HR advisory

Our HR consultancy team offers practical advice to businesses, charities and other organisations on personnel related matters. Advice is available on a fixed fee or ad hoc basis.

Staff are the driving force behind most organisations. Good HR and people management requires you to comply with the latest developments in employment law, but also goes well beyond legal compliance. You need to keep your HR approaches up to date if you want to recruit, retain and develop people effectively.

Businesses that are fast-growing or in a period of change will also benefit from expert, bespoke HR advice.

Our HR consultancy services

Our HR services are tailored to meet the needs of your organisation. For some businesses, it may include providing HR support while working inside your organisation for one day a week. For others, ad hoc support may be more suitable.

What do HR consultants do that differs from the services that employment solicitors offer?

Many solicitors will not support organisations and businesses ‘on the ground’ with practical HR support for the simple reason that it is very different to provide advice on how to run a meeting in a way that is compliant with employment law and actually to conduct that meeting in person. In addition solicitor’s hourly rates are usually several times that of a HR Consultant.

HR consultants support organisations and businesses to deal with HR and employment issues which arise. This can include:

• Attendance at disciplinary and grievance hearings supporting managers chairing the meetings and sometimes taking minutes
• Attendance at absence management and performance management meetings supporting managers chairing the meetings and sometimes taking minutes
• Project managing recruitment and onboarding exercises including attendance at interviews and assisting with the process of advertising the role through online job boards
• Providing bespoke training to businesses on HR topics including equal opportunities training and performance management training.

Why outsource HR?

Organisations and businesses may wish to outsource this HR support for a variety of reasons including:

• The organisation does not have its own HR department perhaps due to its size
• The organisation’s existing HR team do not have capacity or the expertise to take on the project
• The organisation would prefer an investigation to be undertaken by someone who is external to the business.

We can help you all with the HR and organisational development aspects involved, and if there are legal or litigation aspects as well, our highly-regarded employment law solicitors in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Perth can support you too.