HR support and advice

Managing people issues can be complex, time-consuming and commercially sensitive. Whether you need ongoing HR support, help with a specific employee relations issue or additional resource during periods of change, having access to experienced HR professionals can make a significant difference.

At People Business, we provide practical HR support services tailored to the needs of your organisation. From day-to-day advice through to complex people challenges, we help organisations manage HR issues confidently, fairly and in line with employment legislation.

Our consultants have all worked in senior in-house HR roles, so we understand the realities of balancing commercial priorities with people considerations.

We work flexibly with organisations of different sizes and sectors, offering both ad hoc and retained HR support depending on your needs.

Retained services

Unlike an off-the-shelf HR service, we take the time to develop an understanding of your people requirements, your key aims and goals. Through this consultation process we will be able to tailor a retained service that is appropriate for your business.

Our retained services enable you to access a team of specialist HR consultants who will be fully conversant with your support needs, as well as providing you with some document ‘essentials’, on-hand advice and guidance for all your HR queries, plus access to a range of specialist performance, learning and development expertise – should you need it.

We like to begin with an HR audit of your organisation and people practices so we can gain an understanding of your key priorities. We will then scope out the right level of service (remote vs. face-to face) which best meets your needs according to the complexity of the projects we undertake for you.

As part of our retained HR service, we will update you regularly with practical information and keep you informed of recent policy and employment law developments. We also provide policy updates to ensure that, at all times, your policies and practices meet the standards of current employment law legislation. The other advantage of a retained service is that any separate project work commissioned is at a reduced rate.

Ad hoc services

People Business also offer our HR services on an ad hoc basis, where clients do not sign up to a regular monthly amount of consultant time, but work with us as and when we’re needed. Sometimes clients will come to us for a specific requirement (e.g. grievance, investigation or handbook and policy work) but become a retained client as they experience the high-level of support they receive.

Why HR support matters

People challenges can quickly become operational, financial and reputational risks if they are not handled appropriately.

Organisations often need support with:

• complex employee relations issues
• organisational change and restructuring
• difficult conversations and conflict resolution
• redundancy and TUPE processes
• leadership and management capability
• recruitment and retention challenges
• employment law compliance.

Having access to experienced HR support services helps organisations make informed decisions, manage risk appropriately and maintain trust and engagement during challenging situations.

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Why us?

Whether it’s providing consultancy across the entire HR spectrum or working with you on just one focused project (e.g. a redundancy programme), we always offer practical support in a professional but relaxed way to help you achieve the best possible results.

Outsourcing your HR to People Business or just calling on us for advice, means you have access to expertise, experience and available resource that you may not have in-house. And our flexible approach will ensure we provide you with a tailored solution to suit your time-frame and budget.