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UK Employment Relations

HR expertise for UK managers.
When it matters most.

Employment relations guidance for UK managers on conduct, grievance, absence, redundancy and TUPE. Grounded in the ACAS Code, written in plain English, and backed by fifteen years in employment relations, most of it in heavily unionised industrial operations.

15 Years in employment relations
600 Redundancies managed
0 Tribunal claims
ACAS Code compliant
CIPD Level 7
ERA 2025 aware
UK English. Plain language.
Service Tiers

The right level of support for your business

From ready-to-use document kits to direct expert access. No retainer contracts. No call centres. No jargon.

Essentials
Self-Serve
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one-off purchase, no subscription
No hidden fees. The price is the price.
  • ACAS Code-aligned document templates
  • Plain-English manager guides
  • Conduct, grievance and absence kits
  • ERA 2025 compliance guide, free
  • Pricing published when each kit is released
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Expert Access
From £47
per referral or consultation
No hidden fees. The price is the price.
  • Occupational Health referral management
  • OH Essentials & OH Complete tiers
  • Post-report debrief calls
  • Referral letter drafted for you
  • Provider introduction included
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Quoted per project
no monthly retainer required
No retainer lock-in. You get a figure before any work starts.
  • Direct access to Daniel White, CIPD Level 7
  • Complex disciplinary & TUPE cases
  • Trade union negotiations
  • Redundancy programme management
  • Employment Tribunal preparation
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Occupational Health Referrals

Getting the right OH report starts with the right referral

Most managers receive vague, unhelpful OH reports because the referral letter was poorly drafted. HR Solved manages the entire process - from writing the referral letter to helping you act on the findings.

You pay a facilitation fee to HR Solved. The OH provider invoices you directly for the assessment.

"Employee off sick for 6 weeks - GP fit note says stress but gives no return date. I need to know if they can do their job."
"Potential capability case but I suspect there's a health issue underneath. If I get this wrong I'm looking at a disability discrimination claim."
"TUPE transfer in 3 months. One employee's attendance is a concern. I need a clean OH report before completion."
OH Essentials
SME OH Referral
£47 + VAT

For straightforward sickness absence and fitness-for-work questions. Arranged via SME OH, a specialist remote service designed for small businesses.

  • Referral letter drafted by HR Solved
  • Direct introduction to SME OH team
  • 20-minute post-report debrief call
  • Remote assessment - fast turnaround
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OH Complete
Optima Health Referral
£95 + VAT

For complex, potentially litigious, or disability-related cases. Arranged via Optima Health OH Direct - SEQOHS-certified and the UK's leading OH provider.

  • Referral letter drafted by HR Solved
  • Guidance on nurse vs physician assessment
  • 30-minute post-report advisory call
  • SEQOHS-certified provider
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Not sure which tier? Contact HR Solved and we will advise on the right approach for your case at no charge.
Documents & Resources

Ready-to-use HR documents for UK managers

ACAS Code-aligned templates and plain-English guides, written for managers with no HR training. The first set is in legal review. Register interest and you will hear when each one is released.

Free download
ERA 2025 Manager's Compliance Guide

What the Employment Rights Act 2025 changes, when, and what to do about it. Every date and figure checked against primary sources on 26 August 2026. Twelve-item action checklist included.

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Invitation to a formal disciplinary meeting

ACAS Code-aligned invitation letter. Sets out the allegations, the right to be accompanied, and reasonable notice to prepare. In legal review before release.

Not yet available Register interest →
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Investigation meeting invite letter

Frames the meeting correctly as fact-finding, not a formal disciplinary meeting. Explains what the employee is being asked about and what happens next. In legal review before release.

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Trade union guide for managers

Plain-English guide to working with recognised unions: representative rights, time off provisions, and collective bargaining obligations. In preparation.

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Coming soon
Capability Manager's Guide

The most common HR misdiagnosis: treating a process failure as a performance failure. ACAS capability process step by step.

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Wellbeing & Absence Management Guide

Welfare conversation scripts, Bradford Factor explained, reasonable adjustments framework, and OH referral decision tree.

Not yet available Register interest →
January 2027 deadline

Are you ready for ERA 2025?

From January 2027, employees can claim unfair dismissal after six months' service, down from two years, and the cap on compensation is removed. Before that, on 1 October 2026, the deadline for bringing a tribunal claim doubles from three months to six. Our free guide sets out every change, when it lands, and what to do about it.

Get the free ERA 2025 guide →

PDF, 6 pages, updated 26 August 2026. No email address required.

How HR Solved Works

AI handles the process.
Daniel handles the carrying.

Most SME HR support is an annual retainer for telephone advice from someone who has never met your business. HR Solved is built the other way round: pay for what you use, and get the judgement of someone who has run these processes himself when a case gets complicated.

The Workplace Issues Advisor, an AI guidance tool covering these five process routes, is in development and not yet open to the public. The conversations below are worked examples of how it is designed to respond, not recordings of a live service. Until it launches, Daniel answers enquiries himself.

The right route, before you act
Conduct or capability, formal or informal, investigate or not. Getting the route right at the start is what keeps a process defensible.
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Scar tissue, not scripts
600 redundancies, complex TUPE transfers, heavily unionised environments. Daniel has navigated every variant.
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Risk made visible, not hidden
Where a step raises your exposure under the ACAS Code, you are told plainly. The decision stays yours.
HR
HR Solved Advisor
Example conversation
Employee has been off sick for 8 weeks. GP fit note says stress but no return date. I need to act but don't want to trigger a disability claim.
Before we discuss next steps - has the employee made any disclosure about the nature of their stress that might indicate an underlying condition? That determines whether the Equality Act 2010 applies from the outset.
⚠ Medium risk - further info needed
They mentioned anxiety but no formal diagnosis.
That changes the risk profile. Anxiety can qualify as a disability if it has a substantial long-term adverse effect. At 8 weeks you are approaching the threshold where an OH referral becomes necessary before any formal process. I would recommend an OH Essentials referral now - this protects you and gives you an evidence base for whatever decision you make next.
Daniel White
CIPD Level 7
15Years in ER
600Redundancies
0ET claims
30+Sites managed
Experience includes
National Grid
Tata Steel / Corus
Jaguar Land Rover
Sunbelt Rentals
Standard Life
Why HR Solved

There is no substitute for having been in the room

Telephone advice lines read from the same ACAS guidance you can read yourself. What a script cannot give you is the judgement that comes from having personally managed 600 redundancies across 30 sites without a single Employment Tribunal claim.

That is not a marketing line. It is a verifiable record built across fifteen years in some of the UK's most complex industrial environments - heavily unionised operations where the stakes were real and the margin for process error was zero.

"AI handles the process. Daniel handles the carrying."

Triage, document generation and risk indicators are what the Workplace Issues Advisor is being built to do, and it is not open yet. What does not change when it launches is the escalation point. Where a case involves a potential disability, a protected disclosure, a recognised union or a previous tribunal history, Daniel looks at it himself. That is the difference between a sound decision and an expensive one.

No annual retainer. No minimum term. You pay for the piece of work you need, and you know the figure before it starts.

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Tell us about your situation

Whether you have a live people issue or want to understand what HR Solved can do for your business, get in touch. Daniel responds to all enquiries personally.

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Location Rugby, Warwickshire - serving UK businesses nationwide
Response time All enquiries answered within 1 working day
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