Small Employer's Business Support Package   

Employment Services 

When you first start a business one of the last things on your mind is writing employment contracts. Then when you have been trading for years and there’s never been a problem and you know all your employees and … well we could go on. The fact is there are many reasons why employers have not issued employment contracts.

There are, though, many better reasons why you should issue a statement of the main contract terms. First, it is a legal requirement. Secondly, without clear contractual rules committed to writing, management’s authority to manage within the workplace is severely weakened. Thirdly, there are financial penalties for employers who have not issued contract statements. Those financial penalties could be quite severe. 

Even if you have issued main contract terms, are they still up to date? 

Do they contain everything your employee needs to know about working for you? 

Acton Jennings has created a personnel system tailored to the needs of the small business which includes a contract, documentation and a company handbook to issue to your employees. 

But even when we sort out the documentation and you issue it, that doesn’t prevent employment problems, does it? That’s true. But it might reassure you to know that you could pick up the phone and talk to a personnel adviser on any issue relating to your employees. 

It’s like having your own personnel department. We will guide you through what to do if you have the need to discipline an employee. And it’s risk free. Yes that’s right, it’s risk free. 

Providing that you seek our advice and follow our advice we provide: 

• cover in respect of dealing with an employment tribunal case brought against you..

• Cover in respect of any legal representation at employment tribunal, usually by a barrister.

• Cover in respect of any award made against you.

Like we said, risk free.

Health & Safety Services 

If you employ 5 or more people you must have a written Health and Safety Policy. That simple. You also need to bring to the attention of your employees what’s in the policy. We can do that for you. We can do it efficiently and cost effectively with the minimum call upon your time. 

We then provide you with access to a qualified health & safety advisor to provide you with telephone advice and assistance - just like having your own health & safety department. 

If you want us to carry out a health & safety visit to your premises, we can arrange this for you - although the cost of this is not included in the basic package. 

Not sure how you are supposed to carry out and record your risk assessments? 

Don’t worry, as part of the system we will provide you with easy to use assessment pro-forma which, when completed, we can look at and advise upon as part of the advice line. 

You can even download from our web site generic assessments to get you started which can then be modified to meet with your specific requirements. 

So what happens if once you have carried out your assessments you require more technical help for, say, air monitoring, noise assessments or testing of local exhaust ventilation systems (LEV)? 

As an existing client of Acton Jennings, you would qualify for preferential rates for this work to be professionally undertaken. 

We then indemnify you. If a prosecution is brought against you by an enforcement officer or an improvement or prohibition notice is served where we feel it might be successfully challenged, your legal fees are covered. 

Ok - I like what I see, how do I get it? 

This service is only suitable if you have fewer than 10 employees. Don’t worry if you have more - we have other products which will me more suited to your business needs. 

Please contact our offices for further details. 

If this is the right product for you, the cost is from only £600.00 plus VAT per annum, all in. 

If you want to get started, first, we need a few details from you.

Please download our order form by pressing the link below.  Once you have completed it you can either post it to us, with payment, to the address below, or alternatively  you can pay us by credit or debit card.  In the latter case, once we have received your completed form we will e-mail you with payment instructions.

Our address for postal orders is:

Please make all cheques payable to 'Acton Jennings'.

Please ensure before you submit your order to us that you have first read and accepted our terms of business.  Please download a copy here.  By submitting your order to us you accept that you have read, understood and accepted our terms of business.

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If you have any further questions you would like to have answered before you go ahead, please feel free to telephone our offices on 01924 416888 and our friendly staff will be more than happy to help.

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