Sarah Burke

Sarah provides employment law advice to employers across the full HR and employment lifecycle. She delivers guidance aligned to business objectives, supporting clients to manage risk and make confident, compliant decisions.

Sarah advises on a broad range of employment matters, including redundancies and restructures, senior exits, Employment Tribunal claims, and day-to-day HR issues. She also drafts a range of employment documentation, including contracts, handbooks, and settlement agreements.

She also advises on the employment aspects of business sales and acquisitions, including due diligence and TUPE. She also supports employers in navigating the evolving use of AI in the workplace, providing practical advice on implementation and risk management.

Her clients range from SMEs to PLCs, as well as charities and organisations in the education, retail, and logistics sectors.

Examples of Sarah’s work include:

• Assisting clients with collective consultation processes in relation to possible redundancies and separately in relation to changes to terms and conditions.
• Successfully defending a race discrimination employment tribunal claim which involved multiple preliminary hearings to deal with specific disclosure obligations.
• Contributing to large-scale settlement agreement projects to ensure that the process is streamlined and efficient.
• Working with multiple clients providing practical and commercial day to day employment law advice.
• Advising on senior exits from a business.