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DSW Apex Employment Law Retainer Agreement
We designed our Retainer Agreement to provide you with a bespoke personal employment law service. At DSW Apex Employment Law, we focus on solutions. So, this inclusive employment law service aims to provide you with the employment law advice and assistance you need in the day-to-day management of your business.
Our qualified solicitors who specialise in employment law will support you in business. We take the time to understand your business’s nature and workforce. This means we can provide jargon-free employment law advice that you can implement yourself with our guidance. We always confirm our telephone advice by email. Furthermore, we will provide draft letters and documents appropriate to your needs.
We recognise that different clients require different types of support. Whether you need basic guidance on appropriate employment policies and procedures or are more concerned about strategic HR planning, our legal team will help and support you to ensure you meet the employment law challenges facing your organisation.
The Retainer Agreement is provided at a flat monthly cost fixed in advance. The contract period is at least 12 months, with a service level review at six months.
Choosing to work with DSW Apex Employment Law means that you and your managers have direct access to our highly qualified and experienced Employment Law Solicitors without worrying about the cost to your business.
Employment Law Advice under the DSW Apex Employment Law Retainer Agreement:
What We Include in the Apex Retainer Service.
The Retainer Agreement covers advice and assistance on all matters that can be considered by an Employment Tribunal. We have experience in advising on a full range of employment issues. These include misconduct matters, sickness absence, discrimination, whistle-blowing, unfair, constructive & wrongful dismissal, redundancies, ACAS Early Conciliation and employment tribunal representation.
As well as unlimited Employment Law advice, we also provide employment contracts, policies and procedures and documentation drafting and vetting. We undertake a free legal audit of your handbooks and contracts each year as part of the Retainer Agreement.
The advice is generally given by telephone and email with the option of face-to-face meetings when required. We will confirm our advice in writing and ghost-write letters for you to send. The Agreement includes the preparation of simple Settlement Agreements. There is no limit to the number of enquiries you make each month.
What We Exclude from the Apex Retainer Service
- Any remedial work – before the Retainer Agreement starts. We will undertake a free review of your employment contracts and staff handbook and advise what, if any, remedial work needs to be undertaken to comply with current Employment Law and the cost of undertaking that work for you.
- Counsel’s opinion in complex cases & Counsel fees for representation at an Employment Tribunal.
- Matters which are not capable of being considered by an Employment Tribunal.
- Disbursements in the preparation of an Employment Tribunal Hearing, e.g. photocopying charges, courier costs & travelling fees for Employment Tribunal attendance.