Charlotte Sloan is a Partner and leads the Birketts South East employment team.

Charlotte predominately advises employer clients on a wide variety of contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment law.  She has deep expertise in helping employers to strategically and commercially resolve disputes with employees and assisting organisations in promoting a positive culture for staff, supporting many organisations with employment law training on topics from diversity and inclusion to grievances, disciplinaries and performance management to how to retain and attract staff.

Charlotte has advised businesses and organisations from across a range of sectors and industries. She has a particular specialism in supporting clients in the education sector, including independent schools and colleges and has a strong understanding of the nuances of employment law specific to the sector and issues that commonly arise. Charlotte also has significant experience of advising major businesses and organisations in the transport and logistics and automotive sectors.

In addition to providing advice on day to day employment law issues, complex tribunal proceedings and disputes and collective redundancy and TUPE consultations, Charlotte has considerable experience advising on employment status issues including in connection with IR35, on the employment aspects of ESG and navigating trade union relations and industrial action in the workplace.