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Employment support for employers
A Talk Legal service
Employers Champion
Advice on the problem in front of you, and the documents and procedure that stop it becoming a claim. For employers and respondent organisations only, ordinarily with a workforce of up to 100 people. We do not advise or represent employees or claimants.
Three ways to start
I have a workplace problem
A grievance, disciplinary, capability, sickness or redundancy question that needs getting right now.
Workplace adviceI want ongoing support and document reviews
Contracts and handbook put right at the start, then advice, case letters and updates each month.
Membership & pricesI have received an ACAS notification or tribunal claim
A deadline is running. ACAS assistance is included in membership; tribunal stages are separately priced.
ACAS & tribunal defenceWhat the membership gives an employer
Employer advice, case letters and document updates for a fixed monthly fee. The contracts and handbook are put right at the start. There is no minimum term and no notice period.
Membership starts at £95 a month for 1–10 employees, with a one-off setup fee from £595 for the contracts and handbook review. The fee is set by workforce size, across four bands.
Membership & prices in full — the four bands, what the setup fee and the monthly fee cover, what is not included and the cancellation terms. Separately charged Tribunal stages are set out on ACAS & Tribunal Defence.
Workplace advice
Many tribunal claims are shaped by what the employer did weeks or months earlier: what was investigated, what the employee was told, which evidence was considered, what reasons were recorded and whether an appeal was offered. Advice at that point is the cheapest protection available.
We may help with grievances, disciplinary and misconduct questions, capability and performance, sickness absence and disability, redundancy or reorganisation, settlement discussions, discrimination, harassment and whistleblowing.
ACAS and tribunal defence
If ACAS has been in touch, or a claim has arrived, act promptly. A notification may need an early decision about engagement and settlement, and a claim arrives with a response deadline that must not be missed.
ACAS assistance is included in the monthly membership, including a matter already underway when an employer joins. Tribunal preparation, case management and hearing representation are separately charged stages.
- Health and safety support — not included in the membership.
- Tribunal preparation and representation — separately priced, including hearing representation.
- Tribunal award insurance — the membership is not insurance against an award.
- HR software — not included.
How it works
- —Tell us the stage — internal process, ACAS Early Conciliation or a tribunal claim — and every known deadline.
- —Send the essential papers. Copies only; a missing document is not a reason to delay making contact.
- —We check timing, conflicts and capacity, and give an initial view without charge.
- —If the work goes ahead, the task and the fee are agreed in writing before anything is charged.
Employment work is divided into a clear first task, and the written terms state what is included, what information is required, the fee and the timetable. Until Talk Legal expressly accepts a particular task in writing, meetings, ACAS communications, tribunal responses and orders remain the employer’s responsibility.
More on the workplace advice we give · More on membership and prices
Initial assessment without charge
We’ll initially assess the employment problem and give our initial view without charge. If you want us to undertake further work, the work to be done and the fee will be agreed in writing. Until a fee has been agreed in writing, there’s no charge.
Is there a deadline?
Put the deadline at the top of your enquiry and email us promptly if it is close. A respondent will usually have 28 days after being sent a claim to present its response, but the date stated by the Tribunal must be checked and followed.
Contacting Talk Legal does not create a retainer or make Talk Legal responsible for the deadline.
What clients say
"Bryan listened carefully, identified the important issues and helped me understand the choices available to me. The dispute concluded with a substantial settlement on terms I was very pleased with."
Former client
Employment matter (name withheld)
Tell us about the employment problem
Send the essential papers and the date of any deadline. We’ll tell you whether the matter is within our service and what the next step would be.
Or email us at win@talklegal.net