A NORTH-EAST law firm has launched an employment law service to enable businesses to carry out vital aspects of their HR legal work online.

Samuel Phillips has created employmentlawyer sonline.co.uk, which gives companies access to legal documents and agreements to help with their HR policies, and enables the whole process to be done via the internet.

The Newcastle-based firm’s employment law service is highly recommended by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Directory, has designed the service to offer a range of employment documents, including employee handbooks, employment or consultancy contracts and disciplinary paperwork.

Any document, all of which are legally binding, can be bought through the site and customised online, before being submitted to experts at Samuel Phillips for review.

It will then be checked and amended, if necessary, by a legal professional and uploaded to a secure location on the site for the client.

David Laud, chief executive of Samuel Phillips, who came up with the idea for the website, said it is a key aspect for the firm’s employment law service going forward.

“Employmentlawyers online.co.uk has been designed specifically for busy business owners who need no-nonsense HR compliance,”

he said.

“We understand the key issues for small and medium enterprises, which is why the Samuel Phillips solution can save both time and money for users.”

Robert Gibson, partner with Samuel Phillips and one of the firm’s employment law specialists, said he believes the online service will prove a big advantage for a lot of businesses.

“This is suitable for businesses of all sizes.

“Whether you employ one or 1,000 people, you will need legal documents,” he said.

“With employmentlaw yersonline.co.uk the documents are extremely easy to customise, but the real benefit is that your documents are checked by an experienced employment lawyer.

“With this assurance, you can be really confident that the paperwork is correct and contracts are legally binding.”

The firm is a specialist in employment law, but also acts in commercial property, industrial, healthcare and retail.