What do HR do?
It’s the age old question, and depending on how good your HR department is, it might be a valid one. A quick list of what’s been keeping me busy as an HR Consultant includes:
1. Defending a few tribunal claims
2. Putting together manager briefings on employment law
3. Writing new employment contracts and staff handbooks for small to medium companies
4. Drafting compromise agreements
5. Advising on handling disciplinaries, terminations and grievances
6. Hearing grievances
7. Designing a succesion plan
8. Managing recruitment campaigns, interviewing, shortlisting and giving the bad news to unsuccessfuls
9. Mediating conflict situations
10. Writing my blog
