important for our clients and we are therefore reluctant to instruct a barrister at the last moment to do the hearing unless it is clearly in our client’s best interest to do so.

Whatever the nature of your dispute, we have the expertise and resources to help you achieve the best outcome for you, both in financial terms but not least in also seeking to protect your future employment prospects.

What types of employment law issues can we help with ?

• Unfair dismissal
• Wrongful dismissal
• Unlawful discrimination on one of the prohibited grounds, ie Age, Race, Religion or Belief, Sex, (including pregnancy and maternity rights)
• Sexual orientation
• Disability discrimination
• Compromise Agreements
• Harassment and victimisation including claims under the Harassment Act 1997.
• Equal Pay
• Unlawful deduction of wages
• Protected disclosures (Whistle-blowing)
• Transfer of an Undertaking (your rights on the sale, purchase, merger etc of your employer’s business)

It is important that the correct claims are made within the appropriate timescales. Most employment tribunal claims must be brought within 3 months of the action being complained about otherwise the Employment Tribunal will reject the claim. It is also important to establish whether your claim needs to follow an internal statutory dismissal or grievance procedure first before it can be submitted to a Tribunal. Failure to follow a statutory procedure first could mean that your claim is refused, or if it is admitted, compensation could be reduced by as much as 50%.

We are based in Barnet, North London and advise clients in the local areas of Finchley, Southgate, Cockfosters, Enfield and Whetstone but also have many employment law clients throughout London.

Compromise Agreements

For compromise agreements, we can generally offer a same day service for employees, often an important consideration for employees offered a compromise agreement in Barnet or in the North London or North West London area. Many employers will pay the employee’s legal fees for the necessary statutory legal advice required for the employee, and we can generally work within the employer’s budget for most cases, resulting in our advice on compromise agreements generally being free for employees.

Specialist employment law advice

Many employment law claims and problems now involve either stress related or personal injury claims. Your employer may be seeking to dismiss you based on sickness absence or you may have a disability and your employer has failed to accept this as a disability or to have made reasonable adjustments. In addition to our employment law expertise, we are genuine specialists in personal injury claims. The crossover between many employment law issues and personal injury means you can be sure of getting specialist advice from us.

Please contact us for advice on an employment  law related matter or  to find out more about us.