Sector

Employment and Education Law

BUSINESS OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED

The Employment team at Forbes has extensive, regular experience of acting on behalf of educational establishments in advising on both contentious and non-contentious issues.

The team works closely with clients to produce effective results in all situations; and is regularly asked to brief governing bodies regarding employment issues within the workplace. Our recent experience includes:-

Representing a school or local education authority in a 10 day Trade Union detriment case;
Appearing on behalf of a governing body in the leading case on the calculation of pension loss under the Teachers Pension Scheme;
Regularly advising and assisting in the negotiation of Settlement Agreements including dealing with the dismissal of head teachers and other senior staff;
Regularly advising on internal staffing issues including advice on restructures;
Assisting in Trade Union negotiations;
Advising on the avoidance of strike action;
Advice on the legitimacy of balloting for strike action alongside the implications of strike action when taken;
Dealing with many Tribunal cases involving sensitive child protection issues;
Representing management at internal appeals against dismissal;
Advising and assisting on the implementation of collective agreements and local variations to the same.

Our experience covers advising a whole plethora of educational establishments; including public schools, academies, pre-schools, maintained and voluntary aided schools. In addition, we are also regularly consulted by the Local Education Authority in relation to wider educational issues.

We now offer HR Complete, a fixed-cost insurance-backed employment law protection scheme for employers.