Sarah has been advising clients on all aspects of employment law for over 25 years.
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Sarah has been advising clients on all aspects of employment law for over 20 years and is well known for her pragmatic approach, ensuring that her advice and support meets her clients’ values and objectives.
Sarah acts almost exclusively for employers across a variety of sectors. She works closely with directors and HR managers providing strategic support and practical advice on all HR matters. She acts as a trusted adviser for many clients who contact her on a weekly basis for proactive advice.
Sarah provides tailored in-house training for clients to support managers and to minimise the risk of Tribunal claims.
She also leads the team’s HR corporate support work in relation to commercial projects and transactions.
Experience
- Extensive experience of advising clients on day-to-day HR matters, such as disciplinaries and grievances, and more complex employment issues, such as TUPE, whistleblowing, discrimination, employee & industrial relations, restructuring and restrictive covenants.
- Significant experience of senior executive disputes and successfully negotiating high-value settlements.
- Regularly providing tailored in-house training sessions and workshops to managers and presenting seminars and webinars to clients on a variety of employment topics.
- Representing clients in Employment Tribunals and, where appropriate, resolving disputes pragmatically at an early stage.
- Preparing employment contracts, policies & procedures, bonus and commission schemes.
Sarah qualified as a solicitor in 1999.
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“Sarah is fantastic at quickly understanding any issues the business is facing in order to offer timely support and guidance.
“Sarah is extremely knowledgeable with excellent interpersonal skills. She has provided me with excellent advice and is always very supportive and helpful, particularly with complex matters.
“Sarah Hall provided excellent employment advice and was always prompt with her responses. Her advice was always pragmatic with commercial considerations in mind. Highly recommended.
“Thank you for your excellent support on many occasions. Your down to earth but professional approach, in your advice and at seminars, has really influenced my style, confidence and skill development.
“Sarah Hall is highly recommendable and highly knowledgeable however her main strength is her approachability. As a client you don't worry about asking obvious questions, you feel able to ask all questions to enable the company to explore all options and share transparently the issues you are dealing with. Sarah actively listens and provides information in a form which is easier to implement and understand and disseminate to others, upskilling the knowledge of the HR department and directors as a result.
“Sarah Hall has given me some excellent support over the last few months. She is extremely approachable and very knowledgeable, not only legally but also applying that knowledge to commercial business decisions.
Relevant insights, news & events
Our regular employment insights, updates and events keep you up to date with all the latest legal developments you need to know about.
Preparing for the Employment Rights Act: What employers need to do now
Sarah Furness, from our Employment Law & HR Team, outlines how employers can prepare for the Employment Rights Act, including recruitment, zero-hours contracts, sickness absence and workplace culture changes.
The Employment Rights Bill: What’s planned and how can employers prepare
Sarah Furness, from our Employment Law & HR Team, explains the key proposals in the UK Employment Rights Bill and what employers can do to prepare for upcoming changes.
Unfair dismissal: Recent cases and what they tell us
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Sarah Furness, from our Employment Law & HR Tea, explains the new right to neonatal care leave and pay, outlining what employers and eligible parents need to know under UK employment law.
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