When running a business, you need the right advice to help grow, develop and to avoid mistakes that could result in costly litigation.
For most businesses, their workforce is the most expensive running cost and the success or otherwise depends on the performance of its employees. Under the ‘IH In-House’ retainer packages, Ison Harrison offer an Outsourced HR and Employment Law service. This retainer solution ensures your organisation has the confidence and support to achieve its objectives, quickly and efficiently in the knowledge that it is fully protected should unavoidable litigation arise.
Cost effective Employment Law and HR Solution
From £8 per employee per month the ‘IH In-House’ Employment Law and HR package is a cost effective solution for organisations of all types and sizes.
Our team of expert lawyers can provide pragmatic and commercial advice which will help reduce the risk of costly litigation and reduce the stress and time involved with managing staff issues. Whether you need a bespoke contract for a senior employee, or a template contract to be given to most employees in your business, our team can assist you in creating legally compliant contracts and policies to suit your business needs.
Benefits at a glance
As part of the Outsourced Employment Law & HR Service, we offer:
Insurance
Your business will be covered against Employment Tribunal claims.
Exclusive IH In-House HR Software
a complete HR software solution.
Discounted training courses
Exclusive benefit from a 20% discount from all training courses from Courses123.
What's included
- Review and update/implementation of bespoke:
– Contracts of employment. We will produce a suite of comprehensive yet easy to use contracts;
– Comprehensive Staff Handbook;
– Family Friendly Handbook, which includes (amongst others) Shared Parental Leave, Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave and Dependency Leave Policies;
– Data Protection Act compliant Privacy Notice in relation to employee data;
– Data Protection Act compliant Employee Emergency Contact form. - Review of all existing HR policies and procedures;
- Comprehensive advice by email, in person (at IH’s Head office in Leeds) or by telephone;
- We will guide your organisation through any HR (employee relations) or Employment Law matter that it may encounter by providing pragmatic and commercial advice;
- We will produce bespoke letters and other documentation that are required to resolve any employee issue;
- Keep your organisation up-to-date and compliant with the ever evolving UK Employment Laws, including any post Brexit changes;
Discounted Training Courses
Not only will staff training help prevent issues arising within your workforce in the first place, thus helping to ensure your staff are happy and productive, but it can also assist in placing your organisation in the strongest position possible should it need to defend claims made against it by an employee. We provide our retained clients with a bespoke list of recommended courses they should offer to their staff to ensure that their organisation remains legally compliant. We have teamed up with Courses123 to provide this training via access to its comprehensive library of over 75 courses. This is a cost effective and convenient way to ensure your staff receive the training that they require. Our IH In-house Employment and HR retainer clients exclusively benefit from a 20% discount from all training courses from Courses123.
Add-on benefits
- Insurance Cover. To help ensure that your organisation runs as smoothly as possible, we offer our clients insurance solutions to protect our clients should the unexpected happen. This insurance is offered as part of our Employment Law and HR retainer, as we know from our clients this is what they want. As such, we do not make any commission, profit or charge for arranging this cover for your organisation. We are not an insurance broker and we support our clients researching the whole market for the insurance product that best suits its requirements, however here is an outline of the policies we can easily arrange for your organisation as part of our IH In-house retained service:Employment Tribunal Cover. This policy covers all costs associated with an Employment Tribunal Claim, including all legal costs and the cost of any settlement or award (save in relation to any contractual element).
Employment Restrictive Covenants. This policy covers you organisation legal costs should an employee or more likely, an ex-employee breach their restrictive covenants, for example by providing your client list to a competitor.
Statutory License Appeal. If your organisation’s trade depends on a licence that is revoked, then this policy covers the legal costs in challenging that decision.
Health and Safety Criminal Prosecutions – This policy covers the legal costs of defending a criminal H&S prosecution.
Data Protection Cover – Should you organisation find that it is being prosecuted of a potential breach of the Data Protection Act 2018, then this policy will cover your legal fees for defending against that allegation.
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Why choose us?
- Dedicated employment & corporate lawyers with decades of experience
- Comprehensive employment and HR support
- Less expensive than traditional means of instructing an employment lawyer
- Insurance backed advice, providing you with confidence to tackle difficult HR issues. The insurance is provided by a third party meaning that it is in our interests for clients to be covered.
- We focus on avoiding litigation on the first place.
- An advisor or group of advisors will be assigned to your organisation to ensure consistency of advice.
- Here when you need us – advice and expertise when you need it – by phone, email, video call or in person.
Expert Employment Advice
Our specialist Corporate Employment Solicitors have a vast amount of experience in acting for a wide range of clients ranging from airlines, PLCs and pharmaceutical companies to manufacturing businesses, charities, schools and SMEs.
To learn more about how our employment lawyers can help your business, call us on 0333 220 6000 or send an enquiry via the form on this page.
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