INTRODUCTION
HR in Education & Nursery.
We understand that compliance with OFSTED or EYFS can make it difficult to prioritise issues. We support education providers from Early Years and day nurseries to academy groups and trusts. We make it easy for you to deal with HR Headaches without having to let other requirements slip.
We appreciate that safeguarding concerns might mean that you have to act differently than other businesses. We recognise that business requirements and regulatory restraints can impact HR decisions.
WHAT WE DO
Our solutions to recurring HR Headaches in Education & Nurseries.
Misconduct or safeguarding concerns
- Answer on whether to suspend or not
- Help with completing the investigation
- Drafting invitation to disciplinary
- Bespoke questions for disciplinary
- Review of decision and draft outcome
Staff grievance
- Invitation to grievance meeting
- Help with completing the investigation
- Assessment of issues or misunderstanding of culture
- Review, decision and draft outcome
- Advice on resolutions or mediation
OFSTED and EYFS follow up
- Identifying why recommendations have been made
- Implementing informal steps to enforce recommendations
- Deciding on which formal procedure to follow
- Drafting letters and guidance
- Review of decision and draft outcome
Workplace stress and burnout
- Assist with spotting the signs
- Advice on observing burnout symptoms
- Invitation to welfare meeting
- Options of support and reengagement
- Returning happy employees to the workplace
HR problems in Nurseries
Employing staff in the Early Years Sector comes with a raft of its own unique HR challenges that the employer needs to manage correctly. Read this post to see if we can help with your challenges.
WORKING WITH US
Why work with Employment Law Solutions?
“We’ve been working with ELS for the last four years. The main benefit to us as a company in using ELS is the confidence that it’s given us in moving forward with our employment decisions and they really do understand industry sector specifics such as our Ofsted compliance, EYFS, safeguarding, the ratios that we have to work to and they really did factor that into the employment solutions that they offered to us.
We very much consider them now part of our team having them on board has freed us up to focus on other areas of the business and we let them look after our HR issues.”
Kate, Roundabouts Day Nursery
NEWS & BLOG
Read all the latest news from the Employment Law Solutions team.
An update to family friendly rights
Flexible working became a priority during the pandemic, the necessity to work from home to help prevent the spread of coronavirus was a preventative measure but it demonstrated the fact that we do have the ability to work remotely and flexibly.
Although we are seeing employers trying to persuade staff back to the office because of the social, knowledge sharing and team building benefits the government have implemented some significant changes to the flexible working practices.
A change to flexible working requests and a right to ask for predicability over hours
Flexible working became a priority during the pandemic, the necessity to work from home to help prevent the spread of coronavirus was a preventative measure but it demonstrated the fact that we do have the ability to work remotely and flexibly.
Although we are seeing employers trying to persuade staff back to the office because of the social, knowledge sharing and team building benefits the government have implemented some significant changes to the flexible working practices.
Carer’s Leave – a new right for employees
The Carer's Leave Regulations 2024 provide employees with the right to take leave to care for a dependant who needs long-term care