HR Support for Salon Owners
Our HR support for salon owners is about more than legal compliance. Our CIPD Qualified HR Consultant will get to know you and your salon, providing advice and writing documents that fit exactly what you need.
We’ll consider how you attract and retain great hair and beauty professionals. We’ll ensure your employment contracts exactly match what you need from your salon team.
We know you’ll want to have a chat with that consultant first, make sure they get your business.
HR Documentation Packages to Suit You
Silver
£1,350
Bespoke documentation to suit the needs of your business. Includes:
- Initial telephone call to get to know your business
- Bespoke Employee Handbook, covering all the HR policies you need to protect your business
- Employment Contract (Statement of Particulars) templates bespoke to your business
- Guidance and template letters for issuing new contracts to employees
- Documents provided in electronic format (e.g. Word/Google docs) for you to print yourself
Gold
£2,750
Our Gold package goes beyond legal compliance and protecting your business. With this package we really get to know what you need from your employees. We’ll document not only your policies and procedures but also your culture, brand and expectations of your team. Includes:
- Initial call to get to know your business and your requirements for documents
- Bespoke Employee Handbook/ Culture Book/ Operations Bible - call it what you want we’ll make sure it’s exactly what you need!
- Employment Contract (Statement of Particulars) templates designed to protect your business
- Hand holding as you issue new contracts to your employees
- A video call with your management team or all your employees (whichever is right for your business) to introduce them to the new documentation, explain why and answer any questions they may have
- A bespoke recorded video, with your branding, for you to use when onboarding new employees
- Documents that create a solid foundation for you to drive performance and business growth
- Perfectly presented documents suited to your business. Whether you want a branded ebook, posters with key information or upload to your wiki our graphic designers are on hand to make sure your documents look the part
Jennifer [sic] put together my new contracts and handbooks for my business, she was so efficient and gave me lots of advice along the way. Highly recommend!
How do employment contracts protect my business?
- Protecting you from employment tribunals.
- Avoiding disputes with your team by making clear the terms, conditions and rules right from the beginning of employment.
- Allowing you to deduct from wages for loss or damage to company property, overpayments and if someone leaves employment when you’ve invested in training.
- Social media policy, setting out the expectations on social media to protect your brand image. Ensuring you have the rules and procedures in place to deal with issues if they happen.
- Sickness absence policy, giving you the tools and procedures to reduce sickness absence.
Imagine spending less time resolving people issues and keeping up with employment law. Imagine spending that time growing your salon business.
Our CIPD qualified advisors will ensure you're following the correct procedures and steer you in the right direction. Working in partnership with you, we get to know your salon so that our advice is always tailored to your needs. You'll get practical advice that you can easily implement and we'll hold your hand throughout.
Our passion is finding solutions that meet your needs, consider the people involved and comply with employment law.
Getting your HR, employment law and people management right will reduce your risk of an employment tribunal claim. More than that, it will reduce employee turnover, reduce absence and improve performance, saving you time and money.
HR Advice Packages to Suit You
PAYG HR Advice
Starting from £250
- Advice on any HR issue
- Speak to a qualified HR consultant
- If further support is needed, we'll quote a fixed price and deduct the price paid for this call from the overall price
HR Advice
Up to 10 employees for £145 per month, then £6 for each additional employee
- Unlimited HR and Employment Law Advice
- Hints, Tips and Employment Law Updates delivered direct to your inbox
- Access to a growing library of Digital Courses
- A dedicated consultant guiding you through those people issues as and when they arise
- 12 month commitment
HR Advice Plus™
Up to 10 employees for £225 per month, then £6 for each additional employee
- Unlimited HR and Employment Law Advice
- Bespoke Employee Handbook, covering all the HR policies you need to protect your business
- GDPR Policies
- Employment Contract (Statement of Particulars) templates bespoke to your business
- Audit of your HR Practices
- Hand holding as you issue new contracts to your employees
- Hints, Tips and Employment Law Updates delivered direct to your inbox
- Access to a growing library of Digital Courses
- A dedicated consultant guiding you through those people issues as and when they arise
- 12 month commitment
All prices quoted on this page are exclusive of VAT.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Who are Silk Helix?
Silk Helix are a HR Consultancy founded by Jenefer Livings in 2019. Jenefer has nearly 20 years experience in HR, much of that supporting small businesses in a variety of industries including many salons, as well as hair and beauty training providers to the salon industry. It’s this experience that ensures you have contracts that fit exactly with your business.
Can I try before buying?
Yes, we want you to be comfortable working with us. You can try our advice for free by booking a free advice call.
I want to sign up, now what?
Simply give us a call on 01245 910 500 or book a Free Consultation. All we need is the Company name, address and number of employees and we can get you started.
For our 12 month Advice Packages, we’ll need an advice agreement signed by you plus a direct debit mandate, don’t worry it’s really simple and all done online.
Once you’re set up we’ll ask you to provide details of callers who have your authority to take advice from us on behalf of the business. If you have our HR Advice Plus package we’ll also book in a call to explore what is needed for your HR documentation.
For our Documentation Packages, once you’ve decided you want us to write your employment contracts, we’ll book a video call at a time convenient for you. During this call we’ll gather everything we need to write your documents. After this we draft your documents, giving you everything you need to protect your business.
Once the documents are drafted and you’re completely happy with the wording we’ll provide all the support you need to issue contracts to your existing team.
Will I be speaking to a call centre?
No, you will have a dedicated consultant who knows you and your business. Whilst we accept this means we don’t have advisors simply waiting to answer your calls, it does mean you’ll get the right answer for your business without having to keep repeating yourself.
We offer a number of ways for you to contact your consultant, including phone, email, Whatsapp and you can book a call time to suit you.
How long am I tied in for?
If you want the freedom to call us as often as you need with no limits, then our advice or advice plus packages are best for you. With these packages you are committed to 12 months.
With no tie in, you can use our PAYG HR advice service whenever you need it, simple click “Book a call now” to book and pay for calls as and when you need it.
What is a legally compliant employment contract?
There is a list of information you must provide to employees by the end of their first day, known as statement of particulars - however, this whilst being key terms of employment isn’t the full employment contract. This is a minimum legal requirement to provide information to a worker, as required by The Employment Rights Act 1996. We recommend you have a comprehensive written contract covering all the rights and responsibilities of both employer and employee.
What is an Employee Handbook?
An employee handbook is your rules and expectations, it’s non-contractual which allows you to update it as business needs change. It ensures employees know the rules, with them being all in one place there is no argument “I didn’t know that existed”. Should you need to dismiss for gross misconduct this will help ensure a fair dismissal. Primarily, by ensuring people know the expectations they’re much more likely to meet them.
What is the benefit of bespoke documents?
When contracts and a handbook are written bespoke they reflect your culture, your values , your expectations. Simple things like a holiday policy can vary, some salons have Christmas shut down, some close on bank holidays whilst others are busier, some require 12 weeks notice of holiday whilst others are happy with 2 weeks. This is just some variations in one policy. We talk through every aspect of your requirements of employees to ensure your contracts and handbook reflect exactly what you need.
In addition, some things need to be covered in separate documents, restrictive covenants and training agreements to name just two - if you need these we’ll provide these as part of your package.