Attn: HR Professionals and Employment Lawyers
Brand new HR Policies for October 2024, compliant with all new laws on sexual harassment, holiday pay, flexible working, requests for predictable working patterns, and more...
INTRODUCING:
Up-to-date HR Policies from a practising Employment Law Barrister that you can rely on to be Concise, Easy to Follow and Legally Compliant
Isn’t it time you aligned yours with current legislation?
“Buy Daniel Barnett’s HR policies because all the hard work has been done for you already.”
Alison McRae
Are you a busy hr professional?
Here’s a quick question for you.
How confident is your knowledge of the following recent employment legislation updates:
I’m sure you’re already familiar with many of these changes in employment law.
But even if you have kept up-to-date, have your policies done likewise?
That’s the million-pound question….
For many organisations these changes, and probably many more, don’t feature in their HR policies. Or if they do, there’s a problem with them.
Often exclusions, omissions or mistakes are small
Occasionally they over-extend their reach.
Perhaps they result in an unworkable policy:
Or maybe, they’re a source of amusement
A policy that is inadequate, poorly understood or clumsily enforced can be a source of significant grief.
It might result in reputational damage to the organisation, a costly tribunal, expensive compensation awards…
… and a huge amount of work for you.
And that’s where it gets personal.
If you do get caught out by a policy that’s not fit for purpose, there’s a small but embarrassing dent in your own professional standing with your colleagues and the leadership team…
…all of which is preventable.
The trouble is, you’ll often only know how good your HR policies really are when they’re up against the situations and circumstances they’re intended to cover.
And I should know, because I’ve been a practising Employment Law Barrister for over 25 years.
My name is Daniel Barnett.
I am highly regarded for my employment and HR law expertise and am passionate about helping HR Professionals like you understand the law better to make your job easier for you.
I have appeared in many Court of Appeal and Employment Appeal Tribunal cases together with complex High Court employment litigation. I also appear regularly in employment tribunals up and down the country and I particularly enjoy sharing my experiences with the HR community..
My areas of work include:
My employer clients include a member of the Royal Family, several international airlines, a global leisure industry company and telecommunications company, as well as many hundreds of SMEs.
I have sat on various Bar Council committees and am a member of the Staff Committee and Bar Representation Committees of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.
I’m also called on regularly to comment on television and radio on current legal issues. I am the presenter of the LBC Legal Hour, broadcasting every Saturday evening at 9pm across the UK, in which I answer legal questions from LBC callers. I am well known for my forthright, honest and clear answers to even the most challenging questions.
I am the author or co-author of eighteen books, including the highly regarded Handbook on Employment Law.
I bring all of that experience to bear when helping HR professionals develop a workable set of HR policies for their organisation.
Based on my extensive experience, here’s what I consider to be the gold standard for a suite of good HR policies.
For an HR professional to sleep soundly at night free from any concerns or worries, their HR policies (as a minimum) have to be:
I’m sure you’ll agree with that.
But as we’ve found in organisations, that’s not usually the case...
Here’s the problem with many organisations’ HR Policies (maybe yours too)...
There’s a consistent problem we’ve seen over the many years we’ve been working with HR professionals.
It’s common in organisations both large and small (and everything in between).
In fact, it’s such a common phenomenon we’ve even developed a name for it.
We call it the 'Hotch-Potch HR Policy Problem'.
Why?
Well, it’s because the HR policies are usually an uncoordinated collection of documents from at least two or more of these sources:
And that’s the problem.
At the very least this Hotch-Potch of Policies won’t be legally compliant, up-to-date or integrated.
But at worst…
…there’s more than just a problem…
….it’s 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.
For many organisations these changes, and probably many more, don’t feature in their HR policies. Or if they do there’s a problem with them.
And if your organisation’s HR policies are not robust enough, that could result in a costly, expensive and time sucking tribunal.
Now if this resonates with you, recognise it’s not your fault.
You’ve got such an important job to do.
You’re pulled and stretched in so many different directions.
When you’re faced with a problem to solve, you’re likely to be the sort of person who strives to solve it quickly.
If you need to to fill a gap that’s appeared in your HR policy package, you’ll find a way of shoring it up quickly so you can get on with what you do best.
The challenge however is this:
Over time, your HR policies will drift further and further from the gold standard of being:
It’s a precarious position to be in.
Now given the exhausting demands of your role, it’s unlikely you have the time to review your current policies, audit them for legislative compliance and update them where they fall short of the gold standard.
So let me take all that hassle away from you by introducing:
THE HR PLATINUM POLICY SUITE
Here’s what it consists of:
The Full 'Completely Compliant HR Policy Library' 2024
Fully audited and updated, there are 26 HR Policies that are:
Here’s what the policies cover:
Click any policy to see the detail…
01 - Recruitment Policy
02 - Holiday Policy
03 - Flexible Working Policy
04 - Equal Opportunities Policy
05 - Drugs & Alcohol Policy
06 - Wellbeing Policy
07 - Menopause Policy
08 - Maternity & Family Friendly Policy
09 - Homeworking Policy
10 - Social Media Policy
11 - Harassment & Bullying Policy
12 - Performance Improvement Policy
13 - Absence Management Policy