HR Solutions UK

Outsourced HR, health and safety and payroll for UK employers

Businesses that have outgrown informal people management but are not ready for a full in-house team are the natural audience for HR Solutions UK. The consultancy opened its doors in 2001 and describes itself as an award-winning provider of HR, payroll and health and safety support. Its own phrase for its size is that it is big enough to help and small enough to care. The stated aim is to take on the HR and health and safety workload so that clients can concentrate on running the business, and it offers a free call with an HR adviser to start a conversation.

Retained and project HR support

The core offer is an HR retainer, which gives a client access to dedicated HR professionals who provide ongoing guidance and tailored solutions. Around it sit more flexible arrangements: interim HR cover for a gap, support based on site at the client, and an advice line where time can be bought as needed. A business that is just starting out has its own route, aimed at small and new employers, and there is separate help for firms with staff overseas.

When something specific goes wrong or changes, the firm runs it as a project. The cases it names include employment tribunal case management, restructures, TUPE transfers, redundancy programmes and exit interviews. These are the situations in which an employer is most likely to need an experienced adviser on hand, and the firm presents them as managed pieces of work rather than open-ended advice.

Developing and rewarding staff

HR Solutions also covers the longer-term side of people management. That includes salary benchmarking, HR skills and people management training, psychometric testing and an employee engagement programme. On the benefits side it lists an employee assistance programme, a staff discount shop, cash plans, private medical insurance and pensions. Together these let an employer handle pay, development and wellbeing through a single supplier instead of coordinating several.

Health and safety

The health and safety service is described as assessing a client's needs, developing safety protocols suited to the industry and helping to put them in place. Topics named on the site include compliance, risk audits, general fire safety and the sentencing guidelines that apply to health and safety offences, and there is training in the subject. The firm has a named specialist team for the area, separate from its HR consultants and advisers.

Payroll, software and online learning

The payroll team handles processing, BACS payments, P11D reporting and pension auto-enrolment, and the firm publishes answers to common payroll questions. For clients that prefer to manage things themselves, the firm points to HR software, including a cloud HR management system and a rota planning tool, plus an applicant tracking system for recruitment. An HR knowledge base is offered with a free trial, and online courses, policy acceptance and reporting tools support compliance training, so staff can complete and record their learning on demand.

Standards and community

The firm holds ISO 27001 for information security, and it publishes corporate social responsibility and health and safety policies. It also names a charity walk to The Gambia among its community activities, and it keeps a page of jobs it is recruiting for on behalf of its clients.

HR Solutions UK provides outsourced HR, health and safety and payroll support to businesses in the UK. Its stated aim is to handle HR and health and safety so that clients can focus on their operations.

Services

• HR retainer: ongoing support from dedicated HR professionals, tailored to each business.
• Health and safety: assessment, development and implementation of safety protocols suited to a client's industry.
• Payroll: payroll management that pays staff accurately and on time.
• Employee cases: employment tribunal case management, restructure management, TUPE management and redundancy management.
• Online training: training courses delivered online.

Who it serves

Businesses that want outsourced HR and health and safety support.

Key facts

• Based in: UK
• Standard: ISO 27001 information security