Harriet Driscoll
Senior Associate
Employment & Business Immigration
+44 20 3206 2759
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harriet.driscoll@smb.london
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Harriet is a senior associate in the Employment team. She advises on all aspects of employment law and works closely with the Corporate team.
She has advised clients in a variety of sectors including banking, manufacturing, retail, education, charitable organisations and those in the public sector. She provides guidance to clients on both contentious and non-contentious issues, including employee terminations, redundancies, TUPE, unfair dismissal, discrimination and breaches of post-termination restraints.
Harriet is involved in supporting and playing for the Imperial Band, Brentwood.
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4th April 2023Happy Easter – but not necessarily a four-day weekend for everyone: Are you entitled to time off work on the Easter Bank Holidays?
As well as being one of the most significant dates in the Christian calendar, Good Friday is the start of what for many people is a four-day weekend. And with Covid-19 restrictions disrupting bank holidays significantly over the last couple of years, people in the UK will be hoping to make up for lost time this Easter.
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30th March 2023Sky Sales Advisor who gave customers his personal mobile number wins unfair dismissal claim
An employee who was sacked for sending a customer’s details to a colleague using his personal mobile phone has successfully claimed unfair dismissal, even though he admitted wrongdoing. Why did the employer lose at the tribunal?
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13th March 2023Proposal to extend redundancy protections for pregnant employees and new parents
On 21 October 2022, the government announced that it was backing the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill.
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