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Our Services

Employment lawyers for business

We like to get to know our clients and help them to get on with running their businesses by giving straightforward commercial advice. Our solicitors regularly help our clients with employment law advice and support across the full range of issues including:

Employment contracts, policies and consultancy agreements
Business change including acquisitions and sales, redundancy exercises and implementing new terms and conditions
Discrimination and family friendly issues
Disciplinary and grievance cases
Restrictive covenants and restraint of trade
Senior executive terminations and settlement agreements

Retainer Packages

Integra’s retainers give your business the reassurance of having a solicitor on hand to provide commercial employment advice on day-to-day issues. For a fixed monthly price your business has access to:

Advice from an experienced solicitor who knows your business
Assistance with letters and correspondence
Annual reviews of contracts of employment and employee handbooks
Up to date employment policies and procedures
Seminars and updates on legal changes affecting your business

Employment Tribunal Representation

We represent companies across the United Kingdom providing support at every stage of an employee dispute or claim. If a dispute arises we provide strategic advice on

Handling the claim and whether you should fight or settle
Alternative methods of dispute resolution
An upfront assessment of chances of success
Potential levels of compensation and costs

We have extensive experience of defending multi-claimant Tribunal claims and will guide you through the tribunal maze to get the best outcome for your business.

Multiple Settlement Agreements

Major organisational change or restructuring is a difficult time for business and affected employees. Integra’s settlement agreement service is a useful tool for streamlining the reorganisation process and reassuring affected employees with straightforward impartial advice:

Saving time – groups of employees and individual can be advised in a matter of days.
Saving costs – competitive rates are possible with multiple instructions.
Reducing disruption – we advise on employer premises, at an off site location or on the telephone.
Quality service –employees receive impartial advice on the terms offered from an experienced solicitor.

Employment lawyers for people

We advise and act for senior executives with a range of issues including:

Threatened disciplinary proceedings
Grievance processes
Issues arising from shareholdings and shareholder agreements
Employment Tribunal and High Court litigation

Our specialist employment solicitors also advise employees in relation to settlement agreements giving straightforward advice on the terms of the agreement itself, the deal offered and whether to take it as well as negotiating on the employee’s behalf to achieve the best outcome for them.

Employment law training

We provide employers with a full range of bespoke and off the shelf employment law training including:

Training business owners, managers and HR professionals on a wide range of employment and HR law issues
Bespoke training sessions for board members, management and HR teams
Employment law updates
Employment Tribunal preparation

All training is delivered by experienced solicitors and is tailored to meet the needs of business to give managers the tools to deal with issues with confidence.

Testimonial

“Integra has worked with Sumo Digital for many years. They provide an invaluable service and have a clear understanding of our business needs and the environment in which we operate.”

Karen McLoughlin - HR Manager
Sumo Digital Limited

Our Clients

“Integra has worked with Sumo Digital for many years. They provide an invaluable service and have a clear understanding of our business needs and the environment in which we operate”

Karen McLoughlin - HR Manager
Sumo Digital Limited

“Integra respond to our employment issues immediately and address any issues with clear and straightforward advice. They are worth their weight in gold!”

Kate Macartney - HR Manager Retail
VF Northern Europe Services

“Integra respond to our employment issues immediately and address any issues with clear and straightforward advice. They are worth their weight in gold!”

Fliss Milner - Regional HR Manager Northern Europe
VF Northern Europe Limited

"The team at Integra have the ability to translate the law into plain English and have become an integral part of our HR team here at TrustFord.”

Sharon Ashcroft - Human Resources Director
TrustFord

“Integra Legal are our company of choice on all employment law issues”

Peter Bradbury - Company Accountant
Available Car Ltd

“The lawyers at Integra Legal are excellent. I feel reassured that any issues as a major employer are supported by an experienced and dedicated team.”

Cath Bull - HR Business Partner
VF Northern Europe Limited - All Brands

The team at Integra Legal work with Easilift Loading Systems on all our HR and employment issues and we regard the quality of the service they provide to us to be second to none.

Rob Fay – Managing Director
Easilift Loading Systems Limited

“The British Dental Association has worked with Integra over several years for employment law and advice, and their services have always met our needs. Our experience has been that they are prompt, professional, and very reliable.”

Ian Morley - Head of Human Resources & Operations
British Dental Association

Our Specialisms

While we have experience of getting results for all kinds of employer, we have particular expertise in the following industries:

Automotive

Our clients include the full range of employers in the automotive sector, from national chain dealerships to independent local garages.

Retail

At Integra we understand the particular needs of employers in the retail sector. We act for global retailing giants with household name brands as well as smaller independent retail chains.

Hospitality

We have substantial experience of advising brewers, hotels and health clubs as well as national pub and restaurant chains in relation the full range of employment law issues.

Media & Creative

We have extensive experience in advising clients in the media and creative sectors including games developers, film and TV companies, record labels, design and digital media agencies

Specialist Team

Mike Butler

Partner

A respected employment lawyer having practiced in the Midlands for many years, Mike has a wealth of experience advising clients ranging from small partnerships to PLCs with over 100,000 employees. Mike has been a part-time Employment Judge since 1995 and is an accredited mediator. Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 have commented that Mike is “respected by peers”, “approachable and user-friendly”,“has a reputation for saying it how it is” and “doesn’t panic in tricky situations”.

mike.butler@integralegal.co.uk

Sally Laughton

Partner

Previously a Partner in an East Midlands firm, Sally represents businesses nationwide ranging from owner managers to PLCs, principally in the leisure, retail, pub and restaurant sector; providing straightforward, practical and consistent advice and Employment Tribunal representation. Sally tutors students at Leicester University and Nottingham Trent University and in her spare time she enjoys watching cricket in the sunshine and trips to the South of France …

sally.laughton@integralegal.co.uk

Wayne Smith

Managing Partner

Qualifying as a solicitor in 1999, Wayne had a previous career in the brewing industry. This experience of managing people in a commercial environment gives him a client’s eye perspective on employee relations and employment issues. Before founding Integra in 2010, Wayne worked for large law firms in the City of London and across the UK. He is also a visiting lecturer in employment law at the University of Westminster and a Governor of Carlton Le Willows Academy in Nottingham.

wayne.smith@integralegal.co.uk

Lorraine Teague

Partner

Born and bred in the Midlands, Lorraine qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and was a partner of a leading Midlands firms for 12 years. Lorraine is a CEDR accredited mediator and is noted in Chambers legal directory as someone who “develops strong client relationships and is tenacious on their behalf” (Chambers 2012) and who is “is an experienced employment lawyer who is noted for her professionalism” (Chambers 2013). Lorraine is a Trustee of the North Warwickshire Citizen’s Advice Bureau, enjoys a round a golf and is trying to learn to play the guitar.

lorraine.teague@integralegal.co.uk

Georgeen Carney

Operations Manager

Frighteningly efficient, Georgeen ensures everything runs like clockwork. She previously worked in recruitment and ran her own business recruiting for the creative industry Georgeen has lived in London, Hong Kong and Malaysia. She is a big sports fan and former distance runner, but now spends most of her spare time running around after her two small children.

georgeen.carney@integralegal.co.uk

Leading Employment Law Solicitors

Employment lawyers for business and senior employees