Employment contracts and staff handbooks
HR Essential Documentation
Ensuring you have essential HR documentation in place is not only a legal requirement, but will make sure you’re fully protected if an employee ever brings a claim. This will give you the confidence that you are legally compliant and clearly set out the way your business does things.
Protect your business
Employment contracts and staff handbooks are essential documents for running your business. They set out the rules of your business and how you should act when HR issues arise.
They form the basis of the employment relationship and provide absolute clarity about employment terms and conditions, helping avoid misunderstandings or challenges. They should also reflect your business, culture and values correctly.
Both documents should be reviewed regularly, especially when employment legislation changes. That’s where we can help.
From employment contracts to HR policies and procedures, we can create the documentation you need to comply with employment legislation and support your business culture.
Bespoke employment contracts to ensure legal compliance and protect your business
A signed employment contract is a legally binding agreement between an employer and their employees. It sets out the terms and conditions of employment.
As a business owner, you’re legally obliged to provide all your staff with an employment contract from day one, preferably before.
We can draft the different types of contracts you may need, such as full-time, part-time, fixed-term, zero-hour, casual, and apprenticeship agreements. If you decide not to employ and use freelancers or contractors instead, we can also draft your contractor agreements.
Staff handbooks tailored to your business
Your staff – or employee – handbook should set out your business’s rules, policies and procedures. Although it’s not a legal requirement, your staff handbook will clearly set out what’s expected of your staff and what they are entitled to, to ensure fairness and consistency in managing your team.
Your staff handbook is also a helpful guide to welcome and onboard new employees. We can create and tailor a staff handbook to suit your business requirements.
We offer a full version with a complete set of HR policies or provide a shortened handbook with five essential policies – discipline, grievance, managing sickness, use of IT, and email and social media. Alternatively, we can tailor a handbook to suit your needs and add to it as your business develops and grows.
Other essential HR documentation
We don’t just provide employment contracts and staff handbooks. We also offer other helpful HR documents, such as letters, forms, checklists and flowcharts.
We can write and review your policies, procedures and documentation to ensure you’re fully compliant and have all the tools you need to manage your staff effectively.
We won’t bury you in HR policies that you don’t need.
Take a look at our HR documentation available from our expansive library in our HR Document Shop. We offer access to legally compliant, up to date resources to protect your business.
Work with us
Why Hill HR?
Every small business deserves access to the same high-quality HR advice and support that large companies have in-house.
As your outsourced HR partner, our mission is to advise, inform, educate and empower you by providing a flexible and personalised service that helps you feel confident about your HR so you can sleep at night.
If your people issues are causing you stress or worry, let us take care of them for you. We take passion and pride in working with small businesses like yours, to help you feel better about your HR.
