Managing people well is essential to running a successful business but staying compliant, consistent and confident in your HR decisions isn’t always easy. From recruitment and employee management to health and safety, compliance and engagement, Harwood HR Solutions supports UK businesses with clear, practical guidance across all key HR functions. Whether you need help with a specific challenge or want to improve how your HR processes work, our expert team is here to support you.
Whether you’re scaling or restructuring, strategic HR planning keeps your team aligned with your business goals. We help you map out your workforce needs, define roles, prepare for change and build sustainable growth. Our advice is always tailored so you’re set up for success now and in future.
Hiring and managing staff requires more than just interviews and contracts. Our team can help you set up a robust recruitment process, from job descriptions through to onboarding. Once employees are in place, we support you with clear employee management procedures — setting expectations, managing conduct, handling absences and more. We make sure your employee lifecycle is handled professionally, fairly and in line with employment law.
Keeping up with ever-changing employment laws can make disciplining staff tricky. Harwood HR guides you through formal disciplinary procedures, from investigations to hearings, ensuring fairness. Usually, informal measures like performance plans or private chats are used first, but for serious issues—gross misconduct, insubordination, or fraud—a formal process is essential. Learn more on our disciplinary processes page.
Harwoods HR helps you manage redundancies and dismissals compliantly. Redundancy can be fair if roles are no longer needed, operations are closing, or new technology reduces staffing needs. Following the correct procedure exploring alternatives, considering temporary staff, overtime adjustments, or job retention schemes is crucial to avoid unfair dismissal claims. Harwoods ensures your process is fair, compliant, and protects your business.
Training isn’t just a legal tick-box — it’s key to performance and retention. We work with your business to build a development plan that suits your needs, budget and team size. From onboarding to leadership development, we’ll help you embed training that works. Need refresher courses or targeted upskilling? We’ll make it happen.
Pay isn’t everything but getting it right matters. Harwood can help you review your compensation structure, ensure it’s competitive and support implementation of clear, fair pay policies. We also support benefit schemes from pensions to bonuses that reflect your culture and legal obligations.
High turnover costs time and money. We support businesses in creating practical engagement strategies improving communication, recognition, wellbeing and purpose at work. Our retention support looks at what’s working, what isn’t and what needs to change so your best people stay and grow with you.
HR decisions carry legal risk if processes aren’t followed correctly. We help you stay on the right side of the law with tailored policy development, ensuring you meet your obligations as an employer. Whether it’s disciplinary procedures, absence policies, grievance handling or contract templates, we write and update the documentation you need to protect your business.
Employee health and safety is a core legal duty. Harwood HR Solutions offers a practical online portal to help you manage risk assessments, training records and safety policies. We’ll ensure your HR and safety practices are aligned keeping your team safe and your business protected from compliance issues.
Workplace conflict is more common than many organisations realise. A recent survey by Acas found that 44 per cent of workers in Great Britain have experienced workplace conflict in the...
Read more