Employment & HR Support
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- HR Support & Advice
- Business transfers and re-organisations
- Contracts & Handbooks
- Discrimination, Equal Opportunities, Bullying & Harassment
- Employment Tribunal
- Redundancy
- Restrictive covenants and breach of confidence claims
- Volunteers’ employment rights
- Disciplinary Proceedings & Dismissal
- Director Termination and Severance
- Settlement Agreements
Rix & Kay advises clients on a range of business and employee matters
Rix & Kay’s employment team appreciate the need for swift and decisive action and work closely with you to establish your commercial objectives and the best way of achieving them quickly, cost-effectively and with minimum possible risk and disruption to your business.
We have expertise in all areas of employment law including:
- Employment tribunals
- Business transfers and reorganisations
- Restrictive covenants / breach of confidence claims
- Disciplinary hearings and dismissal
- Director termination and severance
- Discrimination, equal opportunities and bullying and harassment
- Settlement (formerly known as compromise) agreements
- Redundancy
- Contracts and handbooks
- Volunteers
The team also provide employment law services to senior employees, directors and individuals. Click here for more information on employment law services for you
GatekeeperHR
GatekeeperHR is Rix & Kay’s tailored, fixed cost, employment law and HR solution for your business. The service provides access to a dedicated team of experienced lawyers and HR professionals who you can speak to, or meet face-to-face, at any time, all for a fixed cost
“Rix & Kay regularly provides operational and strategic employment advice to corporate clients and SMEs, offering support for M&A transactions and advising directors and senior managers on settlement agreements. The firm also operates GatekeeperHR, an HR solution service built to assist a range of business sizes. Elaine Abbs is regarded as very knowledgeable and able to provide information and guidance and is always helpful and supportive”.
“We mainly use the services of Rix & Kay for Employment Law advice. In most circumstances, these situations develop quickly, and decisive action is required almost immediately. The advice provided has been prompt and accurate and has assisted us in diffusing disputes efficiently”.
“Elaine Abbs has been our main point of contact; she developed a training programme for Line Managers and delivered the training in house. This has helped tremendously in diffusing potential difficult situations”.
“Elaine Abbs is very knowledgeable and able to provide information and guidance and is always helpful and supportive. She instils confidence. She responds quickly and has a very approachable and friendly manner as well as professional”.
“Their willingness to help and, even if the enquiry is outside their remit, they will seek advice or point you in the right direction in a constructive and helpful way”.
Industry peers praise Rix & Kay in the latest edition of Legal 500
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