HR legal headaches cured

Law expert Lawrite is launching a range of law guide packages that help solve common workplace conundrums. Aimed at employers, managers and HR professionals, Lawrite HR Helpers give the guidance needed to deal with everything from absenteeism to data protection.

Lawrite HR Helpers can be purchased on CD-ROM or as an online download from www.lawrite.co.uk and cost 29 each (inc. VAT). The guides work on PCs and Macs and come with straightforward instructions. They include easy-to-use templates for policy statements, contract clauses, forms, ìhow toî documents and letters to deal with employers.

Topics currently covered are: absence from work and sick leave, redundancy, disciplinary and grievance procedures, part-time temporary and fixed-term workers, internet use, email and surveillance, equal opportunities, data protection, maternity and paternity leave, flexible working and disability discrimination. If the law changes in the year following purchase, Lawrite sends customers an updated product free of charge.

Lawrite director Chris Plume says: ìBy using HR Helpers, employers can get professional legal information and ensure they avoid common pitfalls. Most employers have basic documentation in place, but might want to update existing contracts, terms and conditions, policies and procedures. HR Helpers helps them do this quickly and affordably.î

The information contained within HR Helpers is taken from Lawriteís best-selling Employment Law CD-ROM, which costs 199 plus VAT and p&p.