Employment Law for Senior Employees

We help senior employees and c-suite executives understand their rights and obligations and navigate employment issues, including disciplinaries, grievances, and performance management concerns, that might arise at work.

Alongside the benefits of being a senior employee, there are often substantial obligations and restrictions. Having the right legal advice at the right time will ensure that your position is fully protected and any issues are fairly and properly resolved.

At Longmores Solicitors, our Employment team advise senior employees in many industries. We provide straight-talking, strategic, and pragmatic advice so you can be confident that you understand where you stand and what to expect.

Is it worth speaking to a lawyer before signing an employment contract?

Yes, for senior executives and other high-level professionals, it is always advisable to seek legal advice before signing a new employment contract or director’s service agreement.

These agreements can be complex and contain important financial provisions as well as imposing considerable obligations both in terms of responsibilities during employment and restrictions afterwards. The best way to ensure that your contract accords with your understanding of your employment terms is to ensure you fully understand what you agree to before signing.

Financially, getting legal advice before signing a contract or agreement can be highly cost-effective. Given how significant the financial implications can be for people in these senior roles, avoiding those risks can be invaluable.

We offer a fixed-price contract review prior to starting a new job for £950 + VAT. To find out exactly what this includes, please take a look at our employment law for senior employees pricing.

How we can help senior employees

Our senior executive employment lawyers in Hertford handle a wide range of issues, including:

Settlement agreements
Contracts of employment
Employment tribunals and court proceedings
Restrictive covenants
Executive obligations
Exit arrangements
Dismissal and redundancy
Disciplinaries and grievances
Whistleblowing
Post-exit disputes

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Reasons to choose Longmores’ employment lawyers for senior employees

We have extensive experience advising and representing a wide range of senior executives and other senior professionals in many different industries
Our employment lawyers consistently appear in the directories of leading practitioners and are ranked by leading client guide The Legal 500.
The team is led by Joint Senior Partner Richard Gvero, closely supported by Senior Solicitor Miranda Mulligan. Both Richard and Miranda are individually recommended by The Legal 500.
Miranda and Richard are members of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), further emphasising their specialist expertise.
We keep things simple, always explaining everything in plain English.

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Our expertise as employment lawyers for senior employees

Settlement agreements

Settlement agreements are often used to head off a potential dispute or confidentially resolve a problem that has arisen during the employment relationship. For senior executives, the financial value of such a settlement can be significant, but the terms can be quite complex and restrictive.

Our team can advise on the terms of settlement agreements for senior executives. We can also provide support if an employer or former employer is not meeting their obligations under an agreement or is taking enforcement action against you over the terms of a settlement agreement.

Contracts of employment

Our employment solicitors for senior employees can advise about the terms of employment, including remuneration, bonuses and post-termination restrictions.

Whether you are starting a new role or already in a senior position, we can ensure you fully understand your contract’s terms and how they may affect your exit from the business. If you are considering exiting your role, we can advise on the process for doing so and any post-exit restrictions with which you must comply.

We have particular expertise in advising on and negotiating employment contracts and directors’ service agreements with complex remuneration structures, such as bonuses, performance-related pay, incentives and other benefits.

We can also advise you on how to protect the information or contacts you introduce to your new employer as part of your terms of employment.

Employment tribunals and court proceedings

Our team can support senior executives in disputes with their employers or former employers, including providing support and representation for employment tribunals.

We offer strong expertise in alternative dispute resolution, meaning many issues can be resolved privately without compromising your rights. However, should tribunal or court proceedings be required, we can ensure you have the strongest possible case and robustly represent you every step of the way.

Post-termination restrictive covenants

It is common practice for senior executives to be required to sign up for various post-termination restrictive covenants as part of their terms of employment. While this is usually standard, it is important to review the terms of these covenants when entering into them, as they can potentially restrict your future employment upon exit from your current role.

It is, therefore, sensible to have expert advice on such restrictions within your employment contract before agreeing to them.

Our senior executive employment solicitors can advise on and negotiate restrictive covenants, including non-competition and non-solicitation/non-dealing restrictions regarding customers, colleagues, and team moves.

Exit arrangements

We can advise on and negotiate exit arrangements for senior employees with significant financial implications, including negotiating complex, high-value settlement agreements or redundancy situations.

Dismissal and redundancy

Being dismissed or made redundant from a senior role can have very serious consequences for both your finances and career. Therefore, it is essential to ensure that you have been treated fairly in a dismissal or redundancy scenario.

Our team can support senior employees who have been made redundant or dismissed in a way that they feel was unfair or discriminatory. We can also assist with cases of constructive dismissal and wrongful dismissal.

Disciplinaries and grievances

We can advise on all types of disciplinary and grievance matters, including those involving sensitive matters such as discrimination and harassment. If you have been made subject to disciplinary proceedings and/or need to raise a grievance or have been the subject of one, we can support you through the entire process, helping to ensure that you are protected.

Whistleblowing

There are legal protections for whistleblowers, but it can still be a difficult step to navigate, particularly if you are dismissed or treated unfavourably as a result.

Our team can provide proactive advice to both people considering becoming whistleblowers and those dealing with the consequences of these actions.

Post-exit disputes

Should you find yourself involved in a post-exit dispute with a former employer, including in relation to an alleged breach of post-termination restrictive covenants or confidentiality obligations, we can advise on the best possible resolution. With the right expert support, these types of disputes can often be headed off at an early stage, so the sooner you can seek legal advice, the better your chances of a positive outcome.