Human Resources & Employment Law Consultancy
Amber Jacket Ltd HR Consultancy - For the times you don't have time for HR matters.
Whilst you are busy growing your business, let Amber Jacket Ltd take care of your HR & Employment Law matters.
We believe in a partnership approach and will take time to understand your business and recommend the right solution for you and in consultation with you.
We will provide you with guidance, support and impartial advice and will give you the tools to implement changes on an ongoing basis.
With over 15 years’ experience, let us help take the strain out of managing your people. We offer competitive rates for work on a retainer basis as well as a short and long term support.
We know that Human Resources and Employment Law compliance can often be time consuming or difficult to deal with when you are trying to run your business, so whilst you are busy growing your business, let Amber Jacket Ltd take care of your Human Resource & Employment Law matters.
We believe in a partnership approach and will take time to understand your business and recommend the right solution for you and in consultation with you, so that in no time at all we become one of the team.
We will provide you with guidance, support and impartial advice and will give you the tools to implement changes on an ongoing basis.
We are able to provide additional on-site support when needed which may include attending formal meetings such as disciplinary hearings or even acting as an impartial adjudicator in grievance proceedings.
Contact us now for further information.
HR Audits
You will receive an initial HR audit to see how compliant your business currently is.
On an annual basis we will review the business to ensure your continued compliance in all matters HR and Employment Law and to ensure you have the correct documentation in place.
The audit will include:
• Inform you of any changes in legislation/case law over the previous 12 months
• Review current documentation
• Discuss any ongoing issues you may be having
• Reviewing onboarding processes/employee relations/personnel files etc
Employee Handbook
We will review your existing handbook and policies to ensure they are compliant.
We will offer guidance on improvements that can be made throughout the handbook.
A list of what our general handbook covers is below as a guide, however your handbook will be bespoke to your business and will include any additional policies your business requires.
• Discipline and grievance procedures
• Equal opportunities and discrimination (including age, disability, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation
• Family-friendly issues (including maternity, paternity and shared parental leave)
• Flexible working
• Holiday procedures
• Performance management
• Sickness absence procedures
• Additional benefits
Employment Contracts
We will review your existing contract of employment to ensure it is compliant and covers the statutory minimum.
We will then work with you to ensure your contract covers everything you as a business would like it to. Your contract and handbook will work in conjunction with each other and we will ensure they complement each other.
Disciplinary procedures & Grievance procedures
We will offer guidance on how to approach disciplinary & grievance procedures making sure you adhere to the ACAS code of conduct throughout.
• We will draft the relevant letters for you
• We will review hearing notes and advise on your next steps
• We will advise on the appeal process
• We are able to attend hearings on your behalf should the need arise
Redundancy
Redundancy situations are never easy, however sometimes they are unavoidable. Having written and verbal guidance on how to conduct redundancies can make the process run smoother for all concerned.
• We will assist you throughout, including the consultation process and drafting the relevant letters for each stage.
• We will work with you when drafting the selection criteria and how to implement this to ensure a fair and consistent approach throughout.
• We will assist you with any redundancy appeals.
• We will assist you with conducting meetings within the redundancy process.
TUPE
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 is one of the most complex pieces of employment law there is and strikes fear into most businesses. We can assist you every step of the way having had a significant amount of dealings with TUPE both on the National and International stage.
• Service provision changes
• Continuity of employment
• Consultation with employees prior to and after the transfer
• TUPE including International employees
GDPR
THE EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduced in May 2018 was introduced to protect all EU citizens from privacy and data breaches in today’s data-driven world. The key principles of the Data protection Act 1998 still hold true, however under GDPR they now have a wider impact on businesses across all sectors.
• We will complete a data processing map with you to ensure you are compliant under GDPR and are not likely to fall foul to a data breach under your current processes.
• We will draft an employee privacy policy and data protection policy.
• We will draft a letter to accompany the above documents for issuing to your employees.
• We will support and offer guidance throughout the process including answering questions your employees may have about the documentation.
• We will advise on how better to strengthen your processes to ensure you are doing all you can to avoid a data breach.
• We will draft the relevant documents should you receive a Subject Access Request (SAR) request.
• We will issue you with template documents for a ‘response to SAR’ request as well as support you when issuing the relevant information and advise on how best to do so without breaching GDPR regulations.
If you wish to discuss something not already covered, please get in contact either via email or by phone on 01905 964211