Jemma Pugh

Jemma advises on a wide range of employment law and HR issues, acting for organisations in a variety of sectors and senior executives.

Her practice focuses on contentious matters, and she regularly deals with all types of claims brought in both the Employment Tribunal and the civil courts. She has a particular interest in discrimination law and regularly advises on complex and high-value discrimination matters. She is also well placed to manage team moves and injunction matters, including interim relief in the Employment Tribunal.

Clients seek Jemma’s expert assistance with commercial dispute resolution within the workplace to manage issues before they become claims.

Jemma advises on a variety of non-contentious matters, ensuring compliance with fast-paced employment law. She provides strategic advice on general day-to-day workplace issues, including sickness absence, performance management, disciplinary issues, and grievances. She is highly experienced in large-scale redundancies, restructures and collective processes.

Jemma regularly provides training to HR teams and her clients’ general workforce on all areas of employment law, including the prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace and updates on employment law.

Jemma is experienced in negotiating exits and settlement agreements from both an employer’s and a senior executive’s perspective.

• Successfully defending a business against an interim relief application brought by a former employee following whistleblowing allegations.
• Providing training to clients in relation to providing safe and respectful workplaces and the prevention of discrimination and harassment.
• Advising an organisation in relation to a wide-scale collective redundancy procedure.
• Representing a senior executive in his whistleblowing, unfair dismissal and discrimination claims.

Jemma is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.