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 25 September 2020
The Government has announced details of the successor to the furlough scheme to support employers whose staffing needs have fallen as a result of the pandemic
news 24 September 2020
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news 24 September 2020
Introducing our new bespoke HR service which provides organisations with advice and support on staff-related matters
insights 21 September 2020
Ben Doherty urges companies considering redundancies to pause and consider whether the current circumstances mean that amendments are required to the ...
insights 11 September 2020
Companies face an increased risk of data breaches and heavy fines because of staff working from home long term and must take action to reduce the threat
news 11 September 2020
Our support for future legal professionals continues as we extend a warm, if mainly virtual, welcome to our eight new trainees joining our offices in ...
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