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
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…
Employment law support Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services is a long-standing Watershed client. It helps its customers to provide high-quality inspections and repairs, term maintenance or new build capital projects by supplying a broad range of products and services. These include scaffolding, insulation, cladding, coating, labour, project management, and safety systems. It employs approximately 2,500…
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…
Recent News
When the toilet sign tells a bigger story
Recently, I visited a restaurant with two bathroom doors: one read ‘Urinals and lockable cubicles’, while the other simply read ‘Lockable cubicles’. Practical, clear and a neat reminder that how we design and signpost facilities carries legal as well as social weight. But is it legally compliant? Probably not. What do the signs really mean?…
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When human resources meets artificial intelligence: hidden risks you can not ignore
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now embedded in hiring and people management. But when algorithms go wrong, the legal and reputational fallout lands squarely on leaders. Scenario You deploy an AI CV screener to cut costs in early-stage hiring. The tool consistently downranks CVs with gaps longer than six months, catching many applicants who took time…
£1.2m lesson: why soft-pedalling role changes during sick leave backfires
Scenario Your employee is on long-term sick leave with cancer. While they are away, the business shifts. Another colleague has been confirmed in a role that overlaps with theirs. HR must decide how much to share and how to phrase it. Too much candour risks distress. Too little candour risks litigation. So, what is the…
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Does the National Minimum Wage apply to travel?
Travel between home and the first job of the day does not count as minimum-wage work but travel between jobs might. Scenario You manage staff who travel to multiple sites. Care workers travelling between patients’ homes, cleaners covering multiple office blocks or security guards posted at different venues. Do you need to pay them for…
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