Elissa Thursfield

Solicitor, Gamlins Law Ltd

Elissa Thursfield is a Director and Head of Employment at Gamlins Law Ltd. Elissa represents a range of employers from small business to PLC level corporates, advising on employment and data protection issues across the UK.

She has particular experience within the Care, Construction and Logistics sectors on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Elissa is especially passionate about working closely with internal HR teams and supporting employee engagement, relations and workforce change with skill in supporting businesses in periods of rapid growth.

Client’s particularly like Elissa’s ‘no nonsense and commercially focussed approach’, ‘cutting through legal jargon to provide advice that gets to the heart of the issues’.

Elissa speaks regularly at seminars and events on employment matters, as well as undertaking speaking engagements on the subject of leadership due to her role as a volunteer Helm with the RNLI.

Elissa is a contributor for the BBC and regularly provides commentary on Employment Law issues for BBC Radio Wales.

Elissa has been awarded the Law Society’s Junior Lawyer of the Year, Rising Star of the Year in the Welsh Legal Awards and was a finalist for Solicitor of the Year in the Law Society Excellence Awards in 2020.

In addition to her position with Gamlins Law Ltd, Elissa is Managing Director of HR Anchor Limited.

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Employment law in Wales

Practice Notes

This Practice Note is a guide to the key elements of employment law in Wales that differ from those in England. It covers Welsh employment law relating to smoking in the workplace, the socio-economic duty that forms part of the public sector equality duty in Wales, apprenticeships and agricultural wages.

Employment

If an employee falls ill during a period of parental leave, do they have the right to cancel it and be

Q&A

This Q&A considers whether, if an employee falls ill during a period of parental leave, they have the right to cancel their parental leave and be treated as being on sick leave instead.

Employment

Is the effect of article 15 of the Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2020, SI 2020/347 that an employer is

Q&A

This Q&A considers article 15 of the Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2020, SI 2020/347, in particular whether it means that an employer can charge an agricultural worker no more than £1.50 per week for a house that is provided to them for their accommodation, or whether it effectively prevents the employer from charging rent in excess of the stated sum, even if it is not paid by way of a deduction from wages.

Employment