We are often called upon to advise on all manner of workplace disputes in schools including:
- Advising on all manner of disciplinary proceedings against teaching and support staff including cases where the employee is refusing to engage, deploying delay tactics, or has instructed heavy handed representation.
- Advising on the dismissal of a teacher subject to a Police investigation before the Police process had concluded.
- Advising on the dismissal of a teacher for some other substantial reason where the relationship between the parties are irretrievable broken down.
- Advising on grievances, collective grievances and counter-grievances.
- Advising a school on managing the employment relationship where an employee has submitted an employment tribunal claim but remains employed by the school.
- Advising on safeguarding allegations against members of staff, ranging from low level concerns through to the most serious types of sexual offences.
- Advising a number of schools and MATs on reputational damage, communications strategy and PR arising from disputes with employees.
- Supporting a number of clients with Data Subject Access Requests and Freedom of Information Act requests from staff and trade unions.
- Advising on the dismissal of a trade union representative.
- Supporting schools with sickness absence management issues and dismissal on ill health capability grounds.
- Advising on disputes with agency workers and employment agencies including in relation to disputes about transfer fees and successfully defending a school against a potential claim for transfer fees.
- Advising a number of schools and MATs on withdrawing offers of employment and disputes about job references.