Gail has spent most of her career in hospitality and retail, giving her a solid understanding of fast-paced, ever-changing business environments.
Having worked as a senior operator before moving into HR, she’s adept at building strong relationships with managers to provide realistic and workable solutions – and ensuring that organisations have HR interventions and solutions that allow them to work effectively and efficiently within legal frameworks.
Her strengths lie in guiding organisations through a wide range of employee relations (ER) issues, from developing policies and procedures and coaching operators through difficult cases, all the way to large-scale TUPE, restructure and redundancy programmes.
She also provides ongoing outsourced support across the full ‘people’ function for several small organisations, supporting training, recruitment, engagement and ER.
Projects worked on:
Outsourced full-service HR support for 3 small retail and hospitality companies: providing solutions for a wide range of projects including handbooks and policies, employee relations advice, training and recruitment.
Integration of 2 companies involving due diligence, TUPE of employees into the acquiring company, restructuring and integration of departments, and harmonisation of terms and conditions.
Training and development for an area management team in employment law and performance management.
Right to work auditing followed by implementing processes and training to improve compliance.
Support, advice and guidance for disciplinary, grievance and tribunal.
Companies worked for:
Clients include London Cocktail Club, Burger King UK, Fuel Juice Bars, Hawthorns Leisure, Duck & Rice, Tradex Insurance and Clegg Gifford & Co.
Specialities:
Due diligence for acquisitions
TUPE transfer and consultation
Business restructure, downsizing and redundancies
Right to work and immigration
HR auditing and compliance assessment
Writing legal/company policies and procedures
Settlement agreements and exits
Employee relations work including disciplinary, grievance and tribunal
Health and safety and crisis management
Training employment law and people management skills
