I am a qualified solicitor and employment and HR law specialist.I provide pragmatic and commercial advice to help businesses and individuals navigate through any employment or HR law issue as quickly and straightforwardly as possible without costing you the earth.My specialties include: HR advice, managing long term sickness and ill health absences, performance management, disciplinary proceedings, updating or drafting policies, contracts and handbooks, drafting and negotiating settlement agreements (formally compromise agreements), handling grievances, dealing with whistleblowers, equal pay, trade union disputes, equality and diversity, consultancy agreements, secondment agreements, redundancy exercises, variation of terms and conditions, data protection, recruitment and retention, due diligence exercises, advice on harmonisation of terms and conditions, TUPE and Employment Tribunal claims. I also provide training to managers and businesses to enable them to handle day to day employment and HR issues themselves.