Meet the team
Kate Wyatt
Partner
Employment
Phone
01382 317182
Address
Seabraes House 18 Greenmarket Dundee DD1 4QB
About Kate
Kate is a Partner based in our Dundee and Edinburgh offices. She has specialised in employment law since qualification and advises employers and individuals on a wide range of employment matters.
Kate has worked with employer and employee clients from a variety of sectors, including the sporting, social care, higher education, independent schools and life sciences sectors, and for charities and not-for-profit organisations.
Kate has experience of bringing and defending employment tribunal claims, including discrimination claims, unfair dismissal and equal pay claims, and provides her employer clients with advice in relation to disciplinary and grievance matters, capability and conduct dismissals, redundancies and restructurings along with contract issues. She has also advised on the application of the TUPE regulations, employee issues in outsourcing contracts, trade union recognition and strike action.
Kate also advises senior employees, including in relation to negotiating contracts of employment and settlement agreements, and on post termination restrictions.
Kate is a member
of ELA (Employment Lawyers Association) and holds a Masters degree in
employment law. She is a trustee director of Dundee CAB.
Expertise
Highlights
- Advising an employer in the care sector on alleged breaches of collective bargaining arrangements and subsequent strike action.
- Acting in a complex employment status case centering on whether an individual was self-employed or an employee, and therefore entitled to a redundancy package.
- Representing an employer in defending claims of discrimination and harassment on the grounds of religion or belief under the Equality Act.
- Drafting full suites of policies and procedures for employer clients including whistle-blowing and equality policies.
- Representing a claimant in a claim of unfair dismissal and discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief.
- Acting for a group of employees in complex settlement agreements involving third party outsourcing contracts.
News & Insights
From the team
news 27 May 2019
Ben Doherty, Head of our Employment team, encourages employers to take responsibility for the mental health of their employees and highlights the pote...
news 17 May 2019
We are delighted to continue our support for DARE Academy, Abertay University’s games design competition, and to offer students business and legal advice
insights 7 May 2019
The government has published its ‘Good Work Plan’, which proposes a series of changes to employment law. What does this mean for employers?
news 24 April 2019
Join our Employment team at our free seminar where they will provide a review of developments in employment law over the last six months
news 16 April 2019
Employers should be aware of the new employment law changes which have come into effect in April 2019
insights
Christopher Meaden, a Solicitor in our Employment team, discusses a recent case which considers when employers should make reasonable adjustments to employee working hours
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