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 their customers to deliver 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
A single incident of touching a pupil did not warrant dismissing a school inspector
What happened? Ofsted dismissed Mr Hewston, one of its school inspectors, for gross misconduct after a single incident in which he brushed rainwater off the head of a Year 8 pupil who had come in soaking from a PE lesson in the rain. He lightly touched the top of his shoulder and asked if he…
Day one right to neonatal care leave
Thousands of working families with babies in neonatal care will be entitled to additional time off as a day one right. What do you need to know? Right to Neonatal Care Leave Employees can take up to 12 weeks of neonatal care leave if their child, born on or after 6th April 2025, requires medical…
Employer’s refusal of ‘word-light’ test for dyslexic candidate was unreasonable
What happened? Mr Johnston, a dyslexic candidate, applied for a permanent role as an assistant statistician with the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) in August 2020. Despite having successfully performed the role for over two years as a temporary agency worker, he faced difficulty with the recruitment process owing to a numeracy test…
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Backstop on wages claims ruled unlawful
A tribunal has ruled that the current two-year backstop on claims for unlawful deductions from wages is unlawful. Where does this leave underpaid holiday pay claims? Two-year backstop In 2015, the Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 came into force, placing a two-year backstop on most unlawful deductions from wages claims, including those related to…
