Employment Lawyers to the Transport and Logistics Sector
We help businesses in the Transport and Logistics sector to manage risk and stay compliant.
Keeping your people, processes and operations on track.
Keeping people and goods moving is critical to the economy – and so is keeping your workforce running smoothly.
Whether you’re a regional haulage business, a logistics provider or a national passenger transport operator, employment law issues can present real risk to your operations, reputation and bottom line.
Thomas Mansfield Solicitors are trusted by employers in the transport and logistics sector to manage workforce issues effectively. We help safeguard operations, minimise disputes and support long-term staffing strategy – all while ensuring compliance and commercial protection.
With offices in London and the South East, we’ve advised some of the UK’s leading names in transport and logistics – including passenger transport operators with national coverage and logistics providers with high-volume, time-sensitive contracts.
Our employment law solicitors also advise suppliers and sub-contractors within complex supply chains.
Our flexible approach – whether in person, by phone or video – means employers can access specialist advice quickly, wherever they’re based. We’re responsive, practical and easy to engage, acting as a seamless extension of your internal team.
Employment lawyers who understand your operational and regulatory pressures
Employment issues in transport and logistics rarely exist in isolation. A disciplinary matter can raise safety and regulatory concerns. Industrial action may impact customer contracts and public confidence. A poorly managed restructure or TUPE process can lead to delays, reputational damage and legal exposure.
We understand the risks that employers in this sector face every day. From compliance with safety standards and regulatory obligations to managing union relationships and media scrutiny, we help you navigate these challenges with clarity and commercial focus.
Our advice is grounded in experience as employment lawyers to the transport & logistics sector, and shaped by the realities of your working environment – where services run 24/7, shift work is standard and workforce consistency is essential.
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Protect your business with strategic employment law support.
- Tribunal claims and dispute resolution
We act swiftly and strategically to defend claims, from unfair dismissal to whistleblowing and discrimination. Our focus is on protecting your reputation, keeping costs proportionate and avoiding disruption to operations.
- Industrial relations and union engagement
From collective consultation and bargaining to strike risk management, we help you navigate union relationships with clarity. Our experience includes advising during high-profile disputes and ensuring procedural compliance across complex workforces.
- Redundancy and TUPE
Whether you’re restructuring, outsourcing or merging operations, we guide you through redundancy processes and TUPE transfers with minimal risk. We provide support on consultation, selection and contract variation.
- Fitness for work and long-term absence
Managing absence in safety-critical roles requires both care and compliance. We advise on health and capability issues, long-term sickness absence and occupational health referrals.
- Workplace investigations
Our team conducts and advises on internal investigations into misconduct, safety breaches and grievances. We ensure your process is thorough, legally sound and defensible – particularly where regulatory reporting or disciplinary action may follow.
- Contracts and policies
We draft and review employment contracts and HR policies that reflect shift work, driver hours, lone working and sector regulations.
- Training
We deliver tailored training for HR and operational leaders on employment law essentials, from handling disciplinaries to managing union relationships. Sessions are interactive, scenario-based and built around your specific workforce needs.
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Why choose Thomas Mansfield Solicitors.
We understand the pressures of your sector. We work with employers in regulated, unionised and safety-critical industries, so we understand the commercial, compliance and reputational pressures you face. Whether it’s a workforce restructure, industrial action or a safety incident with employment law implications, we tailor our advice to your environment.
Our advice is clear, commercial and responsive. When you need guidance, you need it quickly – and in plain terms. We provide focused, pragmatic advice that helps you make confident decisions and move forward.
We’re experts in complex workforce issues. We regularly advise on high-stakes and sensitive matters, including trade union negotiations, collective consultation, whistleblowing investigations, TUPE transfers and workforce challenges linked to safety and operational risk.
Our approach is collaborative and long-term. We work closely with HR, legal and operational teams – not just to solve problems, but to help you prevent them – whether embedded on specific projects or available as ongoing advisers.
We’re recognised experts in employment law. Our team is ranked in The Legal 500 and our solicitors are active members of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Let’s keep your operations running smoothly.
If you’re tackling a workforce issue or planning ahead, we provide clear, practical employment law advice to transport and logistics businesses – helping you manage risk and maintain continuity.
Speak to our employment lawyers and take control of the next step.
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Please note we do not offer legal aid or no win no fee agreements.