Human Resources and health & safety compliance service
Employment law and health and safety regulations can be a nightmare to follow correctly for any business. In the current difficult times managing your staff and following all the rules and procedures correctly is more vital than ever.
HR plus is a new service that provides all the support (including sample documentation) you could need to navigate through the complex rules to follow as an employer and also help you deal with difficult situations like making staff redundant, dealing with disciplinary matters etc. It also provides legal expenses cover to provide support in the event of an ex employee taking you to an employment tribunal.
Quite rightly, Health and Safety regulations and employment laws were set up to protect the rights of employees within the workplace. When relationships break down between you and your staff you need someone who understands the laws and regulations fully, someone who can help you.
- An advice line available to you 24/7, 365 days a year where you can talk to HR, Employment and Health and Safety specialists about any employment or Health and Safety problem - we’ll guide and assist you in dealing with your staff and ensure you are compliant with legislation.
- On-line access to employment advice with useful details of current information that will tell you how you handle staff issues from employing through to disciplining, dealing with dismissals or redundancies.
- On-line access to the Health and Safety section will ensure that you are up to date with the legislation that you must comply with and it includes a downloadable document library of the H&S documents that you must have.
- On-line access to the Employee Wellbeing section, which gives you access to an occupational health advice line between the hours of 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. This section will also provide useful information on matters that affect employees.
- Legal expenses insurance covers you if the situation arises where a staff dispute is going to tribunal. Your legal fees are paid and awards and out of court settlements are covered.
- Employing staff right through to dealing with disciplinary issues, family policies, redundancies and retirement.
- Handling Health and Safety matters from setting up a H&S policy through to dealing with hazardous operations and doing risk assessments.
- Help you with the wellbeing of your employees with topical information such as e-society stress, mobile phone policies and giving you access to Occupational Health advice.
- Access to consultancy services at pre-arranged rates - there may be a time when you require a face visit from a consultant to undertake an employment or Health and Safety assignment for you. As a member of HR plus, you can take advantage of the special fee paying services that have been arranged for you. These services are provided by specialists who have been in the HR and Health and Safety industry for any years.
- There are more than 70 reasons why an employee can take you to a tribunal.
- Over 170,000 legal actions - most claiming unfair dismissal, unequal pay or sex discrimination are filed with the employment tribunal service every year.
- Whilst many of these claims are settled out of court, they still cost companies £7,000 on average, mainly to cover lawyer’s fees.
- The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 imposes significant statutory duties on all businesses. Employers with five or more employees have to prepare a written statement of general policy with respect to the Health and Safety at work of its employees and must, on demand, be able to show its arrangements for carrying out that policy.
- Helping you provide support for your employees’ welfare and so avoiding unnecessary losses of productivity.
Prices start at £29 per month for 5 or fewer employee, and the contract runs for an initial period of 12 months then renews monthly thereafter.
Click here to visit the HR Plus website which includes more details of the service, the extremely competitive pricing levels and how to sign up.
Alternatively please contact us for further details
For your information, there are a number of products available in the market place and one such specialist provider is Professional Fee Protection (PFP) who provide the scheme described above. Please note, should you decide to use PFP they will deal with you directly in respect of insurance matters. We must point out that we are not recommending that you must use PFP for this service/insurance only that they are one of a number of firms that can provide legal expenses insurance and an HR advice service. You are of course free to choose any alternative insurance provider.
We also wish to point out that a fee to cover our administration costs is included within the premium. In accordance with our terms of business and signing the registration form you consent to such fee being retained by us without our being liable to account to you for any such amount.