Legal Protection

HR-professional clients are covered for the legal costs to defend Employment Tribunal Claims (as well as unfair dismissal compensation awards) and the legal costs to defend a prosecution of Directors/Owners/Managers under criminal law, following breaches of safety regulations.

*Employment Tribunal claims are at record levels.
(the average payout to employees for "unfair dismissal" increased by 42% last year).

*Managers, business owners and directors are, increasingly, being prosecuted following safety failures.
(sometimes for breaches of safety law committed by employees . (See Latest News).

*Subject to policy conditions, HR-professional subscribers (businesses, directors and mangers) are covered (up to £1,000,000 per annum) for:-

(Health & Safety)
Costs to defend action in a court of criminal jurisdiction, or prior to the issue of legal proceedings by the Police, Health & Safety Executive, or local Environmental Health Authority.

(Employment Law)
Legal defence costs in a Court or Tribunal , or prior to legal proceedings brought by an employee or ex-employee in a court or tribunal. Unfair Dismissal compensation awards are covered too.

>> Click here to view the Employment Protection Policy
>> Click here to view the Health and Safety Legal Expense Policy