• Situations may arise from time to time in any workplace which requires investigating. Employee investigations may arise through disciplinary actions, grievance, whistle-blowing or bullying/dignity at work or maybe an informal management investigation.

    Carrying out a prompt, thorough and consistent process to consider the situation is key. This enables employers to consider the facts presented and any formal or informal next steps, in line with your organisation’s procedures and ACAS Code/s of Practice.

    How Kent HR can help

    Our team can support businesses with outsourcing of human resource issues that are dealt with by our experienced HR consultants and mediators. Kent HR advise and carry out investigations into issues affecting human resource managers including:

    • Disciplinary investigations
    • Grievance investigations
    • Bullying and harassment investigations
    • Investigations into discrimination

    Our human resources professionals can undertake an investigation as an Investigating Officer or we can undertake specific parts of an investigation, carrying out an independent and unbiased review. Our flexible consultancy approach is tailored to meet your individual needs. We can carry out a fact-finding only, or a full investigation service which will also include providing HR advice and recommendations.

    On completion of the investigation, we will provide a logical and transparent report. Every report is routinely quality assured by one of the senior members of our team before it is provided to you.

    Employment law support

    Kent HR is integrated with the South East’s largest employment law team at award winning law firm Brachers LLP, meaning that legal advice is available when needed for those difficult situations, giving you peace of mind knowing that your business is in the hands of specialists.

    Flexible HR support packages

    Kent HR provides a range of options available to suit your business requirements and objectives, whether you need support with a one-off HR project or whether you would like the peace of mind of having an HR expert available as and when you require.

    Employee management support for small businesses

    Our HR consultancy is designed to be an extension of our client’s organisations and is set up to provide HR advice and support to small businesses as and when challenges arise.  We support smaller businesses in the management of their employees and assist with the development of processes; including policies, procedures and documents templates. We can provide support on staff suspension, preparing employee letters, taking evidence from witnesses, attending employee tribunals and hearings (including appeals) and note-taking.

    Employee management support for medium and large businesses

    We pride ourselves on the relationships we develop, which enables the Kent HR team to really get to understand the client’s business goals, processes and requirements and provide practical and commercially focused solutions. Our HR support services are ideal for large organisations during peak times, during periods of organisational change and when complex HR issues arise.

    HR support retainer

    Clients can pre-purchase a bulk amount of retainer time in advance and at a discounted rate, to be used as and when required – to meet client’s on-going or occasional requirements.

    These hours can be used in any way that suits business requirements.  There are no restrictions on the type of HR consultancy advice or type of work which can be carried out within the allocated hours.

    Brachers Connect; partnering with you to provide complete HR compliance and management solutions

    We want to ensure that our clients are supported all year round, not just when there is an issue. Brachers Connect is an HR management and compliance package in one simple package. Ideal for SMEs, this complete compliance package is provided by our employment lawyers in partnership with Brachers LLP. For a fixed monthly fee, you will have access to online HR management and compliance software and an HR advice helpline for legal and operational support. Find out more about Brachers Connect.

    Costs and fee structure

    We can provide a flexible pricing option that suits your requirements, whether this be an hourly rate, day rate or fixed fee HR advice.

    Get in touch today

    For more information on how we can support your organisation, please fill out our enquiry form or call us to discuss how we can help.

     

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