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The challenge in HR is treading the line between what your employees need and your business demands. It is a fine balance – but one our expert team of HR advisors can help you achieve.

Our experienced team work with SMEs, start-ups and inward investing businesses across all sectors. We can provide ongoing HR management services, project-based support or assistance and advice for ad-hoc or unexpected matters.

Human Resources interventions typically take place in three main areas: Administrative, Operational and Strategic, and here are examples of the key ways we can provide expert assistance in each area

Administrative HR

This area involves routine tasks and compliance-focused activities that ensure smooth HR operations.

• New starter documentation: Managing contracts, onboarding forms, and reference checks.
• Tailored employee contracts and offer letters: Drafting employment contracts to reflect individual roles and employee terms and conditions.
• Administration of employee changes: Agreeing and documenting changes to employee terms and conditions and role responsibilities.
• Policy Implementation: Developing and updating employee handbooks, policies, and procedures.
• Compliance with employment legislation: We can provide guidance to ensure adherence to current employment legislation, for example, Statutory Minimum Wages, Flexible Working requests, Data Protection, Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave and pay and workplace risk assessments.
• Employee Data Management: Hands on support to set up HR information systems to enable efficient and accurate employee record keeping and data management. Alliotts operate a Breathe HR portal that clients can join, to benefit from seamless integration of employee records and reporting.

Operational HR

This area focusses on managing day-to-day HR functions that support the workforce and organisational goals.

• Ad hoc HR queries: Supporting line managers and senior leaders with HR related queries.
• Recruitment and Selection: Support with the entire recruitment and selection process, from drafting of job descriptions and job advertisements, to support with shortlisting, design of selection interviews and tests and support with interviewing. We will also support you with post offer checks, including references, and right to work in the UK.
• Employee Relations: Advice and support with disciplinary, grievance, performance management, and mediation processes. We are able to carry out investigations and provide case management strategies and support at any level.
• Absence management: Support to line managers with managing sickness absence, whether it is short term or long term. We can advise on and administer absence review meetings, Occupational Health referrals, ill health capability meetings and support with putting in place reasonable adjustments in line with legislative requirements.
• Training and Development: Delivering of tailored management skill development workshops on a range of management topics.
• Employee Engagement and satisfaction: Conducting anonymous online employee surveys and running team-building workshops and activities.

Strategic HR

This aligns HR initiatives with long-term business goals and focus on creating competitive advantages through people management.

• Salary Benchmarking: Reviewing marketplace salaries and benefits for client roles, reporting on the findings and making recommendations for your pay and benefits strategy.
• Talent Management: Developing strategies to attract, retain, and develop high-performing employees.
• Organisational Development: Review of your organisation structure and employee roles and responsibilities in comparison with strategic plans.
• Restructuring and Redundancies: Advice and support with the business case, strategic aims, consultation process and process documentation.
• Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives: Assistance in creating a diverse workforce and fostering an inclusive culture.
• Change Management: Support with major change processes with the aim of maintaining employee engagement.
• Strategic Workforce Planning and succession planning: Aligning workforce capabilities with business objectives and market trends.

Build an engaging culture

Being able to attract and retain the most talented people is the ultimate goal for any business. To do that, you need to craft a winning culture. One that everyone wants to be a part of. We can help you create a healthy culture by showing you how to focus on individual wellbeing and career development and so guide you to becoming an organisation that prioritises communication and consultation. And in particular by keeping your people on-side during times of substantial change. If you build this kind of culture, you will become more attractive to high achieving employees and your retention rates will also improve.

Managing change well

If your business is faced with big and difficult decisions such as restructuring or redundancy, it is essential to communicate the right information at the right time, and with honesty, sensitivity and empathy. We can lead you through the process and help you communicate effectively, and help you to keep your employees on-side, enabling them to understand the reasons for the change taking place.