Employment

Frequent short term absences can be extremely disruptive to your business as well as causing resentment amongst team members. Sensitive handling of the situation to determine the underlying causes of absence are put in place as we strongly believe improvement plans is crucial if the situation is to be rectified. We have extensive experience across a number of industry sectors and will bring this to bear on your behalf.

Overt bullying or harassment is largely a thing of the past. However it does still happen and is often subtle in nature. Handling a complaint of bullying or harassment sensitively and fairly is not easy. It can be time consuming and upsetting for all concerned. Let us spare you this headache by using an experienced HR consultant.

Having the right type of contract in place in your business can make all the difference. Do you need a zero hours contract? If so what do you need to be aware of? Would a temporary contract suit your purposes better or do you need a comprehensive bespoke alternative? Talk to us, we can offer a number of options to suit your need

Getting this wrong can be costly for a business, not just financially but in lost time and the demotivating effect it can have. Let us use our expertise to keep you out of trouble. We can manage the process from start to finish on your behalf.

Helping your business to establish a reputation as a good employer by using the ‘tools’ of being Family Friendly. This doesn’t mean that you are a “push over” but rather that you will consider the work life balance of your teams alongside the business plan to get the best of both worlds.

It is never pleasant to receive a complaint against your business or one of the team. For this reason it is important that the situation is dealt with in a sensitive manner. Establishing the required outcome at the start of the process is critical, increasing the chances of a positive outcome for all concerned

Understanding what you can and cannot do when it comes to the holiday entitlement of your teams will help with the planning and strategy for the business. How do you handle the dreaded ‘snow day’? Let us take the strain from your shoulders with our experience and expertise.

Protecting your employees and your business from the misuse of your email and internet systems is vitally important especially with GDPR looming on the horizon. Social media can be a great business tool but it needs to be managed correctly.

From writing the job or role profile to conducting the interviews, we can help you search for and select the best people for the job. We can manage this process for you, not only freeing up your time but also ensuring that the process is fair and non-discriminatory.

The main employment law updates happen in April and October. Keeping your business up to date is important to us. We prepare ahead of time to ensure that by the time a change comes into effect all your policies and HR documentation have been amended to reflect the change.

Notice periods work both ways but do you understand the minimum requirements and your legal obligations? What can you do if your employee is being disruptive during their notice period? What do you do if they refuse to work their notice period? You do have options and we have the answers.

From paying your team to dealing with HMRC we can do it all. We offer weekly, fortnightly and monthly payroll services. We are able to take care of all your Auto enrolment obligations and RTI submissions on your behalf. We produce clear payroll reports for your business for each pay run as well as at End of Year. Combining Payroll and HR allows us to provide a seamless service across the business.

Having to make people redundant is a difficult decision for any business owner. By engaging our services you can be assured that the procedural side of the process will be dealt with correctly and with a great deal of empathy. We will clearly explain the steps for you, the business owner, and for the affected employees. We have dealt with a number of different redundancy situations including CVA’s.

Whilst your contracts will lay out the terms of employment; your employee handbook explains the standards that are expected of the team, how these standards will be measured and how any shortfalls will be dealt with. We produce bespoke employee handbooks to reflect the culture and industry sector of your business.