Cleardocs.co.uk launches Consultancy Agreements — reflecting customer demand in the global financial crisis

• Customer feedback drives launch of Consultancy Agreement — suitable in the global financial crisis
  
• On-going commitment to reducing the complexity of legal employment documentation in England & Wales

May 27th 2009 – Cleardocs www.cleardocs.co.uk, introduces online, tailored Consultancy Agreements — an increasingly common arrangement in the global financial crisis as organisations (rather than adding employees) engage consultants for specific tasks.

Following the successful launch of Redundancy Notifications, Compromise Agreements and Executive Employment Contracts in the last six months, the Cleardocs product portfolio continues to grow – with the new Consultancy Agreement.

Cleardocs has worked closely with Ashfords solicitors to create a versatile document that organisations can tailor online to suit their plans for working with an independent consultant.  When relevant, the intelligent online Cleardocs interface provides a Deed of Adherence – which gives the added protection needed when the consulting entity is a company. The Deed of Adherence requires the individual who is actually doing the work to give direct undertakings and promises to the organisation using the consultant’s services.

The document also benefits from additional CleardocsConfirm options – the service that gives the user the chance to access specific legal support without the heartache of large, unexpected legal fees.

Company founder Christopher Balmford commented “Sad to say, but because of the challenges that employers face in the current economic climate, our new Consultancy Agreement suits the times.  As does our existing Redundancy Letters package and our Compromise Agreement. Happily, our Employment Contracts and Staff Handbooks are relevant in good times too.  But with the new Cleardocs Consultancy Agreement, we really are responding to customer demand — much of it driven by the global financial crisis.”

The Consultancy Agreement is an important addition to the Cleardocs product range which now includes Staff Handbooks, Employment Contracts, Redundancy Notifications and Compromise Agreements.  The introduction of the Consultancy Agreement is part of Cleardocs’ long-term commitment to reducing the complexity — and to improving the clarity and simplicity — of legal employment documents in England and Wales.

For more information visit www.cleardocs.co.uk or call Frances Critchlow on 0845 474 0372.

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About Cleardocs

Cleardocs was launched in Australia in June 2003 by plain English expert and former lawyer Christopher Balmford. Its unique document creation technology provides customers, including small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), law and accountancy firms and recruitment agencies, with a cost-effective online resource for employment legal documents and support.

Following its success in Australia (where it is now used by more than 3,000 professional accountants, financial planners and lawyers) the company has launched in the UK with a range of legal employment products.

Uniquely, Cleardocs provides a free helpline for questions about their on-line document creation facility, and the leading UK law firm, Ashfords provide a free legal helpline – making it the only service of its kind in the UK.

 

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