Employment Law and HR
Advice line
Fast, pragmatic, commercial. Our Employment Law and HR advice line gives you and your managers access to truly unlimited advice on all of your people-related challenges, from the seemingly straightforward to the most complex.
Your organisation will be assigned a team of three legally-qualified experts, including at least one qualified Employment Law solicitor, who will support you as a high-quality extension of your team.
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How we help
Expert employment advice, complete control over costs
Whether you’re facing a crisis or just need clarification on the best course of action, even the most knowledgeable employers will require expert Employment Law advice from time to time.
With a dedicated expert in your corner, you can talk through your options and achieve your preferred outcome as quickly and efficiently as possible, with minimal management burden and legal risk.
- Support whenever you need it with our 24/7 advice line
- Pragmatic, relevant and consistent advice from named, dedicated Employment Law and HR specialists
- Certainty of cost through our fixed-fee, unlimited use model
- Free up management time with document drafting included
- Reduce your exposure to unplanned costs with our Legal Expenses Insurance
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Popular FAQs
Common questions about our advice line support, answered by our Employment Law & HR specialists.
What sorts of things can you advise on?
Is everything dealt with through one team?
What if my adviser isn’t available?
How is an Employment Law service different to an HR advisory service?
Will I pay more if my workforce grows?
What if the law changes? Will you keep me compliant?
Can you support me on site?
What MI will you provide so that I can understand usage?
Explore our fixed-fee Employment Law support
We do more than just advice...
Contracts and handbooks
Whether you have nothing in place or just need an expert review, our Employment Law specialists can carefully craft your employment contracts and employee handbooks to guarantee compliance and provide the flexibility you need as an employer.
What are the risks of not having the right contracts in place?
How often do HR policies need to be reviewed?
Drafting letters and documents
From the most straightforward warning for poor attendance to complex grievance outcome letters and everything in between, our Employment Law solicitors can draft all your employment documents to save you valuable time and stress.
What sorts of documents can you draft?
I’ve got a HR team and just want templates we can use. Do you have a resources bank?
e-Learning
Tired of classroom training, or unable to take time out? Raise awareness of best-practice around workplace issues and prevent HR headaches with our flexible, cost-effective e-Learning courses.
What types of courses are available?
How much do the courses cost?
Legal Expenses Insurance
An optional component of our Employment Law and HR support, by underpinning our advice with Legal Expenses Insurance (LEI), you have maximum reassurance that your business is protected against unfair dismissal and other costly employee claims.
I’ve never had a claim before – why would I need to take LEI?
Can you deal with Employment Tribunal claims, or is this triaged outside of WorkNest?
Management information
Discipline, performance, absenteeism. We’ll show you exactly where your dedicated Employment Law advisers are spending their time so that you can target key problem areas for more productive, high-performing teams. Recommended for large organisations with high case volumes.
What detail does the MI provide?
What sorts of recommendations do you typically provide?
myWorkNest
From document templates to HR Software, myWorkNest gives you all the tools you need to manage even the trickiest employee issues, improve efficiencies and get the answers you need, fast.
What sorts of issues can I find guides and templates on?
What does the HR Software do?
Why choose us?
Experts in Employment Law & HR
At WorkNest, we’re known for our bespoke service and the quality of our support. Not only is our expertise unmatched, but we take the time to know you so that we can function as a true extension of your team.
- Your own small team of dedicated experts
- Commercial, pragmatic advice tailored to you
- Professionally drafted, legally compliant contracts, policies and handbooks
- Trusted by over 40,000 organisations
- Recognised as a leading firm by The Legal 500
Who you’ll be working with
Client stories
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Our relationship with WorkNest is more like a supportive partnership. They treat us like peers, and yet provide extraordinary support whenever we need it. Whether it is about the challenges of working through a pandemic or building a new HR strategy, the people at WorkNest have been kind, holding our hand when that was needed (and it was!) and skilled
experts, providing guidance as we required it. We would not have managed through this last period without them, and I look forward to more of this cooperation ahead.”
