HR and employment law
The effective recruitment and management of care staff are key to achieving and maintaining a safe, caring, responsive and effective care business. Your business and its staff are heavily regulated by CQC so dealing with staff issues requires specialist knowledge of the regulatory system.
Our solicitors have substantial experience in advising care providers on employment and related regulatory issues. These include:
- Recruitment and retention
- Compliance with the National Minimum / Living Wage
- Suspending staff and taking disciplinary action
- Whistleblowing and safeguarding investigations
- Disclosure and Barring Service referrals
- Managing sickness absence and poor performance
- Grievance and discrimination investigations
- Business immigration
- TUPE advice on the sale or purchase of a business or on the re-tender of local authority funded contracts
- Employment contracts for care staff and Registered Managers
- Policies and staff handbooks for care staff
- HR training
HELP: expert employment advice for the social care sector
Managing your staff as well as dealing with the competing pressures from CQC, local authority safeguarding teams, the Health & Safety Executive and funding authorities can be overwhelming. This is why we’ve set up HELP: a legal service to guide you through, find a resolution and minimise any damage to your business interests and reputation.
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