The Ice Cream Alliance is conscious that good paperwork can stop employment tribunal claims, particuarly good contracts of employment.

As a business owner, you need to be aware that:

• Employment Tribunals are estimated to cost on average around £5,000 in legal fees. You can’t reclaim this money - even if you win.



• Industry experts anticipate that taking a dispute at work to an Employment Tribunal will definitely be more difficult' in the near future for employers in small businesses, compared with larger companies.



• More and more employers are being taken to Employment Tribunals. In 2007/8 the total number of proceedings lodged by individual claimants was 151,028, up by 13.9% and the total number of all claims for all Employment Tribunal jurisdictions was 266,542, up by 11.7%.

So what does the FREE service provide?

• Your own online Personnel administration system accessible through any internet connected PC.


• An electronic personnel file for each of your employees.


• Employment forms including application for employment, holiday & sickness forms; letters including offer, reference & termination letters as well as all the documents you will need to ensure your employment practices are legally compliant.


• A contract of employment personalised for each employee.


• Disciplinary letters & agendas.

Last year, HR4UK.com's system prevented over 90% of all disputes around the dismissal of staff from turning into Tribunal claims.
How? We incorporate a unique appeal procedure into all our contracts of employment called Staff Dispute Resolution.

The system is so simple that you need no employment law knowledge whatsoever, only the ability to follow simple guidance using an online personnel system.