We recognise that clients have different and wide ranging requirements when it comes to their HR needs, however, what all have in common is the understanding that getting the right level of HR support in place is crucial to the success and growth of their businesses and the reduction in costly and damaging claims.
Many of our clients have in-house HR departments. For other clients who do not have in-house HR personnel we can offer HR support via Jacksons Shield, Jacksons Start up or Jacksons Bespoke Retainer services (please see our website for more details on all our employment products and services.
We appreciate that businesses may choose to use an HR specialist either for a one off project or piece of work, or on an ongoing basis.
However businesses prefer to source their HR support we will work closely with our clients’ in-house, or external HR personnel, who contact us for advice or guidance on a wide range of matters, including:
- When they are looking to review employment contracts, policies and procedures to ensure that they remain compliant with the law, or when they wish to introduce new practices, or vary contracts, to meet changing business needs.
- for guidance with sickness management, grievance, conduct or capability issues.
- for advice on collective redundancy or TUPE consultation processes.
Other start up or smaller sized business clients might require our assistance in relation to a specific issue or project, or simply prefer the peace of mind of having us at the end of the phone whenever they need HR advice or documents. Similarly, we work with many SME businesses who choose to use us for all their HR and legal requirements.
We understand that controlling costs is important and therefore we will always offer a competitive quote before commencing any HR or legal work. Our clients can rest assured that our charges reflect our knowledge and expertise as employment lawyers and HR specialists, the trusted and personal relationships we build, along with the strict regulation of all our HR and legal services by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and our own quality standards which are audited every six months.
Whilst we have a range of products and services to cater for the vast majority of our clients’ HR and legal requirements, irrespective of their size, we will also work with reputable HR consultants, on occasion, in order to offer support to clients with HR requirements in the following areas if we judge them to be outside our remit as lawyers either from an experience, costs or time perspective;
- Development of HR strategy to suit your business needs and objectives;
- Resource and talent planning to enable your business to access and retain the right people;
- Support with recruitment including job adverts and interviews;
- Mediation and coaching to help to resolve workplace disputes before they escalate to litigation;
- Impartial investigation into grievances or allegations of misconduct;
- An independent chairperson or additional panel members for grievance or disciplinary hearings and appeals;
- Consulting with other professional services including occupational health assessors, drug and alcohol testing companies, and independent experts.
We have years of experience advising businesses on Employment Law and HR and we have developed a truly adaptive service to ensure that we can provide the right level of support, at the right price, for each of our clients’ specific needs whether that is HR support and guidance, or a matter for which our expertise as lawyers is required when a claim has been intimated, or proceedings have begun in the Employment Tribunals.
For more information, please contact Julie Dalzell, Senior Associate, by telephone on 01642 356 510 or by email at jdalzell@jacksons-law.com, or any other member of our Employment Team.
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