Ask HR & HR Genie
For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), managing people can be both challenging and time-consuming.
Getting employment law compliance wrong can be costly.
This is why we have developed Ask HR and HR Genie. Both services offer a guiding hand to make people management straightforward and hassle-free.
What is Ask HR?
Designed to support SMEs with their daily HR and employment law requirements, our Ask HR solution includes:
- Advice from qualified Solicitors available 365 days a year.
- HR Genie – our comprehensive solution for all your HR and employment documents.
- Tailored employment contracts for each employee, including casual workers and self-employed contracts.
- A detailed staff handbook customised to your business.
- Precedent letters and documents.
- Updates on employment law and best-practice advice.
- A rates and limits table.
For a monthly fee, Ask HR offers:
- A set number of hours each month for advice from one of our Employment Solicitors, who will take the time to understand your business and market sector. Unused hours can be rolled over to the next month.
- Access to advice on all our employment law services, including support with redundancies, settlement agreements, Employment Tribunal proceedings, grievance and disciplinary actions, unfair dismissal, and TUPE transfers.
- Tailored documents to suit your organisation’s needs and internal processes.
- Friendly, personalised support from Legal 500-ranked Employment Solicitors.
- Assurance that you are fully up-to-date and compliant with employment law and related areas such as data protection and discrimination.
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What is HR Genie?
Manually managing employee documents can result in data breaches, lost files (if using paper), and inaccuracies, not to mention reduced productivity.
HR Genie eliminates these risks and provides a one-stop solution for SMEs to store and manage employment records. It allows you to securely store and access employee documents through a single online portal, giving you complete peace of mind.
With HR Genie, you can:
- Manage HR tasks securely in the cloud, accessible 24/7 from any location.
- Access all employee documents instantly.
- Handle HR tasks including logging and approving holidays, managing sickness, appraisals, and more.
- Enjoy seamless integration between desktop and mobile devices.
- Significantly reduce HR administration time.
- Use an intuitive system with user-defined access for individual team members.
- Receive support if you need assistance or guidance.
- Benefit from a transparent pricing structure.
- Access expert HR and employment law services from our Employment Law Department.
- Track working time and allocate wages.
- Set reminders for key dates.
- Send company-wide texts.
- Generate and export reports, including holiday entitlement and schedules, payrolls, and staff turnover.
- Allocate time and expenses to clients, projects, and activities.
- Approve and monitor holiday requests.
- Manage appraisals and employee training.
Why Choose Us?
Our Employment Law team includes some of the most highly respected and knowledgeable Solicitors in Nuneaton and Warwickshire. We have been guiding employers through their employment law needs and supporting business growth for many years. Our Employment Solicitors not only have an in-depth understanding of employment law but also understand the various cultures and market sectors across the West Midlands. This provides our clients with a competitive advantage in areas such as staff retention, resizing, and handling discrimination and unfair dismissal claims.
The head of our Employment Department, Lianne Payne, has been recognised for several years in the Legal 500:
Legal 500
“Lianne Payne is frighteningly focussed on achieving her clients’ outcome, whatever time of day help is required. She works widely in a range of employment sectors and disputes, which is of assistance to companies with a wide range of employment issues.”
“Particularly impressive attention to detail, especially in the early stages of a dispute. This ensures for clients that the right attacking (or defensive) strategy is adopted, such that all the later steps flow properly to the desired outcome.”
We are a diverse, multi-lingual law firm utilising best-in-class technology to deliver streamlined, modern, and highly effective employment law advice and representation. Our extensive experience in employment law has earned us a strong reputation for excellence with the UK’s top Barristers and King’s Counsel, accountants, and counsellors who provide additional support to our employment law department when needed. Our clients also benefit from our access to the country’s most respected expert witnesses.
Meet Your ‘Ask HR And HR Genie’ Specialists
Located in our city centre offices in Coventry, here’s our team ready to assist with your legal needs.
Fees
Depending on the complexity of the case, we can offer fixed fees. For other cases, our solicitors charge the following hourly rates:
- Partner/Member Solicitor – Hourly rate of £265 + VAT
- Senior Solicitor or Head of Dept: (PQE 8yr+) – Hourly rate of £240 + VAT
- Assistant Solicitor/Fee Earner (PQE 3/7yr) – Hourly rate of £215 + VAT
- Newly Qualified Fee Earner (PQE 1/3yr) – Hourly rate of £185 + VAT
- Paralegals/Trainees – Hourly rate of £135 + VAT
- Support Paralegals – Hourly rate of £115 + VAT
Cocks Lloyd Solicitors provides exceptional Ask HR & HR Genie and Employment Law services to clients. People choose and recommend us not just in Nuneaton, Tamworth, Atherstone, Hinckley and Leicester, but across Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire and the West Midlands, and the whole of the UK, because we get results.
To receive expert advice and representation regarding Ask HR & HR Genie and Employment Law, please contact us using the form below, call us on (0247) 6641642, email via the Request a Callback form on this contact page.
Meet your 'Ask HR & HR Genie' specialists
Based in our city centre offices in Coventry, here’s our team to guide you through your legal needs.
Fees
Depending upon the complexity we are able to offer fixed fees in some cases. In other cases our solicitors charge the following hourly rate:
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Partner/Member SolicitorHourly rate of £265 + VAT
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Senior Solicitor or Head of Dept: (PQE 8yr+)Hourly rate of £240 + VAT
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Assistant Solicitor/Fee Earner (PQE 3/7yr)Hourly rate of £215 + VAT
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Newly Qualified Fee Earner (PQE 1/3yr)Hourly rate of £185 + VAT
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Paralegals/TraineesHourly rate of £135 + VAT
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Support ParalegalsHourly rate of £115 + VAT