From time to time, you may find it necessary or appropriate to appoint external, impartial individuals to investigate grievances or disciplinaries or conduct formal hearings or appeals. At Forbes our HR consultancy and employment team can conduct such investigations and hearings and a separate member of the team can also provide independent legal advice on the process as well as strategic advice.

Examples of independent investigations that have been carried out by our HR Consultancy team include:

• Independent review of an equal pay claim;

• Investigating a grievance which related to complaints of bullying and harassment against a Managing Director;

• Conducting disciplinaries and appeals in relation to senior personnel;

• Conducting disciplinaries and appeals in relation to long serving members of staff;

• Investigating a grievance which related to serious allegations of sexual harassment;

• Investigating a grievance which related to multiple complaints of bullying and harassment against senior personnel.

Our HR consultancy service can also provide interim HR services for business that need additional resource support, either during transition periods, maternity leave or during recruitment periods.

For example, we have recently undertaken interim support for case management issues for long term absence, misconduct investigations and grievance investigations.

We can provide individual recruitment and onboarding support for new roles and specific appointments, including those requiring specialist Safer Recruitment educational requirements.

For organisations who wish to verify their existing policies and procedures and ensure legal compliance, Forbes HR Consultancy can provide an objective review of current policy and practice across the organisation and provide resulting recommendations.

Getting such processes right is critical and our team prides itself on its pragmatic and professional approach using CIPD accredited methodology.

Our team can also assist clients with holding meeting with employees during consultation processes whether during restructuring and redundancy exercises or transfers of employees under TUPE.

If you would like any further information in relation to the HR Consultancy services that we can support with, please contact Gabriela Hammond.