Susan is a Legal Director in the Employment team at Charles Russell Speechlys, and has more than 10 years’ experience advising mainly corporates and not-for-profit organisations on all aspects of employment law. Susan was described as “excellent” in Legal 500 2015. Susan has significant litigation experience in the Employment Tribunal, County Court and High Court including complex discrimination claims, team moves and injunctions, and partnership disputes. She also advises employers on all HR matters including disciplinary/grievance issues, TUPE, restructuring, and discrimination. She has a particular interest in equality and diversity and advisers regulators and other organisations on access and compliance.
The World Cup kicks off in Brazil today, Thursday 12 June. Because Brazil is 4 hours ahead of the UK, the earliest matches will kick off at 5pm, and the latest at 11pm UK time (although one match kicks-off at 2am!). The UK Government has relaxed licensing laws so pubs will be able to stay…
Everyone – employee and employer alike – knows what misconduct is. It’s stuff your employer doesn’t want you to do. But gross misconduct is an important, altogether trickier, concept. How do you know when misconduct is so serious, it justifies immediate dismissal without notice? What if your policies don’t describe what amounts to gross misconduct?…