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The HR Consultancy You Need

Our HR retainer packages are tailored to your business and offer a flexible solution to supporting all your HR needs, in a way that works for your business.

You will have dedicated a Client Partner and a team of HR Consultants, who get to know your business inside out, proactively supporting, guiding and advising you. Through them you can:

  • Access commercially conscious and bespoke HR and legal solutions. Our experts provide logic and rationale when you are facing emotional decisions but also to help you navigate difficult situations to find a commercial solution that fits your business objectives.
  • Seek legal advice from our team of dedicated employment and commercial lawyers.
  • Receive a free HR Health Check to help you see where the gaps are and create the right plan for your business.
  • Undertake a comprehensive HR review and receive a full employee lifecycle HR Audit report to identify your areas of strength and exposure, identifying a staged plan of implementation based on the key priorities.

How Loch can help

It’s flexible:

  • The retainer packages are based on a fixed monthly fee which will allow you to manage finances and budgets your end but have the flexibility to buy in additional HR support or other services when you need them.
  • We can tailor a package which suits your needs, and move onto another arrangement as your business evolves. The cost of your tailored package will depend on your individual requirements and expected level of support required per month.
  • We offer a free initial consultation meeting to identify and agree the appropriate tailored package that fully supports your business.
  • We can support you as much or as little as you need, from just a simple call to sense check what you propose to do, providing checklists and scripts or questions, through to attending meetings or carrying out investigations on your behalf. We can also provide an extra level of HR support if you need it for appeals procedures. Throughout, we have access to our team of Employment Law Solicitors, making sure that any risks are assessed and mitigated.

Services that can be flexibly included in your retainer:

HR Policy and ComplianceWe provide a template handbook and recommendations and provision of information and legal updates that may impact employment policy (or a review of your current documents with regular updates based on any legislative changes that may affect your policies).
Employment ContractsWe can provide or review template employment contracts so that you can be assured that your contracts are up to date, legally compliant and fully protect your business.
People, Employee and Workplace SupportWe provide comprehensive guidance and support on any people, employee or workplace issues including grievances, sickness absence, disciplinary and performance management guidance and advice.
Day to day HR supportWe offer access to telephone, virtual and email HR support and on site where needed, provision of template letters, annual leave entitlement and calculations and other day-to-day HR support and advice including payroll support.
Employee EngagementWe work closely with our training and wellbeing team to offer advice and guidance on people management including: value adding performance management processes, 360-degree reviews, motivation and employee
engagement (including staff surveys).
Exit Management supportWe provide guidance on managing ‘day to day’ employee exits (including non-complex short service dismissals), exit interviews and smoothly support on ‘offboarding’ processes.
Referrals to trusted partnersHealth and Safety, Occupational Health, Employee Benefits (EAP, PMI etc), Employee screening.

Plus:

  • You can access at least four webinars a year from our employment law solicitors, keeping you up to date on what you need to know.
  • You’ll receive a quarterly newsletter providing employment law updates, expert advice and case studies.

FAQs

You get a dedicated Client Partner and HR team on tap for quick, practical advice – from sickness, grievances and disciplinaries to templates, letters and calculations – plus hands-on support for meetings, investigations and exits when needed.

Our HR consultants will review or supply compliant policies and contracts, give you regular updates on relevant legislation, and provide direct access to employment and commercial lawyers should any need arise. You’ll also receive an HR Health Check and full lifecycle audit to spot gaps and prioritise fixes.

Yes – our retainers run on a fixed monthly fee for budget certainty, with the freedom to scale support or add services (training, wellbeing, OH, H&S, screening) as required. We tailor the package to your priorities and can adjust it any time.

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