HR Retainer

HR Outsourcing – Retainer options

Our retainer solutions give you access to your own outsourced HR department. We work in partnership with you, giving you peace of mind that you have somewhere to turn for all your employment law and HR queries. Choose from one of our flexible options, tailored for your business:

Services offered	Telephone Helpline	Standard Retainer	Premium Retainer
Initial “MOT” (by way of questionnaire)			
Regular face-to-face meetings			
Audit of existing contracts of employment			
Audit of Staff Handbook			
Unlimited telephone helpline and e-mail advice on the items included within the service - 9am to 5pm	First hour of each separate query only	Subject to reasonable usage	Subject to reasonable usage
Follow up with written advice on telephone enquiries			
Access to template letters and documents			
Telephone / email advice on the issues below: Grievances, disciplinaries and dismissals Sickness absence and performance management Small scale redundancies / restructuring (3 roles or less) Family-friendly rights: maternity, paternity, parental rights Flexible working Discrimination and equality issues Harassment and bullying Whistle-blowing.	 - free for first hour of each query		
Initial TUPE advice in terms of employer’s obligations prior to consultation			
Early Conciliation with ACAS / pre-claim correspondence with solicitors or an employee either before they have left or afterwards			
Advising on, drafting and negotiations on settlement agreements per retainer year		Subject to reasonable usage	Subject to reasonable usage
Advising on contracts for self-employed contractors, workers or volunteers			
Drafting up to 5 bespoke or precedent contracts for self-employed contractors, workers or volunteers			
Regular e-shots on Employment Law updates and invitations to seminars			
Quarterly review meeting at your offices (subject to proximity)			
6 monthly review meeting/telephone conference			
Secure portal with designated password			
Provision of basic Health & Safety advice			
Optional Services at Fixed Fees to be agreed as and when the issue arises
Advising / acting on matters relating to immigration/overseas workers			
Employment law training for line managers			
Provision of Occupational Health Services			
Advice about Employment issues arising from a business acquisition, sale or purchase			
Significant restructuring of the business			
Boardroom disputes or dismissals of senior employees involving complicating factors such as regulation, protected disclosures, discrimination or personality issues			
Advising on or drafting Directors Service Agreements			
Advice on enforcing restrictive covenants			
Safeguarding, regulatory or data protection advice			

To find out more about the Ashtons retainer solutions, please contact Ashtons on 0333 222 0989, complete our online enquiry form or email enquiry@ashtonshrconsulting.co.uk.

HR Retainer

HR Outsourcing – Retainer options

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