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    • FOI request (FOI217039)

      Legal Services

      Requested Fri 22 December 2017
      Responded Fri 22 December 2017

       

       

      1. How much is the legal services department training budget?

       

      2. How many fee earners are employed in the legal services department?

       

      3. How many paralegals (or of equivalent title) are employed in the legal services department?

       

      4. How many legal executives are employed in the legal services department?

       

      5. How many solicitors are employed in the legal services department?

       

      6. How many legal apprentices are employed in the legal services department?

       

      7. What is the salary range of paralegals employed in the legal services department?

       

      8. What is the salary range of legal executives employed in the legal services department?

       

      9. What is the salary range of solicitors employed in the legal services department?

       

      10. What is the salary range of legal apprentices employed in the legal services department?

       

      11. Can you supply me with a copy of the job descriptions for each of the following roles:

      11.1        Paralegal;

      11.2        Legal executive;

      11.3        Solicitor; and

      11.4        Legal apprentice.

       

      12. Can employees in the legal services department work from home and/or agile work and what is the policy for this?

       

      13. What employee benefits are available for working in the legal services department, for example and including but not limited to: pension schemes, healthcare, flexi-time?

       

      14. Is the legal services department an ABS, shared-service and/or in-house department?

       

      15. Does the legal services department sell services to external clients?


      Response

      Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding, an error occurred within our system.

      This information is held

      Q1 - £2,180

      Q2 - 6.5

      Q3 - 0

      Q4 - 1

      Q5 - 3

      Q6 - 0

      Q7 - n/a

      Q8 - £26,821 to £31,600 (Gross Pay)

      Q9 - £41,966 to £57,034 (Gross Pay)

      Q10 - n/a

      Q11.1 - n/a

      Q11.2 - Hastings Borough Council does not have a job description specifically for a Legal Executive, our job descriptions are roles specific.

      Q11.3 - Hastings Borough Council does not have a job description specifically for a Solicitor, our job descriptions are roles specific.

      Q11.4 - n/a

      Q12 - Yes, they are bound by our homeworking policy, can work at home on an ad hoc basis.

      Q13 - Under the NJC and our local agreements they get the same benefits as any other council employees

      Q14 - No

      Q15 - No

       

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