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Sectors we work with

CARE HOMES, AGED CARE & ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Specialist Sectors

We have hands on expertise and experience of the heavily regulated Care Home and Aged Care environment, we help our groups and individual clients overcome challenges in employment law and HR. We provide specific employment and HR audits, training and support packages too.

We stand right by you often attending site with you, undertaking investigations for/with you, preparing your documents and even chairing your hearings too, we protect your business and among other things, we frequently step in for our care sector clients and support them in the following areas:-

  • Designing and implementing compliant recruitment processes and procedures
  • Bank and agency terms
  • Safeguarding procedures and handling related complaints against staff
  • Whistleblowing and duty of candor
  • Deductions provisions and high turnover rates
  • Sickness absence reduction measures and related procedures
  • Performance management
  • Disciplinaries and dismssals
  • Successful management of internal grievances
  • Access to specialist psychometric testing to select the right care staff to help reduce risk and fulfil your CQC compliance obligations

RECRUITMENT

Recruitment

We have in-depth expertise with some notable Employment Tribunal cases led by our lead Employment Lawyer in this area.

We act for recruitment consultants both temp and perm and we have proven experience in successfully supporting our clients with the following expertise:-

For your candidates and client work:

  • AWR audits and compliance
  • Loss or gain of contracts with managed service and related TUPE issues
  • Transfer of Swedish derogation employees and preparation of SD terms
  • Candidate terms
  • Employment Tribunal defence on worker status and discrimination claims
  • Working time and pay
  • NMW naming and shaming allegations
  • Consultant terms with anti-poaching and competition restrictions;
  • Consultant commission schemes
  • Recruitment, selection and advertising compliance training and support

FOOD & LOGISTICS

Food & Logistics sector

We have years of experience of advising our food production and manufacture and related logistics clients on all employment aspects of related employment and HR issue.

We work closely with our food and logistics clients on all employment and HR challenges from the day to day to larger change projects, including specific sector work:-

  • Working time management and changes
  • Preparation for and management of contract transfers and related TUPE issues
  • Transport Manager terms in-house or outsourced.
  • Mobile Workers Regulations.
  • Disciplinary and performance investigations for driver non-compliance issues such as working time, unsafe loading, traffic offences, driver damage and related losses.
  • Reducing and/or varying rates of pay, shift patterns and working time

DENTAL PRACTICES

Dental practice sector

We work with Dental practices and we have experience of the Dental Care environment, we help our groups and individual clients overcome challenges in employment law and HR.

We provide specific employment and HR audits, training and fully insured support packages too covering associate contracts, self-employed status advice, performance and compliance issues and all day to day employment and HR support for dental practices.

We help you make swift decisions and advise on all employment law and HR issues and help protect your business and among other things, we support Dental clients in the following areas:-

        • Designing and implementing CQC compliant recruitment policies and procedures
        • Dentist, Nurse, admin, locum, bank and agency contracts and terms
        • Delivering training to ensure mistakes are not made
        • Employing Dentist from inside and outside the EU
          • Including the auditing and production of self-employed dental contracts
        • Sickness absence reduction measures and related procedures
        • Successful management of internal grievances
        • Whistleblowing complaints and breach of clinical / compliance obligations
        • Performance management
        • Disciplinaries and dismissals
        • Recruitment and exits of Associates

 

GP PRACTICES

GP Practices

At Bridge we understand that Practice Managers and GP partners are exceptionally busy and often have little time to deal with risky and time consuming HR and employment matters.

We have hands on expertise and experience of the heavily regulated Primary and Secondary Care environment at individual practice, private provider and network levels, we help our groups and individual clients overcome challenges in employment law and HR. We provide specific employment and HR audits, training and support packages too.

We stand right by you often attending site with you, preparing your documents to reduce your risk, undertaking investigations for/with you, and even chairing any hearings too, we protect your Practice or business and among other things, we frequently step in for our health care sector clients and support them in the following areas:-

  • Designing and implementing CQC compliant recruitment policies and procedures
  • Consultant, GP, Nurse, admin, locum, bank and agency contracts and terms
  • Delivering training to ensure mistakes are not made
  • Employing Doctors and Nurses from inside and outside the EU
  • Safeguarding procedures and handling related complaints against staff
  • Sickness absence reduction measures and related procedures
  • Successful management of internal grievances
  • Whistleblowing and duty of candor
  • Deductions provisions and high turnover rates
  • Performance management
  • Disciplinaries and dismssals
  • Access to specialist psychometric testing to select the right staff to help reduce risk and fulfil your CQC compliance obligations

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
& ACADEMIES

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS & ACADEMIES

Headteachers and Governors are now required to manage all aspects of the business of a school while delivering the very best educational standards for its children.

BRIDGE know that there is a vital support role to play for Headteachers and Governers and we have the expertise to deliver that.

No school is the same and our specialist support packages are designed to be delivered personally and pragmatically by a lead employment law and HR consultant working closely with the school to understand all of its challenges, whether that be a day to day annual support package or one of the more flexible project support packages.

Bridge can underpin the schools day to day advice and support needs and sure up the technical support and expertise needed for larger staffing challenges too

Get in touch for a free confidential meeting and tailored quote.

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