We understand the particular employment issues that crop up in the retail, catering and hospitality sector, and how best to deal with them on behalf of our clients. We work closely with our clients to get to know their businesses and give them expert advice to help their businesses succeed.
On a day to day basis we advise our clients on issues including:
- recruitment and equal opportunities
- performance management and dismissals
- working time and minimum wage
- employment tribunal claims
- pay, benefits and incentive schemes
- disciplinary and grievance procedures
- discrimination and part time working
- TUPE transfers and outsourcing
- collective redundancies
- immigration
To understand our clients better, our team offers mini secondments and one-day site visits. Team members are often published in the trade press and regularly provide training workshops to clients.
Our retail clients include a number of national retail chains and some of the UK's largest department stores as well as designer shoe and clothing companies. On the food and drink side, our clients include large high street restaurant chains, boutique restaurant groups, retailers running pubs and wine bars in London and supermarkets. In the hospitality sector we act for international and national hotel chains and a national casino chain.
We hold regular networking events and training workshops for our clients in the retail, catering and hospitality sector, often with guest speakers from the industry.
For further information please contact:
Laura Farnsworth on +44 20 7074 8158
or laura.farnsworth@lewissilkin.com
Lisa Patmore on +44 20 7074 8024
or lisa.patmore@lewissilkin.com
James Walters on +44 20 7074 8421
or james.walters@lewissilkin.com