When was the last time that your business reviewed your employment policies? Perhaps you are a new start up looking to introduce employment policies for the first time. It is important that your employment policies comply with current legislation, if they don’t you could find yourself involves in an expensive and time consuming legal claim.
You are a busy business owner, so here’s a quick question. How certain are you that your current HR policies adequately cover you?
That’s the million-pound question…
…or at least the “tens of thousands of pounds question” of a costly tribunal.
The trouble is, you’ll often only know how good your HR policies are when they’re up against the situations and circumstances they’re intended to cover. But having a robust set of policies is much more than protection when things go wrong. It’s also about creating an employment environment that brings the best out of employees for the good of all concerned.
The Solution
Based on my extensive experience, here’s what I consider to be the gold standard for a suite of good HR policies.
For you to sleep soundly at night, free from any concerns or worries, your HR policies (as a minimum) have to be:
• Legally compliant
• Up to date with current legislation
• Integrated (meaning each policy complements and supports any related policies). I’m sure you’ll agree with that.
But as I’ve found in many businesses like yours, that’s not usually the case. The problem with the HR Policies in many businesses (maybe yours) , is that they are not fit for purpose and likely to be a ticking tribunal time bomb.
It’s not a matter of if something will upset the HR applecart to test your policies but when.
If your HR policies are not robust enough, that could result in a costly and time-consuming tribunal. As a business owner it may not be not your job to implement effective HR but it is your responsibility.
How I can help with your Employment Policies
We can take all that hassle away from you by introducing a solution for you.
Introducing the 2025 HR policy library It consists of 26 HR policies that are:
• Compact and concise, making them easy to implement
• Practical with effective and efficient HR processes born from years of employment law experience
• Easy to read and understand by colleagues at every level of your business
• Comprehensive, covering the full range of tricky employment issues busy HR professionals have to deal with every day
• Fully legally compliant as they include every relevant employment legislation change since 2020
• Developed and published by one of the UK’s leading employment law barristers
• Peer reviewed by some of the brightest legal minds in the profession
What is covered in our standard Employment Policies pack
Here’s what the policies cover:
01 Recruitment
02 Holiday
03 Flexible Working
04 Equal Opportunities
05 Drugs & Alcohol
06 Wellbeing
07 The Menopause
08 Maternity & Family Friendly
09 Homeworking
10 Social Media
11 Harassment & Bullying
12 Performance Improvement
13 Absence Management
14 Grievance
15 Whistleblowing (Non-Regulated Sectors)
16 Bribery
17 Data Protection
18 Modern Slavery
19 Disciplinary
20 Redundancy
21 Right to work
22 Religious & National Holiday Celebration
23 Company Cars
24 Computers
25 Email & Internet
26 Appraisal, Training & Development
The Cost
We offer a flexible package that allows you to tailor the policies to your specific needs. You have three options:
Option 1
Individual Policy Purchase. You pay for those policies that you want and not for any that you do not need.
£150 plus VAT Each
Option 2
Policy Bundle
£500 plus VAT for 5
Option 3
Full Policy Suite. Great for start up businesses wishing to introduce a comprehensive and compliant suite of policies for their employees without spending hours drafting the policies from scratch. Also good for businesses which have not reviewed their policies for a while and feel it may be time to refresh all of them together.
£1000 plus VAT for all 26 policies
Should you invest in these HR policies?
Well, they are right for you if you are:
Right now, you’re at a crossroads…
Option 1: Stick with your current HR policies and trust that you’ll be covered if anything happens. I mean, everything’s been ok so far, hasn’t it? What could go wrong?
Option 2: Do something about it and hire someone to audit your current policies, research current employment legislation and bring them up to date.
Option 3: Invest in one or more of these legally compliant, up-to-date, and integrated HR policies.
Choosing option 3 will save you an incredible amount of time, effort, and cost, and it will provide you with workable HR policies you can have in place faster than you can imagine.
This is one of those no-brainer decisions you’ll look back on and congratulate yourself for making when your investment more than pays for itself by providing you and your business with robust HR policies that are:
Legally compliant
Up to date
Integrated
Why run the risk of not having HR policies like that?
Refer to our other useful Client Guides
Settlement Agreement Advice for Employers https://www.carlatkinsonlaw.co.uk/settlement-agreement-advice-for-employers/
