Génevie Kuiper-Isaacson has experience advising both employees and employers in relation to a wide range of matters, including unfair dismissal, sex discrimination, pregnancy/ maternity discrimination, disability discrimination, race discrimination, TUPE, whistleblowing, grievance and disciplinary process, settlement negotiations, redundancies, enforcement and defence of restrictive covenants and corporate advisory and training.
A tri-qualified lawyer, Génevie is admitted as a solicitor in both England and Wales (2006) and South Africa (2000) and is registered as an attorney with the New York Bar. She started her law career in South Africa, where she ran her own firm, before moving to a prominent commercial firm in London where she represented respondents across several industries in their employment matters.
Génevie also has considerable experience of advising claimants. Since 2016, she has provided pro bono support for a social enterprise that assists cancer patients and survivors on how to manage work and cancer, return to work, and protect their employment rights, including by pursuing claims for disability discrimination. Most recently, she served as Supervising Solicitor at a well-known charity that specialises in advising working parents and carers on their employment rights. She has a keen interest in alternative dispute resolutions and is a qualified civil /commercial mediator (2022) and employment mediator (2023).
Foreign language(s)
- Afrikaans
