Employment Packs

We offer all your basic employment documents in one pack

Employing staff carries a range of responsibilities and legal obligations that starts with the hiring process. Employers are required by law to provide a written statements of terms that must contain certain pieces of information. To run an efficient business, it is also good practice to have certain policies and procedures in place for your personnel.

At Longmores, we are able to offer various packs which provide templates of documents to  meet these obligations that you can purchase in a ready-to-use format requiring minimum tailoring. These include comprehensive packs which cover a range of procedures, as well as packs related to specific issues and processes.

You can choose from:

• The Employment Essentials Pack – which contains the standard documents every employer needs
• The Employment Essentials Plus Pack – our comprehensive option which also includes extra policies and procedures that you may require in the lifecycle of employing staff
• The Restrictive Covenant Pack – containing guidance and templates on the processes to follow when adding restrictive covenants to employee contracts and responding to a breach by an employee
• The Redundancy Pack – this provides documentation related to conducting a thorough redundancy process
• The Settlement Agreement Pack – the documents required to carry out a compliant settlement agreement process

These employment documents are designed to be purchased “off the shelf” and ready for you to use, offering a cost-effective solution for your human resources documentation.

Speak to us about our Employment Essentials packs

To discuss your requirements regarding employee policies and documents with our employment solicitors, please get in touch.

What is the Employment Essentials pack?

The packs include template documents for contracts, policies and procedures. The documents are in standard form and cover all the main employment law requirements that your business needs to follow. They are designed to be adapted for your organisation so you will need to review and personalise them before they are issued to your staff.

The documents have been prepared for use in England and reflect the legal position at the time of purchase which may be subject to change in light of any amendments to the law. If you are in any doubt about any of the terms in relation to your business, our employment lawyers can also offer you bespoke legal advice.

Contents of the Employment Essentials pack

The Employment Essentials pack contains all the standard documents you need to employ staff:

1. New Starter Checklist
2. Employment Contract: Junior
3. Disciplinary Procedure
4. Grievance Procedure
5. Data Protection Privacy Notice for Employees

Price: £750 plus VAT

Contents of the Employment Essentials Plus pack

The Employment Essentials Plus contains the standard documents plus some extra policies and procedures:

1. New Starter Checklist
2. Employment Contract: Junior
3. Disciplinary Procedure
4. Grievance Procedure
5. Data Protection Privacy Notice for Employees
6. Employment Contract: Senior
7. Data Protection Privacy Notice for Candidates
8. Internal Data Protection Policy
9. Settlement Agreement: Agreement and Offer Letter

Price: £1500 plus VAT

What is the Restrictive Covenant Pack?

Restrictive covenants are clauses in employment contracts that seek to restrict employees’ ability to compete with their former employer for a period following the termination of their employment. These clauses are aimed at protecting the employer’s confidential information, its relationships with clients/ customers, and promoting the stability of the employer’s business.

Our Restrictive Covenants pack provides you with template covenants to protect your business and guidance on their use. We also provide you with a letter before action to former employees and their new employers in the event of covenant breach requiring remedial action.

Contents of the Restrictive Covenants Pack

1. Instructions
2. Guidance on use of post-termination restrictive covenants
3. Template restrictive covenants clauses
4. Draft letter to employee requesting undertakings following a breach
5. Undertakings (employee)
6. Draft letter to new employer requesting undertakings
7. Undertakings (new employer)

Price: £1250 plus VAT

What is the Redundancy Pack?

Unfortunately, employers sometimes find themselves facing a workplace or business closure or with too many staff because of a downturn in business.

These scenarios can result in redundancies and our pack will provide you with guidance and documentation to assist you to conduct a redundancy process properly to avoid costly unfair dismissal claims.

Contents of the Redundancy Pack

1. Instructions
2. Advice on conducting a redundancy process
3. Redundancy checklist
4. Letter (1)- Letter warning employee(s) at risk
5. Letter (2)- Invite to first consultation meeting
6. Redundancy selection assessment form
7. Letter (3)- Invite to second consultation meeting
8. Letter (4)- Confirming dismissal for redundancy
9. Letter (5)-Invitation to appeal meeting
10. Letter (6)- Confirming outcome of appeal meeting

Price: £1250 plus VAT

What is the Settlement Agreement Pack?

If you need to terminate an employee’s employment and you consider it appropriate to make a severance/termination payment, it is sensible to require the employee to enter into a settlement agreement to prevent any claims against you. Our pack provides you with the necessary documentation to do this properly and protect your business.

Contents of the Settlement Agreement Pack

1. Instructions for use
2. Template covering letter to employee enclosing settlement agreement
3. Template Settlement Agreement

Price: £500 plus VAT

How to buy an Employment Pack

Step 1: Get in touch

Contact us to discuss which of the five packs is best for your business. You will have an initial conversation with a member of our team who can help you decide which pack to buy.

Email: employment@longmores.law

Step 2: Choose a pack

We will send you an invoice and then your employment pack within two working days of your invoice being paid. You will also receive some straightforward instructions about how to review and personalise the documents for your business.

The invoice is payable within 30 days of receipt – all the details about how to pay will be on the invoice.

Step 3: Get started

You will need to read the documents related to your chosen pack and personalise the relevant sections. They are then ready for you to use.

Specialist employment advice

Employees are often the greatest asset a business has, although employing staff brings with it many highs and lows. Whilst we can offer the simplicity of the Employment Essentials packs, there may be occasions when you need bespoke advice which our solicitors can also provide.

Our team of qualified and experienced employment lawyers can help with a range of advice from staff retention initiatives through to the complexities of the employment tribunal process including:

• Providing advice about staff disputes, grievances and disciplinary procedures
• Restrictive covenants in the employment contracts of key staff
• Restructuring a business and the redundancy process
• The termination of employment contracts and settlement agreements
• Employment tribunal representation
• Advice about the sale of a business and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE)
• Data protection issues
• Employee competition disputes
• Directors’ service agreements

Find out more about how we can help with employment contracts, policies and handbooks.

Work with industry-leading employment lawyers

Our employment lawyers consistently appear in the directories of leading practitioners and are ranked by the leading client guide, The Legal 500. This provides strong assurance that we offer an exceptional service.

The team is led by Joint Senior Partner Richard Gvero, who is closely supported by Senior Solicitor Miranda Mulligan. Both Richard and Miranda are individually recommended by The Legal 500.

Miranda and Richard are members of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), further emphasising their specialist expertise. Richard and Miranda are also accredited mediators.

 

Speak to us about our Employment packs

To discuss your requirements with our specialist team of solicitors, please get in touch.

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