Daniella McGuigan

• Defending 2500 equal pay claims lodged against 52 distinct NHS Trusts with a potential liability of millions of pounds.
• Successfully defending high profile employment litigation brought by a Doctor against an independent healthcare provider.  Allegations included unfair dismissal, disability discrimination (direct and indirect), whistleblowing (detriments for protected acts, protected disclosures and making health and safety disclosures) and victimization
• Advising upon global pay equity projects for multi-national clients and advising on the pay equality reporting requirements within each geographical location
• Carrying out equal pay risk analysis reports for clients in the retail, health, charity, fire and rescue and financial services sectors
• Advising a Director in relation to threatened injunction proceedings relating to post termination restrictive covenants. Negotiated an exit without litigation which included the transfer of shares
• Regularly advising in relation to the defence of employment tribunal litigation
• Advising a large independent health care provider on restructuring and a large scale redundancy process
• Designing and implementing a bespoke operational managers’ HR helpline and supporting resources for 3 distinct clients.  These projects resulted in the upskilling of their managers allowing HR to focus on significant strategic projects

Education

• LLM, with merit, Staffordshire University, 2005
• LL.B., with honours, Staffordshire University, 1999

Admission to Practice

• England and Wales

• Law Society of England & Wales
• Employment Lawyers Association

• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Top Five Pay Equity Dos and Don’ts in the U.S. and Beyond” – Las Vegas – April 24, 2025
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Equal Pay Day Series: Part 1—Pay Equity Trends, Topics, and Tips” – March 12, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “DEI Under Scrutiny, Part II: Global Requirements and Challenges” – March 6, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Prepare Now for the EU Pay Transparency Directive” – October 16, 2023
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Global Pay Equity Issues: Keeping Up With the Laws and Navigating the Differences” – San Diego – May 11, 2023
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Equal Pay Day Series: Part 2—A Deeper Dive Into Pay Equity” – March 1, 2023
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Pulse on Pay Equity: Top Issues for U.S. and Global Employers” – Phoenix – May 5, 2022
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Diversity & Inclusion at Work: Global Concepts & Policies for Maintaining Respectful Workplaces” – June 15, 2020
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Managing Redundancies (Reductions in Force) in the United Kingdom” – June 3, 2020
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “The “New Normal” in the United Kingdom—Managing Workplace Relations” – May 20, 2020
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Business as Usual?—The Employment Implications of Life After Lockdown in the United Kingdom” – May 13, 2020
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “COVID-19: Rescue Measures for a European Workforce” – April 1, 2020
• European-American Chamber of Commerce – Carolinas – “Cross Border Issues When Doing Business with Europe” – Greenville – January 22, 2020
• Women, Influence and Power in Law – “Building a Strong Compliance Culture to Mitigate Future Risk” – London – November 21, 2019
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Equal Pay is Here to Stay: Lessons from the Latest Litigation” – New Orleans – November 14, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Demystifying Pay Audits, Pay Transparency, and Pay Disclosures” – Phoenix – May 10, 2018
• British American Business – “The Gender Pay Gap – Countdown to Publication” – London – February 7, 2018
• European-American Chamber of Commerce – Carolinas – “Understanding European Employment Laws (and how they compare to the US)” – Greenville – January 25, 2018
• National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Workforce Conference – “Employment Case Law Update – from high heels to high courts” – Stratford upon Avon – September 21, 2017
• British American Business – “UK Gender Pay and Bonus Gap Reporting Regulations” – London – June 22, 2017
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Pay Equity—What’s Working, What’s Not” – San Diego – May 5, 2017
• FireFit Conference 2015 – “Obesity as a disability” – Nottingham – October 8, 2015
• Chief Fire Officers Association, People Summit 2015 – “Employment Law Update” – Nottingham – June 16, 2015
• Chief Fire Officers Association, Peoples Summit 2014 – “TUPE, Settling Disputes and Zero Hours Contracts” – Stratford upon Avon – April 2, 2014
• Chief Fire Officers Association, Peoples Summit 2013 – “Update on Employment Law, Part-time workers/working time directive” – Stratford upon Avon – January 23, 2013

• August 1, 2022 – Legal Futures – “Why law firms need to raise staff awareness of the menopause”
• June 9, 2022 – International Employment Lawyer – “Key considerations before implementing a four-day working week”
• June 1, 2022 – People Management – “An employer’s guide to equal pay auditing”
• May 31, 2022 – Small Business UK – “Where to draw the line with workplace banter”
• May 19, 2022 – Startups Magazine – “Ensuring you support female careers”
• March 31, 2022 – Solicitors Journal – “Mind the (gender pay) gap?”
• March 22, 2022 – HR Magazine – “Co-op workers succeed in first stage of equal pay battle”
• January 12, 2022 – People Management – “Maintaining staff health and safety while working remotely”
• January 25, 2021 – Law Society Gazette – “Understanding the pandemic’s impact”
• November 12, 2020 – People Management – “The long-term impact of Covid on the workplace”
• October 2014 – PLC Magazine – “Compulsory equal pay audits – Bridging the gender pay gap”

• July 21, 2022 – International Employment Lawyer – “UK retailer Next underpaid staff for months”
• July 19, 2022 – People Management – “What HR can learn from retailers’ recent payroll errors”
• July 19, 2022 – HR Magazine – “Next’s underpayment of staff risks tribunal action”
• July 19, 2022 – HR Grapevine – “Cost of living – Next & Asda payroll errors are hitting staff at the worst possible time”
• December 10, 2021 – HR Grapevine – “What HR should know about supporting grieving staff”
• November 4, 2021 – Healthcare Business International – “NHS England to require COVID-19 jab for job”
• January 27, 2021 – People Management – “Majority of employees looking for a new role, research suggests”
• December 14, 2020 – VOX EU – “The gender gap and COVID-19: Evidence from eight advanced economies”
• November 5, 2020 – SHRM Online – “English Employers That Don’t Support Workers’ Self-Isolation Face Fines”
• October 21, 2020 – Global Recruiter – “The Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) calls for further government research”
• June 10, 2020 – Care Home Management – “HR advice for care homes affected by Test and Trace”

• Legal 500 (2015)