Employment and diversity

The success of any organisation hinges on its people. Businesses are being scrutinised on their ability to shape and drive policy changes for the benefit of their entire workforce. One aspect of this is fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace which offers businesses a strategic advantage both within the UK and internationally. Getting it wrong has an impact on profitability and reputation.

Our service ensures that your organisation not only complies with regulation, protects but also embraces the principles of social responsibility and fairness in every aspect of its operations. We provide expert legal counsel and champion the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion within the workplace. Our team of experienced employment lawyers specialises in ESG-related services tailored to meet the unique needs of your business.

Areas of focus

• Adding value to your business: Supporting businesses to create their ESG and people agenda. Businesses without an ESG and people agenda will struggle to find investment.
• Supporting business to achieve better productivity: Addressing pay inequality is linked to productivity. Creating a more inclusive benefit structure also boosts engagement and productivity.
• Enabling business to attract and retain the best talent: We support businesses to retain talent by ensuring that legal standards are met but there is a culture of inclusivity in workplace policies and procedures. Following the best policies is known to be a competitive advantage in retaining and attracting talent. Studies have shown that when deciding between job opportunities, millennials are influenced by how a business responds to and tackles social issues.
• Ensuring legal compliance internationally: The ability to investigate ESG breaches and issuing fines in the employment sphere has significantly increased. Gender pay reporting is now compulsory for any employer with more than 250 employees but other countries including Australia are introducing similar legislation. We support businesses internationally to meet the local requirements . Gender pay reporting is now compulsory for any employer with more than 250 employees but other countries including Australia are introducing similar legislation.
• Protecting your business reputation: If standards are not met then there will be an impact on business reputation. We work with businesses on their modern slavery statements supporting them with workplace investigations into allegations of discrimination. These issues can have a substantial adverse impact on the share price and market value of large and well-known companies.