Employment law support for employers
Streathers provides solicitor-led employment law retainer support for SMEs, growing businesses and larger employers. Our packages give management and HR teams access to experienced employment law solicitors for day-to-day workplace queries, employment disputes, settlement discussions, redundancy planning, restructuring and strategic workforce change.
Employers are operating in a challenging environment. Rising costs, restructuring, the growing use of AI and employment law reform are all creating additional pressure for management and HR teams. Ongoing retainer support gives your business a clear route to legal advice before issues escalate.
Our retainers are designed for employers who want responsive, commercially focused employment law advice, with the scope and monthly cost agreed in advance.
How we are different from generic HR support
This is not a generic HR helpline or template-based support service.
Our retainers provide access to experienced employment law solicitors who advise on the law, the risks and the practical options available to your business. Our focus is on helping employers manage issues early, make legally sound decisions and reduce the risk of workplace matters escalating into formal disputes or Employment Tribunal claims.
Why choose employment law retainer support?
Our retainer support can help employers:
- Access responsive advice from senior employment law solicitors
- Keep legal spend predictable, with scope and monthly costs agreed in advance
- Manage employment risk before issues escalate
- Support managers and HR teams with difficult employee issues
- Improve contracts, policies and workplace procedures
- Make confident decisions based on legal advice and commercial judgement
Starting with an Employment Law Health Check
Before recommending a retainer package, we begin with a fixed-fee Employment Law Health Check.
This focused review gives you a clear starting point before committing to ongoing support. Using a structured questionnaire and follow-up discussion, we identify key risks, highlight priorities and recommend the level of retainer support that best reflects your business.
Following the Health Check, we will provide a written summary, offer an advice meeting to discuss the findings and provide a clear quote for ongoing retainer support. Any further work will be scoped and quoted separately unless included within the agreed retainer.
The Health Check fee will be confirmed in advance and tailored according to the size and complexity of the business.
Our employment law support packages
We offer three levels of ongoing employment law support. Each package can be tailored to the size, structure and needs of your business.
Foundation
For employers who need occasional solicitor-led guidance and regular employment law updates.
Adviser
For growing businesses and HR teams that need more regular support with employee relations, contracts, policies and workplace procedures.
Strategic
For employers that need senior legal input on more complex workforce issues, restructuring, settlement agreements, senior exits and business change.
What support can include
Depending on the package agreed, support may include:
- Telephone and email advice
- Employment contract template support
- Tailored contracts for different roles
- HR policy templates
- Bespoke drafting or review of HR policies
- Redundancy planning, restructuring and workforce change advice
- Settlement agreement drafting and negotiation support
- Employment disputes advice
- TUPE guidance
- Management training
- Employee handbook support
- Early ACAS support and tribunal preparation
- Employment law updates
Each package includes an agreed annual allowance of telephone and email support, which will be confirmed in your quote. Specific document allowances, including contract templates, will also be confirmed.
Scope and exclusions
The scope of your retainer will be agreed in writing before support begins. Unless expressly agreed, our retainers do not include Employment Tribunal or court representation, employment-related insurance, complex litigation, or work outside the agreed package scope.
Additional work will be quoted separately or charged at our hourly rates where appropriate. Unused retainer time does not roll over unless agreed in writing.
You can view more information here.
If you would like to discuss the right employment law retainer support for your business, we would be happy to arrange an initial conversation.
