Rebecca Harding-Hill

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Rebecca Harding-Hill

Rebecca Harding-Hill

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Rebecca Harding-Hill

Rebecca Harding-Hill

Partner

Rebecca Harding-Hill

Partner

London

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Biography

  • 20+ years’ experience working in the UK and Thailand, experience in all aspects of employment law.
  • Particular experience in high value litigation including injunctions, discrimination and whistle-blowing claims, and represents clients in the Employment Tribunal and High Court.
  • Advises clients on restructuring and managing business change. She is also experienced in issues concerning ill-health of employees and group income protection benefit.
  • Clients include companies in the financial services, energy and manufacturing sectors.
  • Ranked in band 1 for Chambers and leading individual in Legal 500.
  • Winner of the "International Law Office (ILO) UK Client Choice Award for Employment.
  • Member of the Employment Law Association and Employment Committee of the City of London Law Society.

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Admissions

  • England and Wales

Related Practice Areas

  • Employment & Labor

  • Corporate

  • Finance

  • Investigations

  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution

  • Regulation, Compliance & Advisory

  • Special Investigations

  • Plan Design & Implementation

  • Plan Administration & Fiduciary Issues

  • Welfare Plans

  • Interdisciplinary Privacy/HIPAA Practice

  • Practice Before Government Agencies

  • ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation

  • International Pensions & Benefits Practice

  • Executive & Deferred Compensation

  • Pensions

  • Share Plans & Incentives

  • Oil, Gas and LNG

  • Payment Systems

  • Cross-border Employment Issues

  • Employment Class & Collective Actions

  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Experience

  • Transport regulatory body - Advised a transport regulatory body on industry wide health and safety standards for transport operators. This involved a new area of legal challenge.
  • International investment bank - Advised a major international investment bank on numerous claims by senior manager, including sex discrimination. The case was particularly sensitive due to the nature of the allegations, which included potentially criminal conduct.
  • PLC Company - Advised on a board restructure, including terminations, new appointments, and pensions and employment related claims arising.
  • FTSE 100 company - Advised an international FTSE 100 company on a global restructuring exercise, involving 40+ countries and all levels of employee, including senior management.

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Feb 28, 2024

UK HR Two Minute Monthly: February 2024

Our February update includes a case on the issue of whether job applicants can bring whistleblowing claims, and a case on who pays what compensation to a successful claimant. We also feature a news round-up looking at what employment law might look like under a Labour government, and new EHRC Guidance relating to menopause in the workplace.
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Feb 20, 2024

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Jan 31, 2024

UK HR Two Minute Monthly: January 2024

Our January update includes a new Court of Session case giving (a degree of) certainty on settlement agreements prohibiting future unknown claims and a new case on constructive dismissal focusing on the rules around delaying a resignation and affirming the employment contract. We also feature a news round-up relating to an updated EHRC Code of Practice and Guidance to accompany the new law on sexual harassment due to come into force in October, the new ACAS Code of Practice on Flexible Working (including day one requests) and changes to the Paternity/Adoption leave rules.
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Dec 20, 2023

UK HR Two Minute Monthly: December 2023

Our December update includes a Scottish Court of Session case which holds that “women” as defined in the Equality Act 2010 includes transgender individuals with a gender recognition certificate, a case asking whether new whistleblowing claims can be brought when they were allegedly dismissed by the tribunal as well as being settled under a COT3 Agreement, and an important case on the importance of timing in redundancy consultations. We also feature a news update on new legislation coming into force in April 2024, and new draft guidance from the ICO aimed at recruitment/recruiters.
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Nov 30, 2023

UK HR Two Minute Monthly: November 2023

Our November update includes a Supreme Court decision on employment status and the right to join a trade union, whether a bonus clawback clause can be an unlawful restraint of trade, and how to deal with a “heat of the moment” resignation. We also feature a news update covering new UK legislation on working time and TUPE, the reform of Fit Notes, and new proposals relating to employers and the menopause.
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Oct 31, 2023

UK HR Two Minute Monthly: October 2023

Our October update includes a significant Supreme Court decision on how to treat historic underpayments of holiday pay, a preliminary tribunal hearing on whether a belief in race equality that opposed critical race theory was a protected philosophical belief, and another tribunal decision on when a refusal of alternative employment is unreasonable when the dismissal is unfair. We also feature a news update on the ICO’s latest guidance on employee monitoring, reports on historically high levels of sickness absence, and a draft ACAS code of practice on requests for predictable working patterns. 

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Feb 28, 2024
UK HR Two Minute Monthly: February 2024
Our February update includes a case on the issue of whether job applicants can bring whistleblowing claims, and a case on who pays what compensation to a successful claimant. We also feature a news round-up looking at what employment law might look like under a Labour government, and new EHRC Guidance relating to menopause in the workplace.
News
Feb 20, 2024
Chambers Global 2024
Insights
Jan 31, 2024
UK HR Two Minute Monthly: January 2024
Our January update includes a new Court of Session case giving (a degree of) certainty on settlement agreements prohibiting future unknown claims and a new case on constructive dismissal focusing on the rules around delaying a resignation and affirming the employment contract. We also feature a news round-up relating to an updated EHRC Code of Practice and Guidance to accompany the new law on sexual harassment due to come into force in October, the new ACAS Code of Practice on Flexible Working (including day one requests) and changes to the Paternity/Adoption leave rules.
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Dec 20, 2023
UK HR Two Minute Monthly: December 2023
Our December update includes a Scottish Court of Session case which holds that “women” as defined in the Equality Act 2010 includes transgender individuals with a gender recognition certificate, a case asking whether new whistleblowing claims can be brought when they were allegedly dismissed by the tribunal as well as being settled under a COT3 Agreement, and an important case on the importance of timing in redundancy consultations. We also feature a news update on new legislation coming into force in April 2024, and new draft guidance from the ICO aimed at recruitment/recruiters.
Insights
Nov 30, 2023
UK HR Two Minute Monthly: November 2023
Our November update includes a Supreme Court decision on employment status and the right to join a trade union, whether a bonus clawback clause can be an unlawful restraint of trade, and how to deal with a “heat of the moment” resignation. We also feature a news update covering new UK legislation on working time and TUPE, the reform of Fit Notes, and new proposals relating to employers and the menopause.
Insights
Oct 31, 2023
UK HR Two Minute Monthly: October 2023
Our October update includes a significant Supreme Court decision on how to treat historic underpayments of holiday pay, a preliminary tribunal hearing on whether a belief in race equality that opposed critical race theory was a protected philosophical belief, and another tribunal decision on when a refusal of alternative employment is unreasonable when the dismissal is unfair. We also feature a news update on the ICO’s latest guidance on employee monitoring, reports on historically high levels of sickness absence, and a draft ACAS code of practice on requests for predictable working patterns. 
News
Oct 19, 2023
Chambers UK Ranks BCLP in 41 practice areas and recognizes 74 lawyers
Insights
Oct 04, 2023
New development in relation to underpayment of holiday pay
Awards
Oct 04, 2023
The Legal 500 UK ranks BCLP in 54 practice areas and recognizes 74 lawyers as “leading individuals”