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Charis Damiano - Consultant
Charis Damiano is a Consultant specialising in employment and partnership law.
Charis regularly advises both employers and individuals on issues of discrimination, maternity issues, unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, restrictive covenants, redundancies, bonus disputes and various contractual matters.
She also has particular experience of the following:
- running and defending complex discrimination claims in the
employment tribunal. She acted for a doctor who was awarded a six figure sum in compensation after being successful in claims for race and sex discrimination against a NHS Trust - drafting contracts and HR policies for companies and advising on the
impact of the new discrimination laws and statutory grievance and
disciplinary procedures on the application of these policies - advising senior executives on the termination of their employment
and negotiating severance packages - advising companies how to avoid grievance disputes becoming
litigious - advising international companies with subsidiaries based in the UK,
particularly US companies on how to terminate employees fairly and avoid unfair dismissal claims - advising employees with cross-border employment claims.
Charis has regularly lectured on a wide range of employment issues, been
involved in workshops and published various articles for legal publications.
She is a Member of the American Bar Association (International Law and Labor and Employment Law Divisions).
Charis completed her training contract at a national law firm and joined the
employment department on qualification in 2003. In 2004, she moved to a City
law firm for two years before joining CM Murray LLP.
Seminars |
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| 14 Jul 2011 | HR in law group - Employment Law Update (word) | Presentation |
| 04 Nov 2010 |
Lost in Translation - Cross border legal and cultural issues for multinational employers (word) The American Bar Association Fall Conference, The Westin Resort - Paris, France 02-06 November 2010 |
Presentation |
| 21 Oct 2010 |
AELC Managing a Multinational Workforce - Best Practice when Drafting Expatriate Employment Agreements (word) The American Employment Law Council Eighteenth Annual Conference – Ritz-Carlton, Naples, Florida, USA 20-23 October 2010 |
Presentation |
Articles and press comments |
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| 13 Sep 2011 | Pregnant Pause | Solicitors Journal |
| 31 May 2011 | Retiring gracefully | Solicitors Journal |
| 13 Apr 2010 | Cut your losses (pdf) | Solicitors Journal |
| 01 Mar 2010 | Mixing it up | Managing Partner Magazine |
| 28 Feb 2010 | CM Murray expands global reach (pdf) | Law and More |
| 25 Feb 2010 | Who's switching jobs (pdf) | City AM |
| 25 Feb 2010 | International move: Charis Damiano (pdf) | Law Society Gazette |
| 11 Sep 2009 | Mandatory Retirement Age of 65 Is Not Per Se Discrimination, ECJ Rules, But Choice of Age Is Subject to Further UK Court Review | American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section |
| 01 Apr 2009 | Islam and related religious discrimination issues in the workplace (pdf) | American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section |