Come with your questions on employment, HR management and employee well-being!

The FSI has teamed up with HR Insight, a leading company of professional HR consultants and employment law advisors to bring you the first of a series of specialist Advice Clinics.

On March 6^th , a group troubleshooting session will be available with Heather Matheson, Managing Director of HR Insight from 10am-12 noon – but there are only 10 places!

Heather is the founder and managing director of HR Insight, human resource and employment law specialists, and has operated as a practitioner in human resource management for over 20 years. Through HR Insight, Heather provides HR support to in excess of 800 organisations and has first-hand knowledge of the employment and commercial issues being faced by organisations today.

See below a whole range of things you could ask Heather about:

Engagement Options

·         Permanent and fixed term employment

·         Casual and agency workers (new AWR from 1 October 2011), interns and apprenticeships

·         Freelancers, consultants, contractors and volunteers

Pre-Employment

·         Role specifications and competence identification (use of psychometrics)

         Recruitment, interviewing and referencing processes

Contracts, Policies & Documentation

·         Importance of terms that provide flexibility and protection (contractual and non-contractual)

·         Policies (D&G, Equal Opportunities, H&S, Stress Management, Computer Use, Anti-Bribery)

·         Importance of annual updating to take account of case law 

Absence Management

·         Holiday management and accrual (12.07% statutory minimum)

·         Sickness absence, contractual terms and SSP, third party recovery and return-to-work

·         Family policies (maternity, paternity, parental, flexi-working, unpaid dependants’ leave)

Management of Issues

·         Disciplinary procedures (non-contractual) for performance, conduct and absence

·         Grievance procedures

·         Redundancy processes (up to 19 and collective)

·         Without prejudice discussions and compromise agreements

Pay & Performance Reviews & Payroll Processes

·         Pay and performance review processes

·         Contractual deductions from wages

·         Commission and bonus schemes (contractual and non contractual)

Management of Leavers

·         Final payments (link to contract, payment date, return of equipment)

·         Enforcing restrictive covenants

·         Exit interview information

Claims & Employment Tribunal Processes

·         Proposed changes in claims to Employment Tribunals (ET1 receipt and ACAS liaison)

·         Commercial assessment of cases

·         Submission of defence documentation (ET3)

·         Preparation for the hearing and settlement negotiations (COT3).