Service Description

Support Packages will run from 1^st April 2022 to 31^st March 2023 (12 months)

Employee Relations Core Package

The HR Consultancy and Advisory (formally Employee Relations Advisory (ERA)) Service is committed to offering you a high quality, professional, consultancy service which enables you to effectively manage, support and develop your workforce.

The Consultancy and Advisory Core Package offers an unlimited service to the following:

• First line support from our team of experts on the HR Service Desk by phone and email.
• 24/7 access to all employment policies, guides and manager toolkits related to teachers and to employees on Bucks Pay via the SchoolsWeb, which the school may choose to adopt.
• Expert HR support in person at hearings where dismissal could be an outcome.
• Tailored telephone advice and guidance on all employee relations matters. The provision of a dedicated caseworker to support customers on a one to one basis on all on-going employee relations cases.
• Support, advice and guidance on all of the following employee relation issues:
  • Discipline
  • Capability
  • Grievance
  • Managing health & attendance
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Advice on academisation where appropriate
  • Managing Change
  • TUPE
  • Terms and conditions of employment
  • Employment tribunals or ACAS contact
  • Probationary concerns
  • Advice on re-organisations

• Free attendance for one delegate per school to attend a one day or two half day training workshop on ER Policies for Head Teachers and members of the senior leadership team delivered by the HR Consultancy and Advisory Team.
• Notification of changes to teachers’ terms and conditions, Bucks Pay terms and conditions and on employment policy changes.
• Communication and guidance on national developments e.g. industrial action, consultation on teachers’ terms and conditions.
• Quality checking of formal documentation related to Employee Relations issues.
• Family friendly policies guidance (Maternity, Paternity, Flexible working etc.)
• Job evaluations (5 included in your core package per year).

Package Type:
Annual

Customer Type:
for Schools, Academies and MATs

Price:
£43.25 per employee per year for support upto 5 hours, then charged at £87.55 per hour. 
On-boarding or exiting arrangements which involves transferring cases to/from another provider will be charged at £87.55 per hour. 
TUPE/Academisation work will be charged at £87.55 per hour.