Ending working relationships

Sometimes your business will need to call time on the working relationship with an individual or group of people. This can happen for a variety of reasons. It may be as a result of a reorganisation or restructure and redundancy, because a relationship is no longer working for either party. 

We understand this can be difficult and traumatic for the employee and the employer alike. As HR specialists we have a depth of expertise in how restructure and redundancy processes should be managed to minimise strain, ensure compliance with employment law and protect businesses from the potential fallout arising from a poorly handled process. 

Our qualified consultants can support your business before the redundancy process begins to ensure it is carried out properly and with due consideration for the important aspects. Our consultants will then remain on your side all the way through from initial staff consultations to the final outcome. 

Redundancy

Making redundancies is a difficult process to go through, for an employer and employee. Employees have a number of rights when a redundancy situation arises and you should understand what these are. 

Our experienced team can support you with planning and managing each stage of the redundancy process, ensuring it is fair and clearly communicated to your staff. 

As a redundancy is a dismissal, a legal procedure needs to be followed and all decisions must be made sensitively. Making the wrong decision can lead to a claim of unfair dismissal. To help you avoid any problems, our experienced HR Consultants will guide you through the correct selection, consultation and appeals process. 

We understand that every business is different, so we will always be on hand to discuss the specifics of any particular situation to help you get the right result for your business. 

Settlement Agreements

A Settlement Agreement can be a sensible and pragmatic way to end a working relationship. These agreements need careful handling to ensure a satisfactory, legally compliant outcome. 

Reality HR have a number of consultants who are experienced in the negotiation and drafting of these agreements, helping you achieve a positive outcome for both parties even in the most difficult circumstances. 

Outplacement Support

Redundancy situations can be emotional for both employer and employee. However, there is a way to help your employees and make the redundancy process easier for everyone. By offering outplacement support you can help them successfully transition their career and offer job search support. 

Redundancy outplacement support involves providing career advice and helps those leaving your organisation with LinkedIn guidance, CV skills, self-marketing and networking through to career guidance, career mapping and even help with mental health tips and managing stress levels. 

Giving advice and support shows you care about the future of your employees and demonstrates that you are a trusted employer. 

Outplacement support packages 

We have a variety of outplacement packages built for today’s changing workforce, including group workshops or 1:1s, created to prepare the people you lose for the next step in their career.

With packages including group outplacement support, a group mental health and wellbeing webinar or individual outplacement support we can offer something for everyone.

If you would like more information on each package and costs, please contact a member of our team. 

Succession Planning

Any business owner with their eye on the future will need a succession plan to ensure the long-term success of their company and deliver a return for the investment they have made over the years. 

Sometimes there is an obvious clear path but often an independent, expert eye is required to help formulate a strategy. The future could lie with people within the business, who may need developing and nurturing to prepare them for the challenges to come – or it may be that a search needs to begin to find the right person or people for that crucial next stage. An external consultant can help support those vital decisions. 

Our consultants will work with you throughout the process, starting by getting to know your business and your vision for its future. We identify the future vacancies that you will need to fill to realise your growth and development ambitions, carry out a full review of your team against those roles, and produce a detailed strategy to help deliver your vision. 

We can then work with you to deliver the strategy, regularly reviewing it to ensure it stays on track. 

TUPE

If you are selling, buying or merging a business, changing a service provider or bringing an outsourced service in-house, then you may find that  TUPE regulations apply (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006). 

TUPE Transfer legislation exists to protect workers during mergers, acquisitions, and transference of contracts. A highly complex aspect of HR, it’s easy for a management team to make mistakes – and those mistakes can be costly. 

Planning, communication, and consultation are key to a successful TUPE process. Our specialist consultants provide TUPE transfer support and work closely with you throughout, ensuring staff are treated fairly and that compliance is achieved every step of the way. 

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