HR Advisory and Legal Services

ConsulticianHR has extensive educational experience, providing both commercial advice and a safe pair of hands for schools across the London.

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We offer unlimited education-specific HR advice, personalised and proactive on-site support including HR Audits and regular updates on employment law and how this could affect your school. We offer support for performance management, change management and transition to Trust/Academy status.

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Our legal services are provided by qualified solicitors with extensive education knowledge, who work alongside your HR Consultants to achieve the best outcome for you. In every aspect, we provide a personal HR service that will support you to achieve your objectives and prevent issues arising.

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Unlimited Support*

• Personalised on-site support

• Response within 4 hours on standard HR queries, 2 hours for urgent enquiries

• Chat on line

• Ask CHR portal

• Client portal

• Unlimited HR and Legal advice

• Full HR Audit to make sure all your HR processes are fully compliant

• Free Employment Law Update and HR Briefing Sessions

• Secure online portal for logging queries and tracking responses

HR Employment and Contracts

All your contracts and documents taken care of - With our administration team you don’t have to worry about maintaining or issuing statutory documentation.

We’ll arrange tailored contractual documentation within 2 working days of request and ensure documents issued to employees are kept in line with statutory guidance and local terms and conditions, where applicable. We can provide advice on terms and conditions and contracts for fixed term, temporary, casual and permanent positions.

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• Dedicated HR Consultant

• Specialist education contracts administration

• Knowledge and Understanding of School Teachers Pay and Conditions and NJC Pay agreements

• Full knowledge of term time salary calculations

• Administration requests processed within 2 working days of receipt

• Unlimited telephone support

Management Consultancy

HR investigations can be time-consuming and cause stress for those managing them. FusionHR have extensive experience of undertaking professional and independent investigations into disciplinary matters, grievances and complaints. We supply a suitable and experienced investigating officer to manage the whole process including taking statements, collating documentary evidence, liaising with legal, producing reports and presenting at hearings.

What makes us unique:

• Experienced professional investigator

• Independent and objective perspective

• Saves you valuable time and stress

• Extensive experience of undertaking professional, impartial and robust investigations.

Investigations

HR investigations can be time consuming and may lack objectivity if carried out internally. ConsulticanHR have the extensive experience of undertaking professional and independent investigations into disciplinary matters, grievances and complaints. We supply an experienced and suitable investigating officer to manage the process from beginning to end including taking statements, collating documentary evidence, liaising with legal, producing reports and presenting at hearings.

• Experienced professional investigator

• Independent and objective perspective

• Saves you valuable time and stress

• Extensive experience of undertaking professional, impartial and robust investigations within the education sector.

Academy Conversion Support

When a school transfers from Local Authority (or existing Trust/Academy) to Academy status, its staff will automatically transfer their terms and conditions to the Academy under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE).

The Academy takes over responsibility for the staff and inherits any liability in relation to disciplinary and grievance action taken by the previous employer. This can be an unsettling time for employees and the process requires careful handling, often additional HR support is required throughout the TUPE transfer.

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Our support service offers:

• Support for the leadership team managing the TUPE transfer

• Access to templates for staff consultation and employee liability information including notification letters to staff and representatives

• Attendance at staff consultation meetings and unlimited telephone support

• Liaison with legal advisors managing the TUPE transfer

Mediation Services

The overriding aim of workplace mediation is to restore and maintain the employment relationship wherever possible. This means the focus is on working together to go forward, not determining who was right or wrong in the past.

Measures Support

When a school goes into special measures it requires a high level of intensive support in order to achieve the necessary improvements within the available period of time before the next HMI visit.

We provide on-site and telephone support for both the leadership team and governors, support with case work and we also undertake a HR Audit. In addition, we ensure your safeguarding procedures meet Ofsted requirements.

Legal Expenses Insurance

Are you prepared to face legal action from one of your employees? Large unexpected legal expenses can have a devastating effect on your organisation. ConsulticianHR has purchased protection insurance cover which indemnifies ConsulticianHR and our members for legal costs, expenses and compensation awards. This also includes the cost of appeals.

It provides a range of cover including:

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• Employee dispute legal cover

• Employment compensation awards

• Tax enquiry protection

• Property disputes management

• Criminal investigation legal defence

• Compliance and regulation protection

• Statutory licence appeals

• Employee civil proceedings protection

• Crisis communication

• Employee counselling helpline

Where your cover protects you:

• Employment tribunals

• Employment appeal tribunals

• High Court cases

• Civil Court case