Case Study

The challenges of employing a UK workforce can be very different from what you’d find in most other European countries. Take the wrong approach, and you could be undermining the very foundation of your business: your people.

When employing British workers, or seconding staff to the UK, it’s important to seek the advice of someone who understands the rights of both employees and employers. A local expert can help you avoid any pitfalls while putting in place the policies, procedures and personnel to give you the best possible chance of success.

At Goodwille, our detailed knowledge of best practice HR and how the UK legal framework applies to employers from abroad means that we can help you to navigate and make the most of this difficult area. This means that whether as your adviser or fully fledged outsourced HR function, we’ll help you to get the most out of your people.

Expanding into the UK?

We’ll help you set up your UK workforce, overseeing contracts as well as advising on rewards packages and drawing appropriate HR policies and procedures.

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Already running a UK operation?

We can provide you with your very own ‘virtual’ HR function, tailoring it to meet your own particular day-to-day HR needs.

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Developing your business scope?

We’ll help you manage the human side of organisational change, making sure that your workforce is in a position to adapt with you.

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Planning to expand into the UK market?

Making sure you employ people that feel secure and well supported could be the key to the success of your new UK operation. In doing so it is vital that you seek the advice of an expert in the UK’s unique working culture and complex employment laws.

Implementing proper HR procedures is an important step for anyone moving their business into the UK, whether you’re considering employing UK staff or simply seconding existing employees to work over here.

At Goodwille, we have a proven track record of dealing with the kind of HR issues you’ll face when entering the UK market. We can can assist your company with, among other things:

· Salary and benefits advice
· UK secondment agreements and applications
· Drawing up contracts of employment
· Developing appropriate HR policies and procedures
· Day-to-day operational HR support
· Reference checking.

Furthermore, every employer in the UK is required by law to have employer's liability insurance. We can advise you on meeting this obligation, as well as other kinds of insurance that you might benefit from, putting you in touch with suitable insurance brokers who’ll help you find what you need.

We can also put in you in touch with people and organisations from within our network who can help you identify any relief from UK taxes and social security charges you might be entitled to. They will also advise you on the conditions you must meet to qualify.

Most importantly, however, we can help make sure you have the measures in place to see that your people perform to the best of their abilities.

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Already running a UK operation?

We have the experience, know-how and resources to provide you with a range of day-to-day operational HR services, helping you to encourage and maintain a well supported, informed and motivated workforce.

For instance, we are able to help you with:

· HR policies and procedures
· Internal communications and engagement
· Staff appraisals and development
· Contract and salary reviews
· Training arrangements
· Grievance and disciplinary processes
· Staff handbooks and helplines
· Pensions and benefits schemes
· Payroll administration
· Car leasing, mobile phone contracts and any other support you need.

We can tailor these services entirely to suit your needs, providing you with your own ‘virtual’ HR function in the UK Having such a function will save you from having to employ and manage your own HR department, while giving you instant access to UK-specific HR expertise. This can be either as an individual or team that we place in-house with you, or an off-site support service, just a phone call or email away.

Working closely with any HR operation you have in your home country, our virtual team would be able to help your UK employees with everything from enquiries about policies, procedures and benefit plans, to arranging training courses, handling grievances and disciplinary issues.

In doing so they would be helping to ensure a working culture consistent with the values of your business as well as the requirements and expectations of your UK employees.

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Developing the scope of your UK operation?

Developing your business will always have an impact on the people you employ. Our knowledge of HR challenges and our experience of working with companies undergoing change mean that we can help you manage the human side of any major transition.

If you’re looking to expand, we can advise you on what kind of HR capability you should have in place to support your growing workforce. We can also provide you with a ‘virtual’ HR function – either in-house or off-site – to deliver that crucial support, whether you need it only temporarily or for the longer-term.

Moreover, if your plans involve any kind of restructuring, we can work with you to ensure that any relocations or redundancies you might have to administer are handled both fairly and within the letter of the law.

Whatever happens, we’re in a position to look after everything your people need, and receive everything they are entitled to, allowing you to focus more of your energy on achieving the objectives that will make your business a success.

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Anneli at Goodwille