Fixed fee employment law and HR support for employers

Fixed fee employment law and HR support for employers

HR Rely is a fixed fee package provided by Weightmans LLP for employers who want to access employment law and HR advice from experienced professionals, without fearing the ticking clock. How does HR Rely work? For an annual subscription, you have access to our HR Rely team for advice on employment law, employee relations and HR issues. As employment law is constantly changing we will also keep you updated on changes and developments in employment law as well inviting you to regular employment law briefings. HR Rely is a service offered by Weightmans LLP, a national law firm, with one of the largest employment law teams in the UK. Along with the Weightmans ethos, the HR Rely team s priority is to develop a strong relationship with you, by working with you in an approachable, proactive and positive manner to help you manage your legal responsibilities. What is included in the fixed fee? You will have unlimited access to two named advisors who you can contact by telephone or by email or via face to face meetings to discuss employment law, employee relations or HR issues. You can contact our telephone helpline. We will review your employment policies and procedures e.g. disciplinary procedure, grievance procedure, harassment and bullying procedure etc. by way of a health check. The website is very easy to navigate around and to date has provided me with what I was looking for. Rachel Taylor, UK Human Resources Manager, Schoeller Allibert You will have access to our HR Rely members website. The website provides downloadable guidance documents on a range of topics together with model letters and examples policies for you to use within your organisation.

You will receive both the Weightmans employment law newsletter (HR Focus) and the HR Rely newsletter on a regular basis together with email updates when there is something newsworthy to report from the employment law perspective. Our aim is to work with you to avoid Employment Tribunals claims, whether by guiding you through the correct procedures or where a commercial decision is taken by you, assisting with the compromise agreement. However, if you wish to include Employment Tribunal representation as part of your fixed fee this is something that we can discuss with you. You will be invited to our regular HR Rely briefings and a employment seminars. These provide you with an opportunity to be briefed on what is new or topical in the world of employment law as well as the chance to network with other employers and HR professionals. Some of our HR Rely clients take comfort from having the additional protection of insurance in place should they face an Employment Tribunal claim. This enables them to have cover for their legal costs and any resulting compensation awards. We can arrange insurance to cover you against employee compensation claims, should you wish so. HR Rely is unique as it combines qualified employment advice with practical ER experience; advice is always relevant, fit for purpose and available when you need it. Ian Baillie, Halfords Autocentres What we don t do! Fix you into a long term contract - We hope that we develop a good working relationship with you and that you remain with us for many years to come. Only provide the safest of legal advice - We don t just provide you with a safe text book answer but will explore with you the options available and, where you decide to take a commercial risk, work with you to minimise that risk. Weightmans HR Rely Service provides Wellington College with friendly, speedy and reliable HR advice. We get consistent, intelligent and pragmatic information every time from helpful and professional people. Janis Brumwell, HR Director, Wellington College lege. Make ourselves unavailable You will be provided with the contact details for your two named advisors but in the event that you need immediate employment law advice and they are unavailable, we have the telephone helpline which is covered by experienced advisors. No question too big. No question too small. No ticking clock.

What about training and HR consultancy support? As well as the HR Rely fixed fee service, we can provide additional employment law and HR support as and when the need arises although this is subject to an additional charge. Our other services include: Excellent presentation with good illustrated examples given and extra questions answered. Carter Retail Equipment Ltd HR Audit Plus This involves us carrying out a comprehensive assessment of your HR Policies and Procedures to ensure that that they are fully compliant with employment law and best practice and making the necessary changes to the policies and procedures or providing new policies where necessary. If you wish we can also assist in your implementing the changes or the policies into the workplace. Practical training We regularly carry out training for our HR Rely clients on employment law and HR issues. Our training can be delivered on a half day or full day basis, delivered at your workplace if you wish and in a format to suit your organisation. We like to provide practical and real life scenarios as part of any training course. Examples of the types of courses we run include: absence control, harassment, handling disciplinary and grievance matters, mock Tribunals, training for employee reps, managing in a union environment and negotiation skills. Consultancy support including mediation Our HR Rely team can deal directly or provide indepth support with HR and employment relations issues arising in your workplace. Our consultancy service allows you to outsource a particular issue where you don t have the time or experience to handle the matter, or are conflicted out of dealing with the issue. We can offer our consultancy services in the following areas: rewriting of handbook and procedures, investigating grievance or harassment complaints, mediation, handling a redundancy exercise, negotiations with trade unions and dealing with industrial action, to name several.

Health and Safety support As an employer you have a duty to ensure a safe working environment and to put into place arrangements to fulfill this statutory requirement. We can take the pressure off by working with you to improve your safety performance and ultimately your bottom line. A menu of services is available from which we can help design a package that meets your precise needs including: policy review and redraft; risk assessments; workplace inspections & audits; accident investigation & emergency response and telephone and email support. As a business we decided to use the HR Rely mediation services as part of our overall change and management processes. We were amazed at the results achieved. Weightmans HR Rely service is an extremely professional service that we trust and highly recommend. Karen Pearson, Member Services Director, Personal Touch Financial Services

The HR Rely team Our HR Rely team is made up of both solicitors and HR professionals who all have many years of experience advising clients on employment law and employee relations matters. The team is also accomplished at representing clients at Employment Tribunal and negotiating with trade unions. About Weightmans Weightmans LLP is a Top 50 national law firm with offices in Birmingham, Dartford, Knutsford, Leicester, Liverpool, London and Manchester. Weightmans has an impressive reputation in the public sector market advising many local, police and fire authorities as well as NHS Trusts. In the commercial sector, we advise a wide range of organisations from owner-managed businesses to large institutions and PLCs. In 2012 we won the Legal Business National Law Firm of the Year Award and in the same year were also awarded Top Employer (Legal) by the CRF Institute. As a national law firm we are able to advise on a wide range of other commercial issues including: commercial contracts, company acquisitions and sales, construction, debt recovery, dispute resolution, housing law, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, pensions, real estate and regulatory services. This list is not exhaustive. If you choose to join our HR Rely service then you will be choosing to work with individuals who will roll up their sleeves and be accountable for getting the job done; we do not offer clients a faceless team, but real people who care about doing a great job. The key to our approach is taking time to talk to clients and find out what they want without making any assumptions about their needs. Weightmans aims to be the law firm of choice, doing excellent work for clients who value and open and honest commercial relationship and who come back time and time again. In short, no matter your concern, we are here to help you feel confident in your decisions.

Get in touch As a national firm with offices in eight locations nationwide, we have the flexibility, resources and expertise to handle every legal issue likely to affect you. You contact us via the following methods: Call us on 0845 026 7589 Email us at hrrely@weightmans.com Visit www.hrrely.com We have offices in the following locations: Birmingham Dartford Glasgow Knutsford Leicester Liverpool London Manchester

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