Our experienced employment team work with organisations of all shapes and sizes in a variety of sectors, always on hand to manage HR issues from both a legal and commercial perspective.
We can offer varying fee options including fixed fees, monthly retainers, monthly account limits or the traditional ‘pay as you go’ hourly rates. We understand clients need to budget their legal costs at all times and we can accommodate this.
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Our employment team understand that your people are your greatest strength and make a huge impact in helping you achieve your commercial goals. We take the time to understand your organisation and your culture so we can tailor solutions to help you achieve those goals, whilst staying on the right side of the law and offering a variety of cost options to suit your needs.
Employment issues are notoriously sensitive and are by their very nature urgent. Keeping on top of everything you need to know to avoid reputational and time-consuming damage is imperative.
We pride ourselves on our close working relationship with clients, proactively designing and managing their HR strategy by way of regular review meetings, as well as providing support, training and practical advice on all matters to mitigate these risks.
Clients appreciate our “hands on” common sense approach, quick response times and the day-to-day support they can lean on.
Whether you’re just starting up or you’ve been in business for years, we offer transparent, pragmatic and business focussed advice on all employment matters, including:
HR key is designed to provide your business with instant and pragmatic advice – managing your employment law risks for a fixed monthly fee.
Advice you can trust
Our employment team are all experienced solicitors trusted to advise on all aspects of employment law. They will get to know your business needs in order to provide the best possible solutions no matter how simple or complex they may be - there are options for all.
An everyday righthand
From unlimited telephone advice to readily available HR documents, you can be rest assured that you have everything you need should any issues arise. By having a dedicated solicitor to handle your queries, we hope to work with you to build a long-lasting partnership.
A focus on what matters
Once you have HR Key in place you can be confident that your business is compliant, and our annual audit guarantees that you’re never caught out! With these processes in place, you can and focus on other aspects of your business.
Contact us for a quote and to find out how we can help you business.
Whether you have just hired a key employee, or are wary of aggressive competitors, ensuring your employment contracts have clear, up to date and legally compliant business protection clauses is key to safeguarding your business and protecting your workforce.
Many issues arise with departing employees due to a lack of clarity and precision in employment contracts, or due to a lack of the necessary protection altogether. Litigation with ex-employees or competitors can extremely costly and time consuming; hence our ethos ‘prevention is better than cure’!
For a fixed fee of £750 (+VAT) we will conduct an in-depth review of your existing clauses or provide fresh, up to date wording, tailored specifically to your business needs including confidentiality provisions and restrictive covenants.
HR Showcase is our dedicated fixed-fee training service available to all sizes and types of employers.
The service has been designed by our employment team to provide practical guidance for making stronger decisions and reduce risk in the HR environment.
Some of our popular sessions include:
We have vast experience of pro-actively managing claims in Employment Tribunals across the UK. This often leads to them being withdrawn or settled on a commercial basis.. We offer insurance protection against tribunal claims – either sitting alongside our monthly retainer products or stand-alone insurance. Alternatively we can conduct claims on a pre-agreed, fixed fee basis.
We will:
As we strive to be as open and honest as possible about fees, you can find further information on how much this work may cost you costs-for-employment-tribunals.pdf.
We regularly advise on the employment law aspects of outsourcing/insourcing and business acquisitions/disposals.
We will manage the full scope of employment related transactional work, including due diligence, drafting employment provisions, calculating employment related liabilities, and advising on benefits, incentives and bonus arrangements. We can also successfully navigate the post transactional period, including managing redundancies, restructurings and dismissals, helping you avoid any employment liabilities and costly claims.
It is more important than ever that you take steps to safeguard your confidential information and protect your intellectual property. We can advise on:
When you take our employment insurance you can also access insurance for the pursuit and defence of restrictive covenants. This will cover:
We have vast experience of working alongside senior executives to remedy issues such as bonus disputes, settlement agreements and the terms of service agreements including restrictive covenants, notice and garden leave periods. Our corporate team can also advise on a director’s share options and shareholdings.
We have also pursued claims in the employment tribunals on behalf of senior executives and helped them defend injunction proceedings where it is alleged that they are in breach of their restrictive covenants.
We will complete a free check your HR policies and procedures to check adequacy. For a fixed fee, we can then draft any documents that need updating, including:
Our Employment Team have devised a suite of products, including HR Key and HR Key Plus, HR Showcase and HR Secure giving you easy access to expert advice when you need it. This includes the right documents and training to keep you and your organisation on the right side of the law, whilst managing your employment risks for a fixed cost. Click here to read more.
Sarah has been advising clients on all aspects of employment law for over 20 years.
sarah.hall@hay-kilner.co.uk 0191 227 6730Sarah provides advice to employer clients on a range of HR matters.
sarah.furness@hay-kilner.co.uk 0191 227 6722Tom advises employer clients on a full range of HR and employment law matters.
tom.clarke@hay-kilner.co.uk 0191 227 6728Beth joined Hay & Kilner as a Paralegal in the Corporate team having worked in the legal sector in the North East for a number of years. She has began her training contract and is currently sitting in our Employment team.
beth.langley@hay-kilner.co.uk 0191 232 8345Our regular commercial updates and events keep you up to date with all the latest legal developments you need to know about.
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