Sectors
Sectors
We support organisations of all shapes and sizes, across all sectors, the length and breadth of the UK.
Supporting over 35,000 employers has given us significant insight into the different sector challenges. We have created expert teams with specialist sector knowledge, so that you can be assured you’re speaking to someone who genuinely understands the environment you’re operating in.
This means the advice and support you receive will be relevant, pragmatic and considered.
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Our services tailored to your sector
Charities
WorkNest has provided valuable support to UK charities for over two decades – and is proud to be a trusted partner of ACEVO.
When you’re focused on your vision as a charity, managing compliance, keeping up with regular changes in the law and dealing with time-consuming worker and volunteer issues can be an unwelcomed distraction.
However, falling short in any of these areas can leave organisations open to scrutiny and the damage can be irreparable. That’s why hundreds of third-sector organisations across the UK trust WorkNest to keep them compliant and operating safely – while they concentrate on what’s important.
Education
WorkNest’s four-pillar approach to Health & Safety, Employment Law and HR allows school leaders and trustees to meet responsibilities, confidently.
Based on our extensive experience working alongside independent schools and Multi-Academy Trusts, we have developed and refined a General Risk Assessment specifically for education providers.
This provides a focused assessment of your Health & Safety Management, Facilities Management, Curriculum-Related Risk and School-Specific Risk.
Health and Social Care
WorkNest’s fixed-fee support helps to ensure that viability, profitability and standards of care are not compromised by ever-increasing compliance parameters.
For health and social care sector employers, dealing with time-consuming employee issues, managing your health and safety obligations, and keeping up with regular changes in the law can take valuable time away from providing the best possible care.
That’s why hundreds of providers across the UK trust WorkNest to expertly manage their compliance. Our combination of unlimited support and fixed fees helps owners, providers and managers to skilfully navigate employment challenges and protect both workers and those receiving care so that you can operate safely and efficiently.
Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism
From independent bars and restaurants to large hotel chains, our sector specialists will help your hospitality business to thrive through tailored legal compliance.
That’s why hundreds of businesses like yours rely on WorkNest for straightforward, pragmatic support.
As part of our unlimited, fixed-fee service, our expert advisers will work with you to achieve your specific HR and health and safety objectives – allowing you to operate with total confidence.
Local Government Authorities
Many Local Councils already benefit from our support with their Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety challenges.
When you run a busy Council, you face many challenges: the intricate nature of the Council organisational structure, compliance, safety, regular changes in the law and time-consuming employee issues. These take you away from making your Council flourish.
Manufacturing
The world of manufacturing is constantly evolving. This is what makes the sector so exciting – but also challenging.
We support more manufacturing clients than any other sector, guaranteeing our advice is underpinned by a wealth of experience.
Our solutions-focused, fixed-fee service is perfectly positioned to help manufacturers manage a diverse workforce, keep employees safe, and ensure they are abiding by all relevant legislation.
Medical Practices and Pharmacies
WorkNest works closely with medical practices to alleviate workforce pressures, manage operational change and ensure services meet CQC standards. We are also proud to be an exclusive partner of the National Pharmacy Association.
Our sector specialists understand the pressures on practice managers, GPs and pharmacists and are on hand to provide professional support through early-stage delivery and beyond.
We will work with you to improve efficiency and enhance the quality and effectiveness of your workforce so that you can focus on creating collaborative networks that work for you practice teams and patient community.
Professional Services
Our fixed-fee support allows professional services businesses to supercharge their workforce, protect their reputation and save valuable time and money.
For businesses in the professional services sector, time is money, and juggling the day-to-day realities of HR issues and health and safety management can detract from your ability to focus on achieving key objectives.
Retail
Our sector specialists recognise the unique Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety challenges retailers face. That’s why more than 13,500 retail businesses trust us.
We understand that running a retail business comes with many challenges. Think of us as an extension of your business that you can call upon at any time.
Our unique combination of expert advice, unlimited support and fixed fees, all backed up by our independent Legal Expenses Insurance, gives you certainty of cost, peace of mind and more time to focus on what’s important.
Religious Organisations
For the past 15 years, WorkNest has assisted all manner of religious organisations with people management and health and safety compliance.
With our unique combination of sector knowledge and specialist expertise, we are perfectly placed to help you simplify your employment responsibilities and strengthen your health and safety risk management.
That way, you can improve your claims defensibility, safeguard your reputation, and focus on serving your community.
99.2% Client happiness rating
97% Client retention rating
Why choose us?
Experts in Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety
What makes us unique is that we combine the service quality of a law firm with the certainty of fixed-fee services to provide expert, solutions-focused Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety support tailored to your organisation.
Our people are the basis of our service. They are the reason why we have a 95% client satisfaction rate and an annual client retention rate of 97%.
Our sector experts help business leaders like you to:
- Proactively solve problems;
- Ensure regulatory compliance; and
- Achieve commercial objectives.
Who you’ll be working with
Willem Van Den Raad
Principal Health & Safety Consultant
Greg Guilford
Director of HR Consulting
Client stories
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Gus Hosein
Executive Director, Privacy International
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WorkNest supports our 280 staff members with Employment Law and Health & Safety and has provided quality management training too.”
Lisa Best
Head of Service Delivery, Catalyst Choice
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We get a great deal of comfort and satisfaction knowing that we have support as and when we need it, in a decisive and responsive way.”
Richard Berry
Group HR Director, Culina Group
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We moved our legal support to WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) having previously used a time and line law firm. It was important, though, that an all-inclusive fee structure did not come at the expense of quality. Thankfully we’ve been delighted with the service we’ve received from WorkNest.”
Chief Executive
Waverley Care
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What we recognised in WorkNest is the background that they have. They are able to supply knowledge and experience in a number of disciplines, which enables us to develop our business in a way that’s safe, to do it on time and with a quality to it.”
Debbie Rainbow
Director of Human Resources and Health & Safety,
Bluestone National Park Resort
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Celia McKeon
Chief Executive, The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT)
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As the company started to get larger, we knew we had to protect our employees and our contractors both onsite and in the offices. WorkNest is exactly what we needed to move the company forward.”
Joanne Beaver
Operations Director, Beaverfit
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Pineapple have worked with the team at WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) since 2003, and we have built a trusted partnership together. We particularly like WorkNest’s concise and practical advice concerning employment law/HR issues and also appreciate their totally supportive approach in all areas of health and safety.”
General Manager
Pineapple Dance Studios
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I’ve taken WorkNest into every organisation that I’ve worked with. I’ve introduced them to many teams and many colleagues and referred them with absolute pleasure because I genuinely trust in the service that we get.”
People Director, The Works
