Mark Roby

Mark is a HR advisor and paralegal in the Employment team, with more than 20 years experience. He joined the firm in 2015, with a background as a HR manager.

Mark is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), qualifying in 2001, and a volunteer member of the Devon & Cornwall CIPD committee. Mark is a Politics graduate from the University of Exeter and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management, awarded by Thames Valley University.

Mark specialises in providing HR support to clients on specific matters, or regular or project based secondments, either from the office or on-site. This can include assisting clients with internal processes, for example investigations, chairing hearings and appeals, drafting and issuing contracts, leading TUPE consultations or redundancy processes. He also delivers training and gives support to businesses on common HR issues such as holding difficult conversations, absence management, appraisal processes or misconduct.

Mark is also a member of the popular HRExpress service team, dealing with the full range of employment queries and regularly advises clients on disciplinary and grievance issues, redundancies, reorganisations, performance and sickness absence issues, flexible working to name a few.

Mark also undertakes paralegal work to support the team on complex employment cases, including Settlement Agreements, tribunal work (supporting work defending employment tribunal claims for employers and employees seeking employment tribunal compensation), and advising employees on disputes with employers.