Jawaid Rehman, Partner: HR Rely is one of the UK's leading employment law services, which we offer on a fixed fee basis with the backing of a national law firm, Weightmans. My team have been handpicked because they've got the right skill set to build those relationships with our clients.
Adele Shortman, Principal Associate: We help the client achieve their goals and in doing so, we provide very specific advice. We don't sit on the fence, so we help them, which naturally moves the matter along.
Ashley Powis, Solicitor: I and my team make a difference to clients because we really buy into their organisation, their values, what's important to them. So we spend time to get to know them, to understand how they work. So when we do offer advice, it's bespoke and fits in with how they want to approach certain issues.
Jawaid: There's no need to clock watch with HR Rely. You get a dedicated team of experts providing tailored advice, giving you cost certainty.
Adele: We have access to commercial, corporate lawyers, immigration, pensions. These are all areas, which interlink very nicely with HR Rely. So if a client's got a wider issue, we can bring in those skills from those other departments and it helps us address the issue for the client. That in itself is different from what other providers have.
Ashley: We give our clients the opportunity to attend quarterly updates with us. This covers best practices in terms of ways of working, but also gives legislation updates. It gives our clients a chance to meet us, network with us, but also network of each other.
Adele: I have my own named clients, so I get to know them really, really well. When you've worked with them for a long time, you've seen them achieve over a prolonged period. And then they set new challenges and new goals. They might have a new revenue target, et cetera, that they need to meet or a new HR challenge, and we have to help them get there.
Ashley: One particularly strong relationship I have is with a client at the London Business School. I've worked with them now for the past two years and I work as part of their HR team and I'm seen as an extension of their people too.
Adele: So we have a host of additional bolt-on services, HR investigations, could be that you want advice on health and safety, pensions, maybe business immigration, and we can tag those products onto our service very easily to make sure that we meet your requirements. Not every client needs all of those things, so we tag them as and when required.
Jawaid: It doesn't matter how careful you are. Sometimes you get landed with an employment tribunal claim. And if you do, you can rest assured that we've got you covered, either through a fixed fee approach or through insurance cover.
Jawaid: We understand the pressures that HR professionals are under, and when you call us, we will ensure that we are responsive and we deal with the issue through expert advice.
