Our award-winning employment lawyers and HR Consultants will be hosting a programme of six weekly sessions that will have real impact on how you manage and get the best out of your staff. Benefit from our extensive experience with complimentary, bite-sized learning opportunities.
From Tuesday 28 April 2020 our award-winning employment lawyers and HR Consultants will be hosting a programme of six weekly sessions that will have real impact on how you manage and get the best out of your staff. But that’s where we can come in and do our bit to help; by providing short snippets of learning and sharing best practice that you can manage and absorb around your weekly routine.
Benefit from our extensive experience with complimentary, bite-sized learning opportunities. The 30-minute sessions will help you walk back to the office with quick wins on topics such as absence management and conducting a hearing effectively. You’ll also pick up tips on how to tweak your day to day practice to put you on a better footing should you ever find yourself up before an employment tribunal judge.
Emily Addai specialises in contentious and non-contentious employment issues including tribunal claims, unfair dismissal, redundancy, restructuring, contractual issues, policies and procedures and discrimination.
emily.addai@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)115 976 6501
jessica.collinson-shield@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2113
Eleanor Drabble specialises in consultancy, advice and support to schools and academies on all HR management issues.
eleanor.drabble@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2108
Daniella Glynn specialises in consultancy, advice and support to schools and academies on all HR management issues.
daniella.glynn@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2788
gill.martindale@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2110
With very substantial HR experience, Paul specialises in providing well considered and practical strategic and operational HR advice and business partnering to our Education clients’.
paul.miner@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)121 296 0666
Heather specialises in contentious and non-contentious employment matters including; contractual issues, unfair dismissal, redundancy and all areas of discrimination.
heather.mitchell@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)20 7871 8511
Katherine works as an Associate Solicitor in our employment team, and has over 4 years’ experience of working with a wide range of schools and academy trusts.
katherine.utton@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2206
Tom specialises in educational HR, with a particular focus on academies. Managed and led on a variety of change management projects including restructures, workforce reductions and pay reviews.
tom.wallace@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)20 7871 8513
Partner
heather.mitchell@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)20 7871 8511
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There’s greater opportunity than ever for parents, carers and guardians to voice any concerns they have relating to their child’s education and for their concerns to be heard and to be taken seriously. While most staff in schools and academies are conscious of their legal duties relating to complaints management, many are struggling to cope with such a significant increase in the volume of complaints they must manage.
We’re pleased to collaborate with Lloyds Bank, who recently asked us and audit and risk specialists Crowe UK to offer guidance that academy trusts would find helpful when considering setting up a trading subsidiary.
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