Bio
Michelle is an Employment Senior Associate.
Michelle is an employment law specialist advising across a wide range of employment and HR related issues.
Her work includes guiding clients through large-scale redundancy programmes, advising and supporting with TUPE transfers, providing strategic advice to support clients with commercial settlements, advising on complex disciplinary and grievance matters and supporting with Employment Tribunal claims, as well as supporting with day-to-day HR issues.
Michelle carries out work across a broad range of sectors, including in the retail sector and acting for large corporates.
She often delivers training sessions and updates for clients, including advanced, bespoke training sessions for senior HR colleagues.
She has represented employers at substantive Tribunal Preliminary Hearings, alongside representing clients at Judicial Mediation which has been conducted by the Tribunal.
Michelle is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Examples of Michelle’s work include:
- Supporting a client with a redundancy collective consultation exercise to avoid risks of unfair dismissal claims and failure to inform and consult.
- Supporting a large retail business in respect of handling various sensitive grievance issues and related tribunal claims.
- Supporting a client with handling a flexible working request to avoid potential claims of discrimination due to the nature of the request.
- Securing the dismissal, and commercial settlement, of an employment tribunal claim on behalf of an employer relating to claims for disability discrimination, race discrimination and victimisation.