HR & Health and Safety with HR Plus
Clay Shaw Thomas are able to offer our clients insurance and services to cover HR and Health and Safety regulations as well as cover for Legal expenses if the situation arises where a staff dispute is going to tribunal. Awards and out of court settlements are covered.
Our chosen provider for this cover HR Plus are HR experts and can offer you all the advice, skills and knowledge you need to deal with staff disputes (whether or not these lead to tribunal), health and safety legislation and insure legal costs.
Health and Safety regulations and employment laws are laid out to protect the rights of employees within the workplace. When relationships break down between you and your staff you need someone who understands the laws and regulations fully and someone who can help you as employer. This is where having advisers via HR Plus can be of great benefit.
HR Plus provides you with
- An advice line available to you 24/7, 365 days a year where you can talk to HR, Employment and Health and Safety specialists about any employment or Health and Safety problem – They will guide and assist you in dealing with your staff and ensure you are compliant with legislation.
- On-line access to employment advice with useful details of current information that will tell you how you handle staff issues from employing through to disciplining, dealing with dismissals or redundancies.
- On-line access to the Health and Safety section will ensure that you are up to date with the legislation that you must comply with and it includes a downloadable document library of the H&S documents that you must have.
- On-line access to the Employee Wellbeing section, which gives you access to an occupational health advice line between the hours of 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. This section will also provide useful information on matters that affect employees.
- Legal expenses insurance covers you if the situation arises where a staff dispute is going to tribunal. Your legal fees are paid and awards and out of court settlements are covered. Standard indemnity is for £50,000 – although higher indemnity may be arranged.
A better place to work! HR Plus will not only give you peace of mind but can also improve efficiency and employee satisfaction
HR Plus can help you take an in-depth look at your business and assist you with:
- Employing new staff in your business - right through to dealing with disciplinary issues, family policies, redundancies and retirement.
- Handling Health and Safety matters from setting up a H&S policy through to dealing with hazardous operations and doing risk assessments.
- Help you with the wellbeing of your employees with topical information such as e-society stress, mobile phone policies and giving you access to Occupational Health advice.
- Access to consultancy services at pre-arranged rates - there may be a time when you require a face visit from a consultant to undertake an employment or Health and Safety assignment for you.
- As a member of HR plus, you can take advantage of the special fee paying services that have been arranged for you. These services are provided by specialists who have been in the HR and Health and Safety industry for any years.
Why subscribe to HR Plus?
HR Plus are Clay Shaw Thomas’ chosen HR provider. The cover is affordable and competitive and the benefits wide ranging:
- There are more than 70 reasons why an employee can take you to a tribunal!
- Over 170,000 legal actions - most claiming unfair dismissal, unequal pay or sex discrimination are filed with the employment tribunal service every year;
- Whilst many of these claims are settled out of court, they still cost companies £7,000 on average, mainly to cover lawyer’s fees;
- The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 imposes significant statutory duties on all businesses. Employers with five or more employees have to prepare a written statement of general policy with respect to the Health and Safety at work of its employees and must, on demand, be able to show its arrangements for carrying out that policy;
- HR Plus can help you provide support for your employees’ welfare and so avoiding unnecessary losses of productivity.
Your business could be HR and Health and Safety compliant for as little as £29 per month!
If you are interested in HR Plus and its benefits to your business click this link for further information and to be directed to HR Plus.
Our affiliate code is HR8 860403. This will need to be entered in your application.
To find about more about how we can help you, contact us on 01656 867167 or at tellmemore@clayshawthomas.com to arrange a free, no obligation first meeting.
