HR SOLUTIONS
Our approach is to work in partnership with clients to truly understand what makes your organisation tick, your challenges, your aspirations, and how we can add value. Our experienced team love to see your business achieve its goals by getting its people practices right. Whether your immediate focus is on ensuring legal compliance or you have major expansion or restructuring plans, whether you need to outsource your HR on an ongoing basis or just need occasional support, we will develop a tailored solution to suit you.
Think you may need HR support? Let’s chat about your business and what you require so we can advise on the best options for you and the expected costs involved. You may be new to hiring staff and need to set everything up from scratch or perhaps you are struggling with an employee issue which seems unsurmountable – it helps to talk things through to get a fresh perspective and ideas on how to take things forwards. Here are some examples of the typical ways in which we work:
Retained HR Solution
A retained HR solution gives you the peace of mind of having professional HR advice at your fingertips, without worrying about costs, as support is provided at a discounted rate compared to “pay as you go” consultancy and for a fixed monthly fee which makes budgeting easier.
The retained solution includes an annual HR Health Check of your key documents so you can be sure you are keeping up to speed with legislative changes.
We offer three levels: Gold, Silver and Bronze. The amount of remote and onsite support varies with each package, from a very affordable basic level of support to an enhanced package where your HR consultant becomes a more integral part of your business. With each level, we can liaise with your insurer’s legal advice service and ACAS throughout any employment cases to minimise risk to your business.
The cost of each package varies dependent on staffing numbers and the level of support you require, which can be tailored to your individual organisation’s needs.
Ad Hoc Consultancy
- HR project work, such as implementing new systems or handling merger and acquisition processes including TUPE transfers and other restructuring and change processes
- Developing induction process and ongoing staff development plans
- Reviewing recruitment methods and developing employer brand
- Advice on handling employment issues, such as managing performance, disciplinary issues or grievances. Whilst we can support you throughout a formal process, we also use workplace mediation as an alternative way to resolve conflict at work
- Drafting or reviewing policies, contracts, handbooks correspondence, settlement agreements and other documents
- Supporting recruitment process, from compiling job descriptions and interview questions, to sitting on selection panels or conducting psychometric testing (16pf)
- Monitoring employee engagement for example through conducting employee satisfaction surveys
- Coaching and mentoring of HR or line management staff
- Support with working towards accreditations and standards such as Investors in People, Best Companies, Two Ticks Positive About Disabled People Scheme and Mindful Employer
HR Health Check £325
WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE?
A review of your employment contracts, HR-related policies, procedures and employee handbook and a discussion about any key HR concerns. A great first step for a new client.
WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF IT?
On completion of the HR Health Check, you will receive a RAG rated report detailing any “red” areas for urgent action (e.g. non-compliance with the law), “amber” areas of concern and “green” areas which are going well and can be developed further. A detailed breakdown will be provided on how your contracts comply with the requirements of the Employment Rights Act and any other relevant legislation, together with any suggested additions or changes to the clauses. You will be given costed options on how to proceed and an action plan will be agreed. Advice will also be given as part of the review on any consultation processes required to introduce proposed changes if necessary.
An annual HR Health Check is included free of charge for clients on a monthly retained HR service.
Recruitment Support Package £295
WHAT IS IT?
Deciding who you will bring into your team is one of the most important decisions you will make for your business. The recruitment package has been designed to help you identify what you’re looking for, how you will recognise the ideal candidate and how to ensure your processes are fair, legally robust and create a positive impression to enhance your employer brand. The service includes:
- Creation of job description and person specification
- Drafting of job advertisement copy and advice on where to advertise
- Drafting of interview questions and assessments
- Advice on documentation checks to be performed at interview to check eligibility to work in the UK
Additional recruitment support includes creating application forms, support with handling applications, shortlisting, sitting on the interview panel to support your decision making, personality profiling (using 16pf psychometric assessments), referencing and designing an induction process. If you don’t already have template offer letters and contracts in place, see our “Contract and Policies Bundle”.
Contract and Policies Bundle
- Contract template for permanent and fixed term staff (plus a further contract templates for casual workers, term time only contracts or apprentices if required)
- Personalised Staff Handbook together with core procedures and essential HR policies, including disciplinary and grievance procedures, Equality & Diversity and bullying and harassment. Any additional policy requirements will be discussed with you and may be charged additionally. These may include policies around mental wellbeing, menopause or hybrid working to name a few.
- Offer letter template – this needs to be right as it forms the start of your contract with a new employee
Cloud Based HR Software
We have partnered with Breathe HR to make managing employee data seamless, straightforward and cost-effective. We handle the set-up and have ongoing access to your employee records so it’s easy for us to look into both individual and organisational issues.
Breathe HR enables organisations to:
- Eliminate HR admin – Automate holiday booking and sickness processes, allow staff to update their own records (including recording overtime) and keep all people data securely all in one place.
- Attract the best people – Show your dedication to people development, implement a high-quality induction process
- Develop your team – Keep on top of 1-1s and performance management, record and monitor individual objectives and easily delegate tasks to managers
- Access on the move – Store your data securely in the cloud, log in anywhere with a WiFi connection and mobile friendly.
- Motivate your people – Give kudos for a job well done, track your people’s progress and provide benefits and reward overview.
Newsletter and Legal Updates
We produce regular newsletters covering changes to legislation, topical HR issues and forthcoming training courses. These are designed to help busy business owners to keep abreast of the ever-changing world of employment law and share good practice.
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