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Penny Macmillan

Employment Law

Biography

Penny Macmillan MA Chartered FCIPD is a Solicitor and has for many years specialised in employment law, with particular experience of: TUPE, unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and drafting employment contracts, policies, procedures and handbooks.  She is former Head of the Legal Department at The Race Equality Centre.

Before qualifying as a lawyer, Penny held positions as a Group Personnel Manager for a health authority; Employee Relations Manager for a major retailer; and Personnel and Training Manager for a large catering services company. Penny is equally well qualified and experienced as a management trainer, HR specialist and lawyer. She delivers workshops and seminars on a wide range of employment law and best practice subjects and is a personal tutor on JSB’s Advanced Certificate in Employment Law (ACEL).

Key areas of expertise:

  • Employment law
  • Employee relations
  • Discipline and dismissal
  • Discrimination
  • Contracts of employment
  • TUPE
  • Employment tribunals