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I am a specialist employment lawyer with over 25 years' experience in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. I have particularly expertise in TUPE transfers, restructuring and redundancies, complex employment litigation, discrimination/equality issues and senior staff exits. I act for clients across a wide range of sectors including major corporate employers, housing associations, education bodies and charities and am the Firm’s lead on providing employment advice to local authorities.
My general experience includes all areas of employment work and I have dealt with a number of high profile cases in Tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the High Court and the Court of Appeal. I have specific expertise in advising on equal pay and discrimination, restructuring and redundancy programmes, negotiated exits, changing terms and conditions, and providing TUPE advice in connection with service delivery models including shared services, partnering arrangements, joint ventures and outsourcing. I also provide support to in-house legal and HR teams, acting as a sounding board on both strategic and operational HR issues.
Sarah Lamont is an excellent employment lawyer who really understands the challenges of local government and the issues that local government lawyers face. Her advice is always spot on.
Publications
I have had articles published in the Local Government Lawyer and Local Government Chronicle and have also contributed articles to Lexology and EM LawShare
Shining a light on wrongdoing at work
Councils must be prepared for Statutory Officer disciplinary investigations
Seminars
I have spoken at the LLG Weekend School on employment matters.
I have worked with Sarah for many years and her expertise, professionalism and insight is invaluable.
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Employment Eye – What to expect in 2025
17/01/2025
Employment Eye – A look back at 2024
18/12/2024
Employment Eye – October 2024
21/10/2024
All change? What the Employment Rights Bill and other reforms might mean for employers
Employment Law Update: Case law and horizon scanning for HR and...
06/12/2022
Taking a look at some of the hot employment and workforce topics of 2022 and looking forward at what 2023 has in store
Bevan Brittan team helps major merger of housing association duo to...
01/04/2022
Catalyst and Peabody complete merger
Employment Law Update: June
30/06/2021
This is the perfect opportunity to hear about updates in employment law and to get an update on the latest changes
Councils must be prepared for Statutory Officer disciplinary...
21/06/2019
The MJ - article published 20 June 2019
Shining a light on wrongdoing at work
14/05/2019
Employment Status Update
13/06/2018
Supermarket sweep - important developments in equal pay
26/10/2016
Are collective equal pay claims a step closer for private sector employers?
Brexit – the implications for employment law
28/06/2016
On 23 June, the UK voted to leave the European Union. A very different future is emerging for politics, finance and governance in...
Employment Eye - News Round-Up May 2016
26/05/2016
Sarah Lamont on the latest employment law news in brief - plus details of our next events.
Public sector exit payments – clamping down & clawing back
25/02/2016
Sarah Lamont shines a light on the recent raft of complex proposals designed to clamp down on public sector exit payments
Employment Eye - Travel to work can be 'work'
30/09/2015
Sarah Lamont follows up on our recent Alert on Tyco Integrated Services, and resolves some of the potential confusion over the...
TUPE news
30/06/2015
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations are a reliable source of somewhat surprising judicial...
TUPE service provision change involving a group of clients
31/03/2015
The concept of a ‘service provision change’ has been examined a number of times in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).
Holiday and overtime payments
27/11/2014
In a landmark decision, the Employment Appeal Tribunal decided earlier this month that holiday pay should include...
Employment Eye – Alert! Calculation of holiday pay
04/11/2014
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has today handed down its decision in the joined cases of Fulton v Bear Scotland Limited and...
Employment Eye – Alert! Holiday pay & overtime – follow up
04/11/2014
Further to our earlier Alert, the full judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the important holiday pay / overtime...
TUPE update
25/09/2014
Whilst some of us may have been taking some time out and relaxing over the summer holidays, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has...
Mum's NOT the word: flexible working extended
01/07/2014
Anyone who believes that flexible working is largely limited to working mothers will have their thinking challenged this week, as...
Employment news round-up
28/01/2014
Despite the gloomy time of year, there are at least three reasons to be cheerful today: 'Blue Monday' (20 January) is out of the...
TUPE Regulations officially 'static'
31/07/2013
As we reported in our recent Alert, the European Court of Justice has published its long awaited decision on whether the TUPE...
Employment Eye Alert: Is TUPE 'static' or 'dynamic'?
18/07/2013
Employment Eye Alert: Is TUPE 'static' or 'dynamic'?
Employment Eye Alert: Collective redundancy consultation – major...
04/06/2013
In what looks very likely to be a significant change to the rules on collective redundancy consultation, it has been reported that...
Sacking the DIP - Shooting the messenger?
28/02/2013
DCLG has written to a limited number of stakeholders seeking their views on draft Amendment Regulations that remove the...
The law of unintended consequences: TUPE service provision changes
19/12/2012
What happens if an outsourced contract expires and is brought back in-house to be run as a skeleton service, pending a new...
TUPE: Discord over harmonisation
01/10/2012
A recent decision of the EAT potentially leaves employers with little wriggle room in relation to ETO reasons for TUPE related...
TUPE update
29/03/2012
Sarah Lamont discusses two recent decisions arising out of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations...
We have worked with Sarah Lamont on a number of issues this year, and she has very quickly built trust and demonstrated her capability and credibility. It feels like a partnership, which is very reassuring. She is pragmatic and provides confidence when dealing with complex and contentious issues. Sarah quickly understands the issue in hand, our needs/focus, and works with us to find a solution that best works. Sarah is honest with her advice and the risk of potential strategies, ensuring we are well-informed and able to take decisions.