The first shift at Heathrow starts before the Piccadilly line is running, and the people on it live in Hayes, Harlington, West Drayton and Uxbridge. Heathrow is one of the largest single-site workplaces in the country, and the employment solicitors of Hillingdon act for the whole range of its staff: security officers and baggage handlers employed by contractors, cabin crew and pilots with roster, fatigue and age discrimination questions, engineers and head-office staff at the airline campus near Harmondsworth, and hotel and catering workers along the Bath Road. Airport work has rules of its own. A pilot or crew member who loses a medical certificate, or any worker whose airside pass is withdrawn, may be dismissed through no fault of their own, and the law on capability, redeployment and disability applies in ways that need a specialist.
Stockley Park and Uxbridge add corporate work. Technology, pharmaceutical and consumer companies keep head offices there, and redundancy programmes, restrictive covenants, bonus disputes and settlement agreements flow from them. Brunel University, Hillingdon Hospital and Harefield Hospital bring whistleblowing, grievance and sickness absence cases from the public sector, and the warehouses of Hayes and the care homes of Ruislip and Northwood raise holiday pay, minimum wage and worker status claims.
Timing is everything. Acas early conciliation must begin within three months less one day of the dismissal or act complained of, and the claim is then listed at the tribunal office covering the postcode, which for Hillingdon may be London Central or Watford. Settlement agreements need an independent adviser's signature, usually with a contribution from the employer towards the fee.
Employers in the borough use the same firms for contracts, handbooks, TUPE and tribunal defence.
Employment firms serving Hillingdon are listed below, verified firms first. Read what employment law covers, the general employment law solicitors guide and, for the costs of documents, how much an employment contract costs; employers may want business law solicitors in Hillingdon.
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