Charles Millett

Partner

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Expertise

CommercialEmployment & HR

I am the Head of the Employment Law and HR team at Morecrofts, and qualified as a solicitor in 2002.

I help employers manage their workforce in a way that meets the needs of their business but still complies with employment law.

I also help employees who have been treated unfairly by their employer, such as dealing with discrimination, dismissal, unlawful detriments or negotiating settlements.

I advise employees on settlement agreements that they have been given by their employer, and advise employers and employee on post-termination restrictions and the best way to move forward.

Many clients come to see me with problems that to them can seem too great to overcome.

By the end of the first meeting, they often tell me how much better they feel than when they first came in. I find that hugely rewarding. Making a positive difference to the lives of my clients, whether they are business owners or individual employees, is equally rewarding.

I enjoy working with a great set of people here in our employment and HR team whose professionalism and sense of humour helps make the working day a positive experience.

Charles Millett is not a member of the LLP

Blogs

by Charles Millett

4 June 2024

New bereavement leave rights: what employers need to know

From April next year, employees in Great Britain who suffer a bereavement will have a new day-one right to take up to two weeks’ unpaid leave from work. The change forms part of the Employment Rights Act, which became law in December 2025, and is intended to create a clearer minimum standard for employees facing some of the most difficult moments in their personal lives.

by Charles Millett

4 June 2024

Dying matters week: why grief at work matters – and why employers need to be prepared

Grief is something that will affect all of us at some point in our lives. Yet in the workplace, it is still a subject many employers feel uncomfortable addressing. As part of Dying Matters Awareness Week, this is an important moment for employers to reflect on how they support staff who are experiencing bereavement – and whether their policies and procedures genuinely meet the needs of their people.

by Charles Millett

4 June 2024

The Prospect of a 4 Day Working Week

The government has announced its intention to consider implementing enhanced rights for workers to ask to work a four day week instead of the standard five day working week. This has hit the news headlines and has caused significant alarm amongst business organisations. There has been talk for some time of the possibility of a […]

by Charles Millett

4 June 2024

Major increases in minimum wages rates

From Monday 1st April 2024, the National Living Wage that will apply to all employees aged 21 and over will go up to £11.44 per hour. This is an increase of nearly 10% from the previous National Living Wage. Another key change is that this will now apply to workers aged 21 and over rather than […]

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