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HR & Legal Advice
Want to set up a group and don’t know where to start?
Need help writing a constitution?
Want to start a Social Enterprise?
Why do we need policies?
How do I make sure a policy is working?
What are the benefits of quality marks?
What is mediation?
These are just some of the questions we can help you with. Call us on 01226 286841 for more info.
HR (human resources) and Legal Advice
- We hold legal surgeries on matters such as constitutions, data protection, VAT, employment policy, charity law, lease negotiation and much more (subject to future funding)
- We provide advice and assistance with getting charity registration, becoming a charitable company, staff employment contracts, legal problems involved with setting up and running groups.
- We offer comprehensive Human Resource support free of charge
- This service is part of the wider South Yorkshire HR & Legal Services to the third sector, a joint partnership between the South Yorkshire Council for Voluntary Services (CVS)
Introducing the HR & Legal Services
The HR & Legal Services is a partnership of the four South Yorkshire CVS, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield. The service provides human resources and legal advice to third sector organisations in South Yorkshire. Access to the service is available by telephoning 0845 231 1313 where you will be able to speak to an advisor for your area.
Practitioners will advise on human resource issues such as:
- Recruitment and selection
- Contract of employment
- Equality and diversity
- Industrial relations, inc grievance and disciplinary procedures
- Ending a contract of employment (eg redundancy)
- Health and safety
- Developing human resource systems and good practices
And other legal areas such as:
- Governing documents
- Charity law
- Company law
- Contracting for services
HR & Legal Services has been created to support and strengthen the Third Sector.
The sector is currently vulnerable to increasing legislation in relation to employment law, charity and company law and legal obligations with premises.
If you employ staff or work with volunteers we can:
- help set up recruitment procedures and contracts or volunteer agreements and ensure you have the necessary human resource policies in place
- inform you of changes in the law as and when they arise and advise you on personnel issues you may encounter.
For those who have trustees, directors or management committees we can:
- advise and assist in developing or amending governing documents e.g. constitutions, considering appropriate legal status, and advising your committee on charity and company law
- help you negotiate a lease, license or tenancy agreement if your group is taking on premises
- assist with negotiating service level agreements and other forms of contracts.
“We are here to ensure a successful Third Sector, supporting and guiding organisations through the ‘red tape’ they encounter and may not have the capacity to manage. Our aim is to empower organisations to operate efficiently and confidently within the law, and develop best practices wherever possible.”
To view our Legal Bulletins click here
Advice - HR and Legal 01226 286841
Time to Train
Consultation is currently taking place with regard to introducing a legal right for employees to request time off work for training. If you want to feed your views into this consultation, please click here for a copy of the consultation document ‘Time to Train’
The consultation period runs from 18 June 2008 to 10 September 2008