If your business is based in the UK
or EU and employs one or more people, then you will need to comply with
employment laws designed to ensure staff are treated fairly and that pay and conditions
meet minimum statutory requirements. You
will also be obliged to provide a safe working environment and to ensure that those
you engage have the legal right to work in the country in which they are or
will be stationed.
Failure to comply with any relevant
rules or regulations could result in you being pursued for employee
compensation and may also lead to you being fined and imprisonment for senior
personnel. For this reason, it is
important that you stay up to date with legal requirements and implement
policies and procedures geared towards ensuring your duties are discharged.
How we can help
At IMD Solicitors, we understand the
challenges businesses face in ensuring compliance with employment law
obligations which are constantly evolving to reflect new ways of working and
changing social attitudes. We also
appreciate the importance of viewing these obligations in the context of your
own unique organisation and coming up with strategies for meeting them in a
practical, effective and cost efficient way.
This is why we have assembled a team
of experienced employment lawyers operating across the UK and Europe to provide
bespoke advice to businesses who are keen to keep on top of requirements or who
need help limiting the fall out following a rule breach.
We can assist whether you are a new
business start-up with
just one employee or an established enterprise employing a staff of hundreds or
thousands of people.
Keeping a handle on costs
In most cases we can provide our
services for a fixed fee, which means that you know at the outset exactly how
much you will have to pay.
We also offer a pay-monthly retainer
scheme, known as employer-protect, which provides you with an extensive range
of benefits for a pre-agreed monthly cost, including:
- a business health check
to review your existing policies and procedures and highlight where changes or
additions are needed to ensure they accord with current legislation;
- unlimited access to
employment law advice, however frequently you require it and whether it relates
to a day to day HR matter, a one off employment law query or an actual or
anticipated employer-employee dispute – all
for no extra cost;
- optional insurance to
cover the legal cost of dealing with an employment dispute, including the settlement
of any compensation you may be ordered to pay; and
- access to an easy to use
online software system to enable you to deal with HR issues at the touch of a
button and therefore cut down the time spent on HR administration.
By joining the scheme, you will be
free to seek legal advice from a qualified and experienced UK or EU employment
lawyer whenever you need to and without the worry of how much it is going to
cost. If you take advantage of our
insurance offering, you can also minimise your exposure to unexpected financial
losses stemming from an employment law breach or employee conflict.
Further information about the employer-protect scheme can be found here https://imd.co.uk/imd-employer-protect/ or by calling 0345 307 3856.
Employment law services
Our UK and EU employment lawyers can
help with:
- employment law audits,
to gauge your current level of compliance and identify the steps needed to plug
any gaps;
- the creation of staff
recruitment guidelines to assist with right to work checks, data protection and
the rules around discrimination when making hiring decisions;
- the implementation of measures
to protect employees’ health and safety;
- the drafting of employee
contracts and contracts with workers and self-employed personnel;
- the drafting of
directors’ service agreements;
- the creation of staff
handbooks and HR policies and procedures;
- the undertaking of
employee performance reviews;
- the management of grievance
and disciplinary matters;
- the management of
employee dismissals and agreed employee exits;
- the negotiation of
severance agreements and settlement packages;
- the investigation and
resolution of staff complaints, including those arising out of bullying and
harassment;
- the resolution of staff
disputes concerning pay, bonuses, pension entitlement, annual leave, long-term
sickness, flexible working or any other contentious issue;
- the management of small
or large-scale redundancy or corporate restructuring programmes, particularly
where transfer of undertakings legislation (TUPE) is likely to be engaged;
- advice on the employment
law implications of a corporate merger or acquisition;
- advice on the employment
law implications of an outsourcing arrangement;
- advice on IR35
legislation where there is doubt over the status of a member of staff for tax
purposes;
- the enforcement of
post-employment restrictive covenants and contractual restraint of trade
agreements, including via a court ordered injunction if
necessary;
- the recovery of
confidential or commercially sensitive information from former employees; and
- the defence and
settlement of claims made by employees in the UK Employment Tribunal or EU
equivalent, including those for unfair dismissal, unlawful deduction from wages
and discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, age, disability or religion.
Why choose us?
Our employment lawyers are experts
in their field who have a significant number of years of experience between
them and who pride themselves on providing comprehensive advice and
commercially sensible solutions tailored to your needs and objectives.
We offer a wide range of services,
which can either be purchased individually for a fixed cost or accessed in full
by joining our employer-protect scheme, which makes us affordable for all.
The bonus is that it is not just
your employment law requirements that we can help with, but your wider commercial and corporate needs too. For example, we can:
- advise you on company
formation and corporate
governance and compliance matters;
- help you achieve listed
status on the London Stock Exchange through a public offering;
- draft the standard terms and
conditions on which you are prepared to trade;
- negotiate bespoke and
high value commercial
contracts;
- support you in expanding
your business through a merger or acquisition or via
the appointment of an agent or distributor or
the creation of a franchise; and
- assist in the resolution
of commercial
disputes arising in the UK or elsewhere within Europe.
For more information, please contact Marcin Durlak on 0330 107 0107 or email us at business@imd.co.uk.