Jane Amphlett
Partner: Employment
The Directories say:
Jane Amphlett’s turnaround times are second to none
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Jane specialises in all areas of employment law. Her particular focus is on business critical issues, such as high value or those with a reputational impact, including discrimination prevention and litigation, strategic and Boardroom appointments and terminations, redundancy and restructuring, restrictive covenants and complex grievance complaints.
Jane is Treasurer of the Employment Lawyers’ Association and an elected member of its Management Committee and has participated in its response to legislative proposals. She is also a member of the CBI's Employment Law Forum.
Recent Work
- Advising a household name retailer on the handling of a race discrimination grievance brought by a director against it and his fellow directors and advising on dismissing the complainant. During the subsequent Tribunal hearing, he was forced to withdraw his claims
- Bringing a claim on behalf of the Managing Director of an SME company in respect of harassment, bullying and discrimination against her employer and the Chairman. A favourable settlement included share options
- Representing a broking house as gamekeeper in relation to enforcement of garden leave and post-termination restrictions against a team of brokers and their putative new employer. Our litigation tactics secured undertakings for compliance with garden leave and restrictions
- Working as part of a client project team, averting industrial action and enabling client to renegotiate the removal of a “no compulsory redundancy” clause in its House Agreement
- Advising on various major reorganisations, collective redundancies and outsourcings in media, publishing, retail and financial services sectors
- Negotiating and drafting Service Agreements, including complex incentive arrangements, and advising on the removal of Executives, some by way of Compromise Agreements, for listed and non-listed companies and senior individuals and advising on corporate governance and regulatory issues
Recent Articles/Speaking Engagements
Jane is a regular conference speaker and commentator on employment issues in the national and HR press. Recent engagements and publications have included:
- The Financial Times on the Heyday case and carers’ rights
- People Management comment on racism tests - 2 July 2009
- Radio 4 Money Box Live - 15 July 2009
- BBC2 Working Lunch - 7 September 2009
- Workplace Equality and Diversity Conference - 26 January 2010
- CBI's HR Forum on Equality Bill - 24 February 2010
- CBI's Equality and Diversity Forum - 15 June 2010
Random Fact
A Piscean, Jane is a champion swimmer and keen surfer.