Employment Law Retainer Packages

Legal‑Led HR Support for Employers Who Value Defensibility

 

Why Employers Choose Legal Retainers

Most HR advisory packages focus on process and policies. Our retainers focus on legal risk, outcomes, and defensibility.
We support HR functions. We do not replace them.

Ongoing employment law advice delivered by employment lawyers — not HR consultants. Designed to support critical workforce decisions and protect your business when legal risk matters.

  • Lawyer‑only advice
  • Covered by legal professional privilege
  • Not sold by the hour
  • Clear scope. No hidden banking
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Your Partner in Business Growth and Success

Employment issues rarely arrive labelled as “legal problems” until they are. By then, decisions have already been made, emails sent, and risk exposure created.

Our Employment Law Retainer Packages are designed to give employers legal judgement before risk escalates, not reactive advice after the damage is done.

This is not a pay‑per‑use service.
It’s an ongoing legal relationship.

Our team of seasoned professionals is ready to support you throughout your business's entire lifecycle. Contact NB Employment today for a free initial consultation and find out how we can help.

Is an Employment Law Retainer Right for You?

Our retainers are ideal for employers who:

  • Make regular people‑management decisions
  • Want to reduce legal exposure before issues escalate
  • Value continuity and familiarity with their workforce
  • Prefer proactive legal guidance over reactive fixes

 

Our Employment Law Retainers are designed as ongoing legal advisory relationships, not hour‑based services. They provide lawyer‑led, privilege‑protected advice as workforce issues arise, within a clear scope and on a reasonable and proportionate basis. This model reflects how premium employment law firms support employers — focusing on outcomes and defensibility, not time tracking.

If employment decisions affect your business, brand, or people, a legal retainer provides certainty.

Find the perfect plan for you.

Our retainer packages reflect different levels of access, involvement, and strategic support — not different volumes of time.

Core Legal Advisory

3-Month Minimum Term
  • Legal‑Led HR & Employment Advice Direct access to an expert lawyer who develop a working knowledge of your business and workforce
  • Contracts, Documents & HR Support (within scope)
  • Workforce & Risk AdvicePerformance, termination and restructure risk advice
  • Policies, WHS & Injury‑Related Support WHS‑adjacent employment law & Workers’ compensation legal advice (non‑litigious)
  • Litigation or Fair Work representation
  • Workplace investigations
  • Enterprise bargaining
  • Large or project‑based drafting exercises
  • 3-month minimum term
  • Litigation and formal proceedings are scoped separately.

Strategic Legal Advisory

6-Month Minimum Term
  • Includes everything in CORE Package
  • Proactive Legal‑ Led HR Support Risk strategy discussions
  • Included HR‑ Related Drafting (within scope)
  • Education & Capability Building One semi-annual tailored employment law workshop
  • 6-month minimum term
  • Litigation and formal proceedings are scoped separately.

Executive Counsel Retainer

By Proposal
  • Includes everything in STRATEGIC Package
  • Senior lawyer relationship at executive level
  • Same‑day urgent advice
  • Strategic involvement in high‑ risk HR and employment decisions
  • Complex drafting including Executive Contracts, Deeds of Release, High-Risk Termination Documentation & Restructure and Exit Strategies
  • Pre‑claim negotiation support
  • Annual legal and HR compliance audit
  • Litigation and formal proceedings are scoped separately.

Get Legal Support Before Risk Escalates

Employment issues rarely announce themselves as legal problems until they are.

Speak with an employment lawyer about whether an Employment Law Retainer is right for your business.

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