Ian Jones
Senior associate
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029 2068 6138
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Ian Jones handles a wide variety of employment law cases and has experience working on matters brought before the Employment Tribunal, County Court and High Court.
Ian advises on all aspects of employment law with a particular emphasis on the termination of employment and the defence of employment tribunal claims.
Main areas of practice
Ian has extensive experience of advising employers in both the private and public sectors on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious issues.
Industrial relations issues
Providing advice to employers in relation to a wide range of industrial relations issues including trade union recognition
Recently provided advice to Welsh NHS organisations regarding the legality of large scale strike and other industrial action, the management of staff absences and picketing arrangements
Equal pay
Over the last 7 years, Ian has led our team in managing the equal pay litigation which is ongoing within the NHS in Wales arising from the introduction of a new pay structure and has gained extensive knowledge of this specialist area
Redundancy
- Advising employers in relation to individual and collective redundancies including consultation obligations and selection criteria
- Advising on large scale reorganisations including “some other substantial reason” dismissals
- Advising on staff transfers, changing terms and conditions and voluntary exit schemes
Discrimination
- Advising employers on their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 including the implementation of reasonable adjustments in disability cases
- Formulating and updating policies on behalf of employers to ensure ongoing compliance
- Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE) and related issues
- Advising employers in relation to all aspects of TUPE including consultation, the assignment of staff and the harmonisation of terms and conditions post transfer
- Advising in relation to corporate and commercial transactions including the application of TUPE
Preparation of employment due diligence reports as part of the tendering/acquisition process
Drafting and negotiating employment warranties and indemnities
Expertise
Contact details
029 2068 6138
Email Ian
Significant Experience
- Employment Tribunals
- Extensive experience of defending multi-claimant actions relating to, amongst other things, unfair dismissal and equal pay
- Unfair Dismissal and Wrongful Dismissal
- Providing advice to employers to minimise the risk of successful claims for unfair dismissal
- Advising employers on wrongful dismissal and other breach of contract claims
Insights by Ian
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A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case considered the issue of reasonable adjustments and discrimination arising from disability following the claimant’s dismissal for ill-health. It is a helpful reminder to employers...
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A recent ruling from the Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds an Employment Tribunal's decision that a claim could be struck out as it had previously been waived in a settlement agreement....
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In an interesting decision about disclosure of documents, the EAT upheld the Employment Tribunal's decision that the Respondent should disclose unredacted copies of internal management documents on the grounds that...
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