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Employment law solicitor - IM is a national firm with regional offices

Irwin Mitchell (IM) has a hard won national reputation as an employment law solicitor’s practice, with expert employment law solicitors and redundancy law solicitors available to individuals and companies at many of its regional offices across the UK.

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At IM, we are unusual in that our employment law solicitors work for both individuals and organisations. We use our expertise to provide every aspect of advice and legal support that you might expect from one of the UK’s leading employment law solicitors, from advice on contracts and the latest legal situations (like redundancy law for example), to hr support on procedures and best practise, to representation at tribunals on both sides.

We have strength in depth. We act as employment law solicitors for large organisations, helping them to defend themselves against claims. We work with SMEs, advising them on how to keep their hr function within the bounds of the latest legislation, drawing up contracts of employment and working on employee procedures. And we work with individuals, acting as their employment law solicitors and helping them to get compensation where appropriate. Working as employment law solicitors across such a wide spectrum gives us real experience to draw on in each and every case.Irwin Mitchell Solicitors

At Freeman Johnson we understand that difficulties and disputes in your employment can bring serious problems both personally and financially. Our experience will enable us to assist you in a practical and understanding way.

If possible, we will try and find a solution to your problem through negotiation or, where appropriate, mediation, but if necessary will provide representation in an Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal or the courts as required. Please note that you must have exhausted your employer's internal procedures before applying to an Employment Tribunal - if in doubt, we would be pleased to discuss this with you. This is an area of law where your rights are subject to strict time limits and we will do our best to ensure these do not defeat your claim.

We will advise you of new developments - such as additional rights against discrimination - in this fast-changing area of law.

We can help in the following matters:

Unfair dismissal - where dismissal is not a reasonable response to your conduct, or correct procedures have not been followed
Constructive dismissal - where you have been forced to resign as a result of the way your employer has treated you
Maternity and paternity rights
Redundancy - whether you have been fairly selected for redundancy and have received adequate redundancy pay
Sex discrimination, including sexual harassment and less favourable treatment on grounds of gender
Racial discrimination
Disability discrimination including failure to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee. (If your condition has a long-term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, you may be considered as disabled, whether or not you are registered disabled.)
Breach of contract including wrongful dismissal - for instance, whether you have been given adequate notice
Claims for payment of wages, including under the minimum wage legislation
Your rights in a transfer of undertakings, where a business is sold or work transferred to a new contractor
Working hours and holiday entitlement issues
Preparing compromise agreements between employer and employee Freeman Johnson Solicitors