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Workplace Plus

Workplace Plus is our comprehensive fixed-price employment law and human resources support package, carefully developed to remove the day-to-day burdens and complexities of managing a workforce. From structuring employment policies and drafting legally compliant contracts, to advising on recruitment and documenting internal procedures, this service equips you with all the essential tools to operate as a best practice employer. 

As part of this solution, clients also benefit from optional access to Altruisk, a trusted health and safety consultancy that offers sensible, tailored guidance to help employers meet their legal responsibilities and promote a safe working environment. Altruisk provides expert support with risk assessments, training, audits, and general health and safety compliance, ensuring your business is protected from avoidable risks and costly enforcement action. 

In addition, Workplace Plus includes optional access to Breathe HR, a user-friendly cloud-based human resources software system designed specifically for small to medium-sized enterprises. Breathe HR allows you to efficiently manage employee records, monitor absences and holidays, oversee performance, and maintain accurate training and compliance records — all from a central, secure platform. 

Most businesses recognise that employees are their most valuable resource but are often the most expensive overhead. In an ever-changing landscape, where there is increased legislation and employee protection, it is vital to ensure you have the necessary HR support to ensure you are compliant with the law and avoid costly claims.

We will also keep you up-to-date with the latest legislation and its impact on your business, and if you do ever face a claim from an employee we can prepare your case and represent you in court or tribunal. Call us on 0161 696 6170 for more information on how our fixed price HR and employment law package can help your business.

  • Fixed Price HR & Employment Law Support - Workplace Plus 

    Mary Jarrett shares her experience of using the Workplace Plus package and working with the HR and employment law team at Stephensons.

    Head of Employment Law Philip Richardson explains what is included in Workplace Plus, the benefits of having a fixed price employment and HR support package like Workplace Plus to rely on and the cost of the package.

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  • Mary Jarrett

    "They've been amazing. Everything is so easy. I have a question, I can make a phone call or send an email and it doesn't matter when I do this, I'm always going to get a prompt response. It's taken away some of the worry actually from trying to ensure that I always get it right."
    Mary Jarrett

  • Philip Richardson - Head of Employment Law

    "Right from the outset, we'll go and visit a client at their premises to understand the client's needs and what we'll focus upon is undertaking a full audit of the company's HR and employment products. So for instance, we will draft any documentation or take them through a disciplinary or grievance procedure for instance." 
    Philip Richardson - Head of Employment Law

For an annual fee, workplace plus provides:

  • Full audit of employment documentation, contracts and policies
  • Letter and document templates
  • Unlimited access to a designated specialist solicitor and relationship manager for advice, guidance, on-going training and briefing
  • Advice and representation for day to day HR issues
  • Advice and representation for employment tribunal claims
  • Employment protection insurance for the cost of full legal representation at an employment tribunal, including the cost of any award made against you up to a maximum of £100,000; *
  • Advice and representation included within the employment protection insurance for:
    • Defence to health and safety prosecutions
    • Guidance to a range of commercial legal services including:
      • Payment of costs incurred in pursuing claims of personal injury for you and your employees (subject to terms)
      • Advice on pursuing or defending contract disputes
      • Debt recovery advice
  • Optional access to Altruisk, a health and safety consultancy providing expert advice, audits and training to help ensure your business meets its legal obligations and maintains a safe working environment 
  • Optional Integration with Breathe HR, a cloud-based human resources software system allowing efficient management of employee data, holidays, absences, performance and compliance records 
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Why choose our HR and workplace solicitor solution for your business?

Unlike many HR consultants, Stephensons deal directly with tribunal claims and have an insight into how the tribunals deal with employment law in practice. With this experience, Stephensons are best placed to support your business with HR and employment law advice.

You will not be passed from one person to the next giving you generic guidance. Instead, you will provided with a dedicated solicitor in the team who will be your relationship manager. They will get to know you and your business and give you specific advice about how to reach the resolution you need.

Workplace Plus removes the difficulty of dealing with HR matters so that you can focus your time on running your business whilst our team of fully qualified advisers and solicitors take care of things on your behalf.

Other benefits of the Workplace Plus package include:

  • Employment tribunal claims continue to increase year on year - Stephensons have over a 95% success rate of resolving disputes internally without them being escalated to an Employment Tribunal.
  • A significant number of changes are expected as a result of the Employment Rights Bill including day one rights for unfair dismissal. With Workplace Plus your polices and procedures will be fully audited by Stephensons to deal with any new changes. We will keep your business fully appraised, trained and supported.
  • No risk as to fees and costs - claimants face zero fees to bring a case and respondents generally cannot recover their costs. Stephensons’ Workplace Plus has built-in insurance to cover your legal costs and compensation up to £100,000 per claim.
  • Average claims now take a year to resolve, but Stephensons have a proven track record of resolving claims within 3-6 months of issue.
  • Save on HR Manager salaries - HR Managers typically earn between £55,000 and £62,000. Protecting your business with Workplace Plus saves on these high salary costs. By outsourcing to Stephensons at a fixed price, your business will save on rising salaries and National Insurance costs.
  • Research shows businesses can face up to a 25% decline in customer trust following a legal case, and all judgments are reported publicly online. However, in following advice at the earliest stage possible, Stephensons will navigate a path to protect confidentiality and your business interests.

What else does the package offer?

When you choose Workplace Plus you can opt to benefit from software to manage your HR function from our partner, Breathe HR. This can be incorporated into your package to provide you with the online tools you need to store employee data such as absences and holiday entitlements to storing documentation such as contracts, policies and procedures. 

Working with our partner Altruisk, a comprehensive health and safety solution can otionally also be built into your package to make sure that you are adequately protected from claims from a health and safety perspective. This can include face to face consultations, documentation review and telephone advice. 

*Breathe HR and Altruisk are optional additional extras with separate charges. 

Get in touch today on 0161 696 6170.

* Calculated based upon factors, primarily business turnover and employee numbers.

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