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HR Solutions acquires health and safety consultancy, Essential Safety

HR Solutions is delighted to announce our new partnership with Essential Safety, a leading health & safety, and fire safety consultancy, with offices in Corby and London. The acquisition is our largest to date, and will significantly expand the services we can deliver in the health and safety field. We look forward to welcoming the […]

HR Solutions acquires Cherington HR

HR Solutions acquires Cherington HR

HR Solutions is delighted to have entered a partnership with Cherington HR, a human resources consultancy based in Worcester. The acquisition is the company’s fourth over the past six years. In 2015 HR Solutions merged with Business Human Resources Solutions, followed by the acquisition of HR Services (UK) in 2017 and then the addition of […]

Four more join Northamptonshire based HR consultancy

Northamptonshire based HR consultancy | HR Solutions | Employment Law

HR Solutions have taken on four new members of staff after experiencing significant growth over the last two years. We have welcomed HR Administrator, Roxana Stoica; HR Consultant, Terry Hayward; and part-time HR Advisors, Victoria Templeton and Sarah Dunnell, to the team, which now stands at 24 staff at our Northamptonshire based head office. HR […]

Workplace Law transfer of work to HR Solutions

HR Solutions | Workplace Law | Employment Law

HR Solutions has won a deal that will see Cambridge-based International Workplace Limited (IWL) transfer work to our HR consultancy business. The deal has been valued at £90,000 and will see IWL transfer the work delivered under its Workplace Law brand to HR Solutions.  This new agreement will see IWL transfer 14 clients and contracts […]

HR Solutions secures contract with local charity

HR Solutions secures contract with Service Six | HR Retainer

Photo:  Claudia Slabon, Chief Executive at Service Six with Alex Butt, HR Consultant at HR Solutions. HR tender HR Solutions has secured a contract with Service Six, a Wellingborough-based charity that provides free support to children, young people, adults, families and communities in the East Midlands.  Service Six appointed HR Solutions after publishing a post […]

Great big coffee morning, or tea if you prefer!

Macmillan Cancer Coffee Morning 2019 | All Welcome | HR Solutions

It’s the second year running that HR Solutions hosted a Great Big Coffee Morning in support of Macmillan Cancer. Thanks to everyone who baked, ate and donated to this great cause, we raised £374.25 in 2018 and £231.15 in 2019. [Updated 2019 October] Join our Great Big Coffee Morning – all are welcome! Date:    […]

HR Solutions continued success welcomes new staff members

HR Solutions Continued Success

Over the past year HR Solutions has seen continued success, most recently by welcoming aboard a new HR administrator, and two new HR advisors. Two of the new staff members, pictured above, Layla Incles, HR Advisor and Justyna Worthington, HR Administrator were welcomed to the team in August and May respectively.  Earlier in 2018, Bhavika […]

HR Solutions sponsor the Northamptonshire Chamber Small Business of the Year Award

Northamptonshire Chamber Business Awards | HR Solutions

We are proud to be sponsoring an award at the inaugural Northamptonshire Business Awards, which are organised by the Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce. HR Solutions is sponsoring the Small Business of the Year category of the awards, which have been created to celebrate businesses demonstrating business excellence in a range of areas, from customer care […]

HR Solutions expands with acquisition of Milton Keynes based HR Consultancy

HR Solutions acquisition Milton Keynes

HR Solutions are delighted to announce that we are expanding our business with the acquisition of HR Services (UK) Limited of Milton Keynes.  The acquisition coincides with the opening of an office at Midsummer Court in Milton Keynes, which will provide a base for us to meet with and service clients in the area.   […]

HR Solutions through to national award finals for service excellence

Service Excellence | SME National Awards

HR Solutions are through to the finals of a national business awards for our commitment to customer service excellence. The inaugural SME National Business Awards will see us go up against 13 other competitors from across the UK in the hotly-contested Service Excellence category.   The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday 1st December at […]

Upcoming events: a conference, mud run, exhibitions and an award ceremony!

Events and Exhibitions | HR Solutions

As well as being delighted to have been shortlisted for two business awards, HR Solutions are exhibiting at the SME2017 at the NEC in Birmingham on 3rd and 4th October; as well as The Business Show at Olympia, London on 16th and 17th November.  We look forward to catching up with you at one or […]

Tackling Obstacles for Young Minds

Charity | HR Solutions

Young Minds are the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of children.   Help us help Young Minds Ten of us from HR Solutions under the team name #HRmy are committed to the muddy challenge of tackling over 30 obstacles along a 6Km run organised by Uventure, to raise £1000 […]

Acas Updates Guidelines on Right to be Accompanied

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Acas have issued an updated Code of Practice following an appeal hearing about a worker’s right to be accompanied. The ACAS Code of Practice March (2015) was released after an appeal determined that if an employee makes a reasonable request to be accompanied to a disciplinary or grievance hearing, their choice of who they take does […]

Reduced National Insurance Contributions for Employees Under 21

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This April sees the abolition of employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) for employees under the age of 21. Chancellor George Osborne announced the changes as part of a Government initiative to reduce unemployment levels amongst young people. The scheme looks set to reduce employee contributions for as many as 340,000 employers across the country, and […]

£3.2 Million Awarded for Workplace Harassment

Recruitment| HR Solutions

A former banker at the London office of a major Russian bank has won significant damages at an Employment Tribunal following ongoing discrimination and harassment in her role.   Svetlana Lokhova worked for Sberbank CIB (UK) Ltd until she resigned claiming constructive dismissal in 2012. Ms Lokhova, a Cambridge graduate, joined the bank in 2008. […]

Anti-Avoidance Measures & Zero Hours Contracts

Zero Hours Contract | HR Solutions

The Government has announced new measures to enforce a ban on exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts.   The Government last week published new legislation to protect employees from exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts. These exclusivity clauses prevent employees from taking on secondary jobs to supplement their income. The proposals outline the consequences for […]

ECJ Rules on Holiday Pay & Commission Case

Holiday Pay

A UK Employment Tribunal has ruled that commission must now be taken into account when calculating employee holiday pay.   The Employment Tribunal in the case of Lock v British Gas ruled that any employee who receives commission should receive varied holiday pay to reflect their normal income. Mr Lock was a salesman for British […]

End of the Road for Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC?

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How would you manage an employee like the outspoken Top Gear presenter? UPDATED 25/03/2015 The Daily Telegraph last night reported that Jeremy Clarkson is going to be sacked by the BBC following an internal investigation into an alleged incident earlier this month. If the purported facts of the incident are true then the BBC would […]

Ban on Exclusivity Clauses in Zero-Hours Contracts

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A ban on exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts is now in effect following the introduction of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015. The introduction of the legislation means that an estimated 150,000 workers are now legally entitled to take work from more than one employer at a time. However the new legislation offers […]

Higher Standard of HR Skills Required

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A new report from the CIPD has concluded that many HR departments are failing to develop the HR skills necessary to operate in a changing workplace. The CIPD’s HR Outlook (Winter 2014-15) reports that as the workplace evolves and HR operating models and capabilities adapt, many HR professionals are not doing enough to keep up. […]

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