Recruitment & Selection
- Design and manage bespoke recruitment process
- Develop Job Descriptions and Person Specifications
- Advise on recruitment media
- Shortlist applications
- Chair Interview panels
- Run assessment centres
- Undertake psychometric testing of candidates (ability and personality testing)
Contracts & Salary Packages
- Produce a range of Employment Contracts for all working patterns
- Provide ‘variation to contract’ documentation
- Review existing contractual statements or terms
- Advise on a variety of working patterns e.g. part time, fixed term, annualised hours etc.
- Advise on competitive packages that help to establish you as an attractive employer
Policies, Procedures & Handbooks
- Staff Handbook
- Grievance and Disciplinary
- Code of Conduct
- Health and Safety
- Sickness Absence
- Performance Appraisal
- Training and Development
- Stress at Work
- Dealing with Poor Performance
- Misue of Alcohol and Drugs
- Redundancy
- Whistleblowing
Job Evaluation & Salary Benchmarking
- Analysing the jobs within your organisation in relation to one another
- Compare your jobs with others in the wider marketplace to benchmark salaries
- Advise on appropriate structures and pay grades
- Develop packages of competitive ‘non pay’ benefits
Conducting Investigations
- Ensuring processes are legally compliant and meet best practice standards
- Supporting managers in conducting investigations
- Undertaking the investigation as an external consultant
- Interviewing complainants and witnesses
- Examining evidence and circumstances
- Providing clear conclusions and recommendations
- Producing detailed reports for use at internal proceedings or Employment Tribunals
Grievances
- Ensuring processes are legally compliant and meet best practice standards
- Chairing or advising at difficult meetings
- Exploring individual employee grievances and producing recommendations for outcomes
- Help to diffuse highly charged situations and advising on positive resolution
- Holding grievance Appeal Meetings
- Producing clear documentation and records of formal procedures
Disciplinary Issues
- Ensuring processes are legally compliant and meet best practice standards
- Conduct disciplinary investigations
- Support managers in conducting investigations
- Produce all related documentation (re suspension, invitation to disciplinary hearings)
- Chair or advise at disciplinary meetings and appeal hearings
- Prepare documentation for Employment Tribunals if required
Sickness & Absenteeism
- Developing policies and procedures to improve attendance
- Supporting managers with individual cases of employee absence
- Advising on disability issues in accordance with the Equality Act 2010
- Sourcing expert Health and Safety and Occupational Health advice
- Chairing or advising at formal absence management meetings including dismissal hearings
Poor Performance Management
- Develop robust performance management systems and procedures
- Provide training and coaching to managers to deal effectively with poor performing staff with confidence
- Advise on the best approach and support employers at uncomfortable meetings
- Ensure that you adhere to the relevant legislation and minimise costly employee grievances
Restructuring, Redundancy & TUPE
- Advise on redundancy and TUPE legislation & issue redundancy notices
- Carry out organisational reviews
- Conduct consultation meetings and advise staff ’at risk’ of their options and entitlements
Staff Welfare & Stress Management
We help businesses deal with staff who feel overworked and frustrated by the pressures and competing demands at work. We provide guidance, training and develop specific policies to manage workplace stress effectively. In terms of welfare, we can also advise on Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) and occupational health provision to support your staff.
