Are you tired of worrying about hiring? Managing people? Policies and procedures?
Why not start the year with a fresh approach and peace of mind.
Getting it right the first time can often be a challenge if you’re not used to managing a team. Even one employee can be a worry if you’ve never done it before. Contracts, handbooks, policies, holidays, your rights, their rights… it can be a minefield.
Now, you wouldn’t offer to operate on your friend if you weren’t a surgeon, would you? So how can you be expected to manage all the HR policies and procedures if you aren’t an HR specialist? The legal implications and subsequent costs can be significant (for both actions), but you can employ a specialist to help you.
Working with an HR consultancy offers you the best of both worlds: You get all the knowledge, expertise and experience of an HR specialist without the commitment of a permanent in-house HR manager.
The main benefits:
- Get things right first time without sleepless nights!
- Hire new employees with guidance significantly reduces the risk of a bad hire
- Onboarding, a new employee with all the correct documents, training and contract, will ensure the probationary period goes smoothly, and productivity increases rapidly.
- Compliance and GDPR is met with ease
- Your business will be able to grow quickly with less workload and increased revenue
A Non-negotiable Investment
Without scaremongering, it’s important to consider the flipside of inadequate people management.
How many times have you read about employment tribunals where the employee is awarded thousands of pounds over an issue that could have been down to a misunderstanding or mismanaged situation?
Employment law is there to protect you and your employees. Used well, it can be an excellent tool for creating boundaries, policies and procedures to ensure you understand your Duty of Care to all your employees. It also makes for building the foundations of a great working environment based on honesty, open discussions while creating a culture of happy, motivated people.
When you choose to invest in working with an HR specialist, the costs are always negligible. Primarily because you are dealing with people and the unexpected can always arise. Mitigating risk and doing what you can to prevent employee issues from occurring in the first place is always more cost-effective and considerably less worrisome than muddling through on your own and hoping for the best.
You may have been lucky up to this point and had great employees, but the adage teaches us to “Plan for the worst and hope for the best.”
If you’re drowning in HR overwhelm, give us a call.
We’re friendly, professional and know our stuff.
We can chat over a cuppa and see how we can help you manage your people for a productive 2020.
Call us directly on 01279 874 676 or email info@sfb-consulting.com