A specialist construction contractor has praised a Southampton legal firm for its help with resolving skills gaps, managing staff welfare and enabling rapid growth here and overseas. Laurence Dunn, Director of DC Employment Solicitors, and his...
Introduction Welcome to Issue 11 of my Employment Law Snapshot. I’m writing this edition on Tuesday 8th November and the polling stations have just opened for the American Presidential elections. So, at the moment I have no idea who has won, even...
A Southampton employment law specialist is celebrating a prestigious national accolade. DC Employment Solicitors has been recognised as the south east’s top human resources practice in an awards initiative run by the industry body Legal 500. The...
We are delighted to announce that we have been selected as the South East region’s leading practice by the Legal 500 in their national award shortlisting for Regional Human Resource practice 2017. Representing the South East region, DC Solicitors...
DC Employment Solicitors delivered our trademark bi-annual Employment Law Breakfast Briefing last week to 90 guests at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton. Once the bacon rolls and networking had finished, partner Laurence Dunn kicked off the...
DC Employment Solicitors’ Laurence Dunn and two fellow keen cyclists (all three describing themselves as “in the prime of their lives”) will be taking on the challenge of riding 500 miles in relay over three days, in order to raise much needed...
Welcome The Summer season brings with it silly season stories and one in particular this year involved a criminal case presided over by Judge Patricia Lynch QC. The criminal was (accurately) described by the judge as a vile racist. Firstly, when...
DC Employment’s Solicitor Amy Shaw speaks to BBC Radio Solent about the problems pregnant women face in employment. She says “today’s MPs report saying pregnant women face an unacceptable level of discrimination comes as no...
In the recent decision in Ham v Governing Body of Beardwood Humanities College, it was found that there could be a fair dismissal where separate acts of misconduct amounted to gross misconduct when looked at in the aggregate. Ms Ham (the...
Introduction Welcome to Issue 10 of my Employment Law Snapshot. It’s good to see that the summer has eventually decided to turn up and I hope that you have been enjoying this week’s sunny weather. Obviously, as a fully paid up member of the...
DC Employment Solicitors hosted an enjoyable and informative afternoon at a packed CIPD Mock Employment Tribunal in Portsmouth last week. The tribunal equipped HR professionals, Company Directors and Senior Managers with an overview of how an...
The choice is made, the people have spoken – it’s Brexit! Many employers and employees want to know what the likely changes will be to employment law now that Britain is leaving the European Union. It’s going to take a few years for Britain to...
