Claire Haworth
PartnerClaire Haworth is a partner within the employment and HR team, based in the firm's Blackburn office.
Claire is a partner in the employment and HR team.
She acts for businesses from a variety of industry sectors including small owner-managed businesses through to larger corporate entities, educational establishments and charities, on all aspects of employment law and human resources issues from recruitment through to dismissal, including employment corporate support.
Claire also acts for senior executives negotiating new employment terms and severance arrangements when necessary.
She works closely with her clients to understand their wider business, allowing her to provide practical, commercial advice and strategic solutions to achieve their objectives.
Claire presents regular workshops/seminars including those held by local intermediaries and delivers in-house training to businesses on a range of employment law topics.
Experience
Claire works with employers across a range of businesses in the manufacturing sector advising on all types of employment law matters.
Working with a number of prominent national and regional manufacturers, she has developed a real understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities facing the manufacturing sector.
Claire heads up the manufacturing sector team, working with colleagues with other legal specialisms to provide a wide spectrum of legal expertise and manufacturing knowledge.
She seeks to provide guidance on operational, as well as more strategic matters, to help you achieve your business objectives and strives to become a strategic business partner.
Claire has particular experience in dealing with restructuring and redundancy, guiding employers through the highly complex redundancy consultation process, tricky dismissals, drafting and reviewing service agreements, restrictive covenants and settlement agreements.
Recent cases include:
- Advising clients on disability and ill-health issues in the workplace, including navigating tricky issues relating to long-term absence and employees who are refusing to engage with their employer
- Advising on post-termination restrictive covenant issues
- Assisting clients to terminate employee’s contracts on SOSR grounds against the backdrop of them having protected characteristics and having raised multiple grievances against members of the HR team and senior management team over prolonged periods
- Managing extensive redundancy and change programmes
Affiliations
- Member of the Law Society
- Member of the Employment Lawyers Association
- Associate Member of The Institute of Leadership and Management
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