Employment Law Ashton Birch employment Contract solicitors are experienced and can review your contracts to advise whether your interests are protected or is it worth negotiating terms.”
It is often a good idea to speak to an employment contract solicitor before you sign your employment contact. It is worth reviewing employment contacts before you accept terms to ensure that your rights are protected. There are a variety of tactics often in play to sway a employment contact to the advantage of a party against the other.
Ashton Birch employment Contract solicitors are experienced and can review your contracts to advise whether your interests are protected or is it worth negotiating terms.
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In most instances an employment contact review would involve an initial analysis if the terms offered are compliant with the legal requirements. A further review shall involve a number of aspects, including checking restrictive covenants during and post-employment, termination and benefits.
The consultants and businesses engaged in providing IT solutions work on complex areas of IT support, development, research, and tasks involving projects of all sizes.
Due to the nature of the services, it is essential to have a suitable and enforceable legal agreement to ensure clarity, minimising risks, avoiding disagreements and costs.
Ashton Birch Contracting and IT Consultant agreement solicitors are experienced in providing solutions no bespoke agreement to contractors, IT companies and IT recruitment agencies.
Our solicitors regularly prepare IT service contracts for agencies and IT companies and review IT consultancy agreements for individuals. We ensure at all times that agreements are compliant with legal requirements whilst ensuring that the terms fulfil the scope of work and assist parties to supply and receive work and payments in an organised manner allowing development of a working relationship.
To discuss your requirements, speak to one of our experienced contracting and IT consultant agreement solicitors please Contact us by phone or email.
In recent years, recruitment agencies have seen significant growth. Whilst a number of sectors in the market are emerging and evolving there are specific requirements on contracting, short term or long term and permanent employees. As a result, the recruitment sector continues to see increased legislative activities both within the sector and on companies accepting services from the recruitment agencies.
Ashton Birch Recruitment Agency Solicitors are experienced in drafting and reviewing contracts for candidates or consultants and for supply of all types of recruitment agency services to its clients.
Our solicitors have a good understanding of the commercial challenges in a recruitment business. We ensure that you are legally compliant and offer robust, practical and advice that will assist creating a streamlined process adding value and quick solutions to your day-to-day business assisting you in achieving your commercial goals.
To discuss your requirements, speak to one of our experienced recruitment agency agreement solicitors please Contact us by phone or email.
IR35 is a tax legislation in the Income (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003. This legislation which was earlier delayed will come into effect from April 2021 and shall apply on individual contractors providing their services through a PSC (personal service company) to a company, where they could be regarded as an employee of that company.
Ashton Birch solicitors are experienced to review your agreement and contract to check your or your company’s exposure to the IR35 regulations.
As of now, in the current legislation, the end client or company shall determine the status of a contractor providing his services through an intermediary. Should the contractor be regarded as an employee of the end client or company should make deductions for income tax and National Insurance contributions on the fees to be paid to the intermediary.
There are a number of principles to consider whilst reviewing an agreement for IR35 compliance, which includes amongst else, mutuality of obligation, control, substitution, legal principles, integration and dispute resolution. There are exceptions to IR35 regulations, which include, a company with an annual turnover under £10.2m or balance sheet total under £5.1m with less than 50 employees.
To discuss and review your existing arrangements to assess IR35 liabilities, speak to one of our experienced solicitors, Contact us by phone or email.
A Master Service Agreement (MSA) is a comprehensive contract entered between parties for provision of services. This is an important contract that allows an overall understanding between the parties on how they will conduct business, supply services, delivery, charges and steps on how issues will be resolved in the event of a dispute. An important advantage of an MSA is it saves parties time and money on negotiating new contracts for each new transaction but proceed to work with an overall understanding.
Ashton Birch experienced Master Service Agreement solicitors can provide you guidance or review and prepare a suitable MSA for your particular industry.
The Master Service Agreement should outline responsibilities, the scope of works and requirements of each party. A well constructed Master Service Agreement will avoid a complex structure on delivery and payments and allocate risks and indemnification between parties. This will allow acceptance of new work, without the need of negotiating terms for each new project between the parties.
Ashton Birch solicitors are experienced in drafting and negotiating and can assist you with your Master Service Agreements. Our clients rely on us to review and negotiate terms to help ensure a fair contract is put in place for all parties in a transaction as well as provide clarity regarding each party’s responsibility and assumed liability.
A settlement agreement is a compromise you agree with your employer, which essentially means that you are ready to give up your rights in return for a severance payment. Due to the nature of this agreement, an employer would require terms of this agreement, in particular the amounts, to remain confidential.
Ashton Birch Settlement Agreement solicitors are experienced to review and negotiate terms and level of severance payments.
In most circumstances, employers will offer a Settlement Agreement when they wish to terminate an employment contract on mutually agreed terms. This agreement will settle all claims and disputes between parties.
The employer will require an employee to waive his rights under this agreement with an advisor’s certificate from a solicitor. An employer would normally contribute towards your legal fees between £350 to £500 plus VAT which shall depend on the complexity of your matter.
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To discuss and review your draft settlement agreement or if you wish to prepare a settlement agreement for your employees Contact us by phone or email.