HR Essentials

Can you afford for your business to fail these important Compliance health checks? Research has shown that the costs of non compliance, including fines, penalties and disruption to business can cost up to 2.71 times the cost of maintaining compliance. A single breach of the Fair Work Act alone can cost an individual $12,600.

Through this highly affordable entry point subscription, John Hartigan & Associates will work with you to ensure full Compliance with Fair Work and Work Health & Safety legislation. We will provide you with a comprehensive assessment and report and work with you to ensure that all Compliance requirements are met, effectively safeguarding your business and your future.

This tailored package is perfect for SME’s with up to 12 employees and includes:

  • Initial face-to-face meeting
  • Fair Work Health Check
  • Workplace Health & Safety Risk & Compliance Review
  • Provision of draft report and telephone discussion
  • Provision of final written report
  • Proparation and provision of 5 key policy templates, customisable to suit your business
  • Ongoing telephone support for General & Practical HR advice (limits apply) 

Subscription Service

Once your business has passed its health check, the next step is to maintain and build on that. The best way to achieve this is through our annual subscription service. Expanding on our HR business partnership, our consultants will work with you on an ongo-ing basis to help with a myriad of HR issues, including streamlining your administrative workflow, identifying and strengthening poli-cies and procedures, and ensuring workplace satisfaction. We will also ensure that you stay on top of the ever changing legislation which could again put your business at risk – a risk you’ve already identified you can’t afford to take.

This subscription service can effectively protect your business and transition you to an employer of choice for a fraction of the cost of employing a full-time HR Manager on an average salary of $75k per annum, plus on costs.

This exceptional value package includes all the elements of HR Essentials, plus:

  • Unlimited telephone / email hotline from our consultants
  • Monthly onsite visit or Skype communication
  • Comprehensive review of company Policies and Procedures
  • Administrative workflow review
  • HR, IR and WHS bundle*:
          – Hr Policies and Procedures Manual
          – Recruitment Checklist
          – Job Description Template
          – Performance Management Process Guidance and Essential Template
          – Termination Process Guidance and Essential Templates
          – WHS Policy
          – Risk Management
          – Emergency Procedures
          – Safe Work Procedures Template
          – Risk / Hazard Assessment Template
  • Timely email alerts on updates, including legislative changes that may affect your workplace
  • Biannual salary updates in conjunction with Hays
  • Tailored business coaching and mentoring
  •  Complimentary attendance at the John Hartigan & Associates Understanding Employment breakfast series workshops (4 per annum)
  • Priority client status, including discounted rates for project work

* All documents provided are templates which can be customised to suit your business. Our consultants will provide instruction on how to complete the templates and general advice on what policies to include.*

A 5% discount applies on this Package for all clients who join the Subscription Service within 14 days of receiving their Risk and Compliance Review.

Project Work

Stage 3 – Project Work From time to time, issues come along that may require a more intensive, one-off service. These might include a workplace bullying or unfair dismissal claim or the need to cover an extended leave of absence of a permanent HR employee. Our consultants at John Hartigan & Associates can work with you to develop a flexible and affordable solution to help you in these challenging times.

Specialist project and consultancy services may include:

  • Critical analysis to resolve short term problems
  • Project based business solutions
  • Workplace Investigations
  • Fair Work representation and advocacy in cases such as unfair dismissals and other disputes
  • Temporary coverage for permanent HR Managers when on leave
  • Retained services (weekly on site by agreement)

Discounts apply for priority subscription package clients and businesses with over 50+ employees.