Because you have better things to do.
Your recruitment contracts are the security for your business; for your fees, your terms, and your defence if something goes wrong. Every Lawspeed contract is tailored to how you actually operate, giving you strong commercial protection, built-in compliance, and features that save you time and reduce risk.
Prevention saves money. Cure costs money.
Lawspeed has lived and breathed hiring and contracting contracts since 1997, covering every kind of placement and service a recruitment business or consultancy might need. We know the industry inside out: the everyday glitches, the disputes recruiters run into, and the legislation that governs how you supply workers. Every contract we write reflects that experience.
Each contract type comes with clear instructions for use and is backed, day in and day out, by our specialist team of recruitment lawyers, with automatic updates and a helpdesk on hand. You can stop worrying about whether your documents are current.
And unlike any other provider, we include Proterms™ free of charge, so you can create, store and reissue multiple versions of your contracts with automated variables.
Our contracts are your first and last line of defence and so robust that, to our knowledge, they have never been beaten in a dispute in nearly 30 years.
Whatever the recruitment relationship, we’ll help you identify the right contract to protect your interests. Our most popular contracts include:
Combined (covering all services) or separate. Protect your fees and set the rules of engagement with every client.
For outsourced, SOW and consultancy-style services beyond standard supply.
Compliant terms for the workers you place and pay.
For supplying limited-company contractors with off-payroll risk properly addressed.
Supply-chain terms built for the new umbrella liability landscape.
For the people you employ directly.
We designed Proterms to make your life easier.
Everything lives in one place; create multiple versions of your master contracts for different clients or divisions, and keep a complete audit trail with version control. In the Pro version, you can also attach documents from your repository and issue, track and manage your own contracts with no e-sign required.
Everything is held on your own dashboard, all in one place making the placement process fast, smooth and scalable. Adapt a contract in minutes, send it and you’re done.
Supplying agency workers and contractors has faced wave after wave of regulatory change in recent years, and new commercial models – and new risks – keep emerging.
With our ear constantly to the ground, Lawspeed monitors these changes and adapts our contracts and advice as needed, so you don’t have to worry. Whenever something changes, we publish updates, so our hundreds of customers always have the latest protective terms.
Lawspeed has it covered, leaving you without the worry, and with the confidence that your terms are bang up to date.
It’s proactive and fast, because prevention is always better than cure.
Opt for one easy, budgetable monthly fee, separate contracts or a bundled option. Whatever you choose, you get ongoing access to:
Arrange your free consultation with one of our recruitment lawyers to discuss your contract requirements.
Back in the day agencies commonly cut and pasted terms from other contracts, and this practice still continues today. However, a piecemeal approach is often a recipe for disaster, may not have been thought through, and may be non-compliant in a host of different ways.
Whilst trust is always a live issue, clear well worded and up to date terms will be what gets you over the line.
Created from a proactive not reactive perspective, by specialists with a massive combined experience of the commercial world, litigation and recruitment, by the recognition that our clients want to win and by the vision to build in functionality for speed and ease of use.
Can you afford not to? If you value your business and want it to succeed you must build a solid platform with the right support. Lawspeed contracts cover your back and are continuously supported. One lost fee or expensive claim against you because your cheap contract doesn’t cover the particular risk, could not only set your business back but may have covered the cost of having the right Lawspeed contract for many years.
Yes - Why use two contracts when you only need one? Lawspeed can provide single terms if you only run one line of business. However many of our clients run multiple lines and prefer to use our combined terms and framework agreements. These cover permanent, PAYE temporary supply, contracting, IR35, direct hire margin only and search and selection all in one document. So leaving you to sell to your customers whichever way you want without worrying about the paperwork.
Agencies have been signing up to our IR35 friendly contracts since 2000 and wording from our contracts has resulted in contractors winning tax claims over and over. All our contracts used by agencies take into account the relevant tax laws, deal with the risk areas offsetting liability, as well as other operational requirements. AS with all our contracts, these are supported by up to date advice and heldesk support if required.
Our lawyers are contract experts as well as specialists in recruitment law, and we have the focused resources that others may not have. We have a strong interest in technology as a solution, and we know what’s going on because we have hundreds of clients who feed their problems and questions to us. As regards legislation, through our trade association ARC (link) we have a hotline into relevant government departments. ARC has had some notable successes over the years to help protect the long terms interests of recruitment businesses.
Simply tell us what you need, check which contracts are right for your business, and you could be in possession of your master contracts suitably adapted within 24 hours. Complete your direct debit and you could be using the Proterms platform, accessing everything in one place, within a couple of days
No, although we provide contracts for every kind of recruitment, we also provide employment contracts specifically designed for use by recruiters with their staff as well as an employment manual, with supporting employment law and HR advice (up to and including employment tribunal claims). For businesses operating a consultancy model we provide client consultant and contractor sub consultancy contracts. Just ask and we may have the perfect contract for you.
We designed our contract management platform Proterms specifically for recruiters. It features no-sign technology, so there’s no need to wait ages for e-signatures. Clients click and it’s done.
All documents are held on your dashboard, at your fingertips, and each activity is automatically recorded so you can track (and prove) that the terms have been viewed.
The platform makes the process effortlessly scalable because you can use one contract multiple times, adapting it within minutes. And, there’s no need to wade through pages of legal language because Proterms allows you to split the document between the commercial elements and the legal stuff.
Lawspeed has proved to be invaluable to us when facing legal and commercial challenges and everyday risks. The legal
...support team is always approachable and professional giving expert legal advice. Businesses need access to excellent legal advice with reasonable pricing that is cost effective and completely transparent, and Lawspeed delivers on all fronts.
Lawspeed has been supporting Marlin Hawk for several years, they always respond swiftly to our requirements, have been
...instrumental in guiding us through numerous changes in legislation and can be relied upon to ensure that we are well prepared to advise our clients. We would not hesitate to recommend them.
Lawspeed have provided matchless, expert support over the past 15 years. We have relied heavily on Lawspeed’s
...skills and incisive interpretation, advice and robust contracts they have provided. Our clients sought increased comfort with IR35 issues and Statutory obligations to PAYE workers; and were wholly reassured by Lawspeed’s unrivalled reputation in employment related legal matters.
We couldn’t recommend Lawspeed highly enough. Everyone is professional and personable, and we’re always made to feel
...secure, you can’t put a price on that. Certainly the best legal and compliance specialists we have ever used and we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend you all to our associates and friends.
We have been using the services of Lawspeed for over 20 years, we have always found them to be very prompt and extremely
...thorough in answering whatever employment or recruitment related queries we may have. The Lawspeed team has been very reliable with the maintenance of our candidate and client terms, ensuring that they are fully fit for purpose and include all the legislative updates. In recent times they have also invested heavily in its online portal to make it easier for us to access their agreements and easily trace any changes made to our agreements . For these reasons, we can always trust Lawspeed to provide an excellent level of service and we hope to continue using them for many years to come.
We have been a Lawspeed customer since 2015 and have consistently used their services since. We currently
...utilise a number of their contracts to provide services across numerous sectors and do so safe in the knowledge that as a business we are complying with the latest legislation and protecting the business interests as much as we can. We have also engaged with Lawspeed to provide in house training across a number of subjects to our consultants, such as IR35, GDPR, and Employment Law. This was delivered by experts who clearly know what they are talking about and have a passion for the subject.
The entire process with Lawspeed has been an absolute dream!I would not hesitate for a second to recommend
...Lawspeed to any up and coming or existing recruitment agency, they are genuinely brilliant and I can’t see myself going anywhere else!
New Millennia have been utilising the services of Lawspeed for over 15 years. They have a wealth of knowledge
...within the recruitment sector and are always happy to assist whether you have contract queries, amendments, provision of specific business terms and the ongoing management of these contracts. I would highly recommend Lawspeed to any recruitment business.
We have worked with Lawspeed using a number of their services including their specialist retained contract
...service and ad hoc contract reviews, they are also the first people we turn to when we have an employment law or legislation related question. The responsiveness is excellent, and we trust their opinion implicitly. We have worked with Lawspeed for over 10 years, so they must be doing something right!
Lawspeed have not just been a great support but also a great asset to my business. They keep us abreast on changes in
...legislation and continually update our contracts accordingly. Being covered from a legal standpoint by leading experts in employment law, is essential in this ever changing market. The team at Lawspeed are experts, professional and always there, to help when required. I highly recommend them.
TRS have worked with Lawspeed for many years and they have always been reliable, ahead of the curve of legal
...updates / positioning and offering us continuous support when and where needed.
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