Sell the shares in your company
Sell the shares in your company We will help you sell every share in your company on terms that stop your exposure running on indefinitely. When you sell shares, the buyer does not just buy what the company does now. They buy every decision it has made, every contract it signed and every return it […]
Respond to a discrimination claim
Respond to a discrimination claim We will help you respond to the complaint properly, from the first letter through to conciliation or defence. A discrimination complaint is not decided the way most employers assume. In a general protections claim the law presumes the adverse action was taken for the alleged reason. It is then for […]
Review your awards, policies and workplace structure
Review your awards, policies and workplace structure We will check that your people are correctly covered, classified and engaged, and fix the framework where they are not. Ask most business owners which award covers their staff and the answer is a pause. That is not carelessness. Award coverage turns on what the business does and […]
Respond to an underpayment claim
Respond to an underpayment claim We will work out what is actually owed, and help you deal with it before it becomes something larger. Most underpayment is not deliberate. It comes from a misclassified role, or an award nobody realised applied. Or an annualised salary that stopped covering the hours worked, or a rate that […]
Respond to an unfair dismissal claim
Respond to an unfair dismissal claim We will help you defend the claim, get it off your desk, and get back to running the business. The form arrives with a deadline on it. The employee has twenty-one days from the dismissal to lodge, and you have seven days from service to file your response. That […]
Hire a senior employee on the right terms
Hire a senior employee on the right terms We will get the contract right for a senior hire, so the things that matter are settled before they start. A senior hire is agreed at the point when both sides most want it to work. That is exactly when the difficult terms are easiest to settle […]
End an employee’s employment lawfully
End an employee’s employment lawfully We will help you end the employment cleanly, on terms that hold up if anyone tests them later. There are two questions in every dismissal and they are not the same question. Is there a good reason? And can you show the employee was treated fairly on the way to […]
Hold a former employee to their restraint and confidentiality
Hold a former employee to their restraint and confidentiality We will move quickly to stop the breach, and tell you honestly what your clause is actually worth. Restraint matters are decided by how fast you move. A business that acts in the first fortnight can usually get an injunction and preserve what is left. A […]
Set up an employee share or option scheme
Set up an employee share or option scheme We will design a scheme that gives your team real upside without handing them a tax bill they cannot pay. Most employee share schemes have been intended for about a year before they exist. The reason for the delay is almost always the same. The tax treatment […]
Put your employment contracts on a sound footing
Put your employment contracts on a sound footing We will bring your employment documents up to date, so the terms you rely on are the ones that actually apply. Most businesses are using an employment contract somebody adapted years ago from something else. It has been copied for every hire since. In that time the […]