Managing people should not mean managing constant uncertainty.

Are your Contracts of Employment and Employee Handbook up to date? Do your managers know how to handle a grievance, sickness absence, poor performance or a sexual harassment complaint? Are you preparing for changes to employment law?

At Consensus HR & Employment Law, we help companies take the pain out of managing people whilst preventing people problems.

Act Early – Before a People Problem Escalates

Employment disputes can consume valuable management time, affect morale and expose a business to legal and financial risk. Prompt, fair and well-documented decisions can make a real difference.

How We Support Your Business

• Contracts and Employee Handbooks: drafting, reviewing and updating employment documentation.
• Disciplinary and Grievance: advice on fair investigations, meetings and outcomes.
• Absence, Capability and Performance: practical guidance and management documentation.
• Recruitment and Probation: helping you get employment relationships right from day one.
• Redundancy and Restructuring: support with fair consultation and procedures.
• Employment Law Updates: helping you understand relevant legal developments and their practical impact.
• Breathe HR: support with employee records, holidays and document management through our software partnership.
• Management Training: helping managers deal confidently with workplace issues.

Why Choose Monthly Retained HR Support?

Our retained service offers access to professional HR advice when your business needs it. Depending on your agreed package, this includes unlimited telephone and email HR advice, HR letters and documentation, contract and handbook updates, and regular employment law communications.

An optional Employment Tribunal insurance scheme may also be available, subject to eligibility, policy terms and obtaining advice before action.

Employment Law Is Changing. Are You Ready?

The Employment Rights Act reform programme and existing obligations, including the duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, make it important to keep policies, risk assessments, training and management procedures under review.

Our retained clients benefit from ongoing review of relevant employment documentation as part of their agreed service.

Why Consensus HR?

Established in 2011, Consensus HR is a multi-award-winning HR consultancy supporting employers in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire and beyond. Led by Matthew Chilcott, FCIPD, ACEL, BA (Hons), we combine substantial HR experience with practical, commercially aware advice for SMEs.