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St Pauls House 23 Park Square South Leeds LS1 2ND
Louise Bloomfield's Expertise
Louise Bloomfield is an Employment lawyer in our Leeds office. She specialises in advising major corporates on all aspects of employment law, with a particular focus on restructuring, TUPE, industrial relations and restrictive covenants.
Louise's experience includes:
- Secondments with the in-house legal team at Asda Stores Limited and with the Group Legal team at Royal Mail Group in London;
- Leading a project team to advise a multi-site national logistics provider on its largest ever restructure, including threatened national industrial action, resulting in significant organisational change and over £50m p/a savings;
- Advising a major high street retailer the disposal of part of its group and transitional service arrangements post-sale, and its approach to issues such as holiday pay and collective consultation in light of significant case law decisions.
Louise is also an active member of the Employment Lawyers’ Association having being elected as North East Representative 2009-2012.
Endorsements
Louise is listed as a "Leading Lawyer" in the Chambers & Partners UK and the Legal 500 which state:
"Louise Bloomfield leads the team for commercial sector employment law, and is particularly knowledgeable on TUPE, restructurings and collective consultation, and also employment practices liability insurance cases." Chambers and Partners UK Guide 2016
"Even when faced with a challenge, her ability to remain calm and give advice is fantastic. She can give clear advice and demonstrate the risks associated on the road we want to take."Chambers and Partners UK Guide 2015
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Flexible working: an employer's perspective
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Disability discrimination: Knowledge of decision maker
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Trade Union Bill: Proposed amendments
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Age discrimination: Permanent health insurance benefits
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National Minimum Wage
The following hourly rates of national minimum wage will apply from 1 October 2016:
What changes are happening in April 2016?
Employers should be aware that the following changes will take place in April:
Sex discrimination: Provision of childcare vouchers during maternity leave
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TUPE: Service provision change
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The Insurance Act 2015: What does it mean for contractors?
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Disability discrimination: What are "normal day-to-day activities"?
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TUPE: Was there a TUPE transfer where operations were suspended shortly before a change of provider?
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Age discrimination: The correct approach to comparators
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Race discrimination: Instruction not to speak native language at work
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TUPE: Hazards in procurement
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Employment Adviser Newsletter - September 2015
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TUPE: A service provision change can occur where there is more than one client
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Social media: Dismissal for offensive non-work related tweets potentially fair
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Disability discrimination: Providing a workplace free from aerosols and perfume was not a reasonable adjustment that could have been made
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EPL claims - Hidden holiday pay: The EAT decides overtime should be included in holiday pay
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Monthly Employment Commercial Newsletter - September 2014
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TUPE: No service provision change where client changed
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TUPE: Change in location was not a substantial change to employee's material detriment
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Holiday pay: A time bomb waiting to happen?
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