Employment
The skillful management and motivation of staff is at the centre of a successful business, but getting to grips with the burdens imposed by the steady stream of employment legislation and regulation is time consuming and often diverts business owners and managers away from more productive tasks.
Birketts' [employment] team is noted for its 'continuity of care, reasonable prices and realistic advice', which is 'more focused than some firms'
Legal 500 | UK 2011
You can trust us to help you through the employment law maze to ensure that complicated laws and regulations are not a barrier for effective management of your staff and for business growth.
We partner with you to manage your staff in a way that suits you and your organisation’s needs while maximising efficiencies and minimising legal risks. We always go the extra mile to help you resolve problems and achieve the outcomes you need.
Our vibrant, energetic employment team boasts some of the
best lawyers in the region specialising in all aspects of
employment law facing a company's board or the HR 
professional - from everyday operational challenges
through to advising on strategic issues. The team currently
comprises over 20 specialist qualified employment solicitors, including 7 partners (one of whom is an experienced part-time Employment Judge), making us one of the largest employment teams in the East of England. We have the strength and depth of expertise to ensure we deliver the service you expect in respect of technical quality, practical approach and timeliness of advice.
We are proud to act for sector leading clients nationwide and some of the East of England’s most important businesses and institutions.
We expect our partners and senior solicitors to pursue a sleeves rolled-up approach and to be fully accountable to you for the service they and their teams deliver. They are at the coal-face and so you can be assured of the best practical and technical advice and client care.
Chambers 2009 commented that this "very credible firm" of "excellent communicators and networkers" is praised for its "extremely well-received HR events for clients" and in 2011 they commended the team, because "they always respond as a matter of urgency and are willing to go the extra mile to help."
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