About Us

Roger Panton, our mediator, is accredited by the Academy of Experts. He is on their Register of Qualified Dispute Resolvers and he conducts both private and county court mediation.

HR Support: Roger uses his 12 years Acas dispute resolution experience to help employers prevent or solve workplace disputes before they require an intervention from Acas or have to appear before an employment tribunal. He also assists with correspondence and issues concerning workplace disputes including discipline, grievance, performance, redundancy and unfair dismissal. Additionally, he will be the ‘Independent Person’ to demonstrate impartiality for investigations and for appeals; and he provides HR support to companies who do not have their own HR department.

Roger's work with employees includes:

• Discussions and assessment of their ‘arguments’ to determine whether there are grounds to lodge a grievance
• Help in preparing grievance submissions
• Assistance to prepare their cases for disciplinary or grievance meetings/hearings
• Advice on techniques to be adopted in handling disciplinary and grievance meetings/hearings
• Assistance in preparing and lodging a complaint with an employment tribunal.
• Employment tribunal representation.
  

Roger has a wealth of experience working with employees, trade union representatives, private and public sector employers, in an environment where trust and confidentiality are paramount.