Experts
IN EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR OVER 50 YEARS
Our story
We believe employment law and HR should go hand in hand. Our employment lawyers are highly experienced and offer commercially minded service as well as operationally aware advice. They combine their expertise in both fields to provide innovative people management.
We add value by getting to know how your business works, what your priorities are and how much support your business needs. The way we offer employment law support provides you with a real choice, the ability to control costs and to get exceptional results. All our fees are transparent.
We work in partnership with you to help your business succeed. We remove the complexities of employment law, add skills and confidence to your team, and allow you to concentrate on simply running your business.
Wherever you are, we can support you. Our clients range from small businesses to national multi-site operations and large companies with an international presence. We practise law throughout the UK. We advise clients in the Republic of Ireland and we can call on employment specialists in other countries.
What we do
We offer a range of services to suit the needs of your business.
From the start, we appoint a lead consultant to work directly with you and help you to create an employment law service package that fits your needs – whether that is a simple telephone call, face-to-face meetings, training or drafting the documents you need.
CASE STUDIES
Employment law support Flowtech Fluidpower has been a Watershed client since 2010. It is a provider of fluid power products and solutions that supplies hydraulic and pneumatic components and services in multiple industries throughout the UK and northern Europe. It employs nearly 600 people, operating in 19 locations with more than 500 brands. Its sustainable…
Support on reward Watershed has provided support on employment law and managing people to Benchmark Sport since 2019. Benchmark Sport is the holding company for a global network of brands and businesses that develop sport-related networks in the business and social sectors. These brands include Think Beyond, Beyond Sport, SIG, NSE and TrybWorld. In February…
Aligning job evaluation and pay bands “We have built up a strong working relationship with Watershed over many years and always receive sound advice and guidance on job evaluation, pay and grading matters.” Audit Scotland supports the Auditor General and the Accounts Commission with financial and performance auditing to ensure that Scotland’s public funds are…
Recent News
Can you make people return to the office?
Yes, but you generally cannot force employees to return to the office if they have valid concerns, such as health issues or caregiving responsibilities, unless you can demonstrate a legitimate business need. Use honey rather than vinegar by addressing those legitimate worries as an integral part of your return-to-work plan. You have a problem. You…
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UK firms commit to diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) despite US backlash
According to a survey by Software AG, employees are increasingly using their own AI tools without permission from their employer’s IT departments, known as ‘shadow AI’. Many employees cite the lack of AI tools provided by their employers or the desire for more flexibility in their choice of tools. For some, it is quicker and…
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Employees using own Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools at work without permission
According to a survey by Software AG, employees are increasingly using their own AI tools without permission from their employer’s IT departments, known as ‘shadow AI’. Many employees cite the lack of AI tools provided by their employers or the desire for more flexibility in their choice of tools. For some, it is quicker and…
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Recruiting on ‘gut feeling’ led to unconscious racial bias
In James and another v London & Quadrant Housing Trust, an employment tribunal upheld the race discrimination claims of two housing managers after finding that they had not been selected for two senior roles because of the Trust’s unconscious bias. What happened? Miss James (J) and Miss Saine (S) were employed as housing managers by…
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