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Sophie Macphail, Senior Employment Solicitor

Edinburgh

Following the completion of an M.A. in History, Sophie took her keen interest of problem solving and analysing evidence to the study of Law and completed her LLB at the University of Glasgow in 2009.  

After spending some time travelling and working for a human rights charity, she returned to Scotland to undergo her legal traineeship at a national law firm in 2012, qualifying in 2014. 

Sophie joined Law At Work (now WorkNest) in 2016, having gained experience of working with a wide variety of clients including large corporations, small business, charities, housing associations and individuals. She has a keen interest in disciplinary issues, business reorganisations and absence management.

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Nick Wilson

Director of Health & Safety Services

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Jo O’Brien

Director of Legal Services – Operations

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Jane Hallas

Head of Team

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“All of our senior managers are able to communicate directly with our appointed adviser with the responses are reliable and prompt. Our Account Manager keeps in regular contact with me personally and is proactive in ensuring we are happy. Having used other providers in the past with mixed results, I am happy to recommend WorkNest for their reliability and consistency.”
Primrose Hospice
“We recently received training on two hot topics: having difficult conversations and performance management. Our team really enjoyed it and everyone has said that the trainer was engaging and made the full day training session interesting and relevant. I look forwarding to attending further training.”
Waverly CareChief Executive
“What I like most about WorkNest is that they are collaborative and offer solutions. They help us do the right things, rather than find fault. I really value their support.”
The Aurora GroupDavid Goodall – Health and Safety Manager
“You always want to be confident in the person that’s giving you advice. WorkNest gives me a lot of comfort as an HR person.”
Carers TrustAndrew Hyland – Head of People and Culture
“We have found our partnership working with WorkNest to be a very positive one. We have benefited from the wealth of experience that WorkNest has in providing constructive health and safety guidance to organisations such as ours. The detailed health and safety inspection of our academies with a written report capturing hazards where actions can be monitored are very useful.”
STEP Academy Trust
“WorkNest has been instrumental to our recruitment process. We are an HR team of two, so without their help we would not be able to process all the recruitment efficiently. We need their support for the adverts, interview scheduling, and even queries. WorkNest has provided great support!”
Churches Conservation Trust

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The rota module has been built on our brand new technology platform, so you’ll need to create a new account that you can then integrate with your existing Youmanage/PeopleNest account.

Follow these steps to activate your trial

  1. Log in to your existing Youmanage/PeopleNest account
  2. Navigate to admin mode
  3. In the menu, navigate to Integrations > Marketplace
  4. On the ‘PeopleNest – Rota Module’ line, click ‘configure’
  5. Create your new account – because we’ve built the new Rota Module on our brand new PeopleNest platform, you’ll need to create an account. Make sure you use the same email address as your admin account in Youmanage (can use Microsoft/Google authentication)
  6. Sign-in using your new login details
  7. Read the message about the integration and click continue if you are happy to proceed
  8. It takes a few minutes for your employees to start pulling through, then you’re ready to go!
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