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- 1. YOUR WORLD-CLASS WORKPLACE BUSINESS PARTNER WERE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY Everything you need for best practice Human Resources management Smart systems, sound judgement and deep insight, brought together in one practical and油proactive service. It couldnt be simpler. Croner Simplify
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- 3. Introducing Croner Simplify Developed by HR professionals and driven by our passion for simplifying complexity, Croner油Simplify is your complete employee management service. Building on our heritage as a champion of best practice compliance, its a powerful package of intelligent technology and油personal support that will help you manage your people and your responsibilities efficiently and effectively day in, day out and in a crisis. SMART TOOLS: SIMPLIFIED TASKS Weve been immersed in our clients businesses for decades and know exactly whats on the HR to do list every day, how to make tasks easier, what issues need to be tracked and when alerts or assistance are vital. And weve translated this experience into simple-to-use web-based management油tools that dont just cut administration and complexity but油also油build油skills and油confidence. BUSINESS TEAM: WISE油GUIDANCE Smart systems are all very well, but what about when you need a sounding board? When you need someone to talk to whose experience you respect and whose judgement you trust when youre unsure about something or have a difficult decision to make.The answer is simple: your own油business team including a local consultant. People you get to know and who get to know your business, so they can油act油when油you need them to and油guide油you when油you need to act. RESOURCES: UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION In the absence of enough hours in the day油or a resident legal guru it can be tough to keep on top of changing legislation and employment best practice, let alone learn how to draft a policy document or conduct a disciplinary process.Thats why weve made it a simple matter of accessing油our online mine of regularly-updated essential information, document templates and stepby-step guides in Croner-i and podcasts油and webinars in the training library. 油油 WE CAN HELP YOU SIMPLIFY Employee contracts Absence management Holiday tracking Disciplinary issues Performance management Recruitment process Maternity leave Redundancy Management reports HR training ...and so much more Working with Croner has meant weve ironed out our previously ad hoc approach and established a油culture in which managers know there are clear procedures to follow when dealing with employee issues. Croner油Simplify油keeps us risk-free by油ensuring our HR procedures are correct油and uptodate. RACHEL WELLS, HR MANAGER, CLOSED油LOOP油RECYCLING
- 4. Improving efficiency As the hub of your HR function, Croner Simplify can dramatically cut the cost of managing your employees well. Its not just that it enables time-consuming tasks to be automated and costly mistakes averted. It also ensures everything from appraisals to absence management and recruitment to redundancy is completed right first time and on time. From cutting the costs of legal advice to making better business decisions based on accurate information, Croner Simplify is the way to go. HR As the manager responsible for HR, dealing油with the day to day administration has to be a priority but you cant afford it to take a油second longer than necessary. With油Croner油Simplify you know exactly what to do when and how and have to hand everything you need to do it as productively as every other油aspect of油your油job. EMPLOYEES Empowering employees to find out how much holiday they have left, sign up for training or confirm that they have viewed油vital documents has the potential to drastically cut everyday distractions for those managing HR.And油Croner Simplify can make it happen. Theres also an option to give your people assistance with everything from emotional support to debt advice which is of equal value to油the油individual油and the business. SIMPLIFY TO SAVE Cut absence Reduce legal costs Improve accuracy Avoid tribunals Reduce fire fighting Avoid fines Minimise training costs Automatically update documents Instant reports ...and so much more MANAGERS You know your people are your greatest strength and that what they bring to work each day owes much to how they are managed. So you want a way of embedding good HR and safety practices across the business to improve morale, retention and performance while also油benefiting the bottom line. Croner Simplify in action: managing油absence During discussions with their new client, a manufacturer with 50 employees, the Croner Simplify team learned that absence was a significant problem that concerned the HR manager.With the average annual cost of absence per employee standing at 贈673 according to the latest report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the team pointed out that this added up to 贈33,000 for the manufacturer. Croner Simplify can be set up to actively manage absenteeism in a way that typically reduces it significantly. In this case the system was configured to record all absences and trigger an alert when a certain number of absent days were reached, at which point the systems template letters on absence and absence disciplinary process would come油into their own.
- 5. Ensuring compliance As one of the most respected workplace compliance specialists, you know you can rely on us to help you fulfil every one of your legal obligations consistently and cost-effectively. But Croner Simplify is about much more than just complying with legislation.With its smart software, online resources and proactive twist in the form of expert interpretation of the law its a way of moving beyond basic compliance to油best practice. EMPLOYMENT LAW From the recruitment process to the end of employment, Croner SImplify ensures you meet your responsibilities as an employer.Top quality contracts, policies and procedures are at its heart but as a living, ever-changing field, employment law demands something more.This is where your Croner business teams experience and support come in, giving you the heads up about upcoming legislation and helping you油get ready in油a油timely way. HEALTH & SAFETY Croner Simplify Health & Safety Support can油help businesses embed a healthily robust油approach to complying with regulations relating to the safety, health油and油welfare of油their people. From audit and tracking tools to awareness training and policy templates to business team advice, its possible to put Health &油Safety centre stage while ensuring business performance油remains the star. SIMPLIFY TO COMPLY Legislation tracker 24/7 telephone advice Audit tools Accident reporting Policy guidance Legal opinion Risk assessments Minimum Wage calculator and so much more SECTOR-SPECIFIC STANDARDS Croner Simplify is a service thats tailored to each clients specific needs, so whatever business youre in, it can help you get documents in order and procedures in place so you can be sure of油achieving and油maintaining HR油and safety standards and avoiding interruptions and油fines. Croner Simplify in action: fulfilling obligations When it was setting up Croner Simplify for a specialist food producer, the Croner business team was asked if employees nationality could be included to make ethnicity reporting easy.Alerted to the fact that quite a few non-nationals were employed, the team checked the firm knew about its legal requirement to record all documents relating to employees right to work in the UK.They did not. On implementation Simplify was set up to store all the relevant paperwork in individual employees files and issuing alerts to warn when the limited rights of some came to an end.This proved invaluable when the firm received a visit from the Border Agency nine months later, following a tip off that it might be employing illegal workers.The firm demonstrated via Simplify that it was fulfilling its obligations and that all workers were working legally although even if documents were found to be false and some workers werent entitled to work in the UK, it would have been protected from fines as it had clearly done everything by the book.
- 6. Protecting your business It has been said that Croner Simplify is much more than the sum of its parts. That油the fair practices, solid plans and sensible management of risks it encourages and enables give it a wider role as a guardian of corporate health and reputation. Or,油to put it simply, its a case of professional, practical and proactive advice adding油up to peace of mind. REPUTATION By helping you manage your employees well, reward them fairly, support their development and keep them safe, Croner Simplify can play a part in creating one of油the most valuable assets a company can have: a positive reputation. And,油as油the油service flexes to accommodate your ambitions and growth, its an asset youll appreciate fully when you want to油attract油fresh talent. CRISES Industrial action.An accident.A high-risk dismissal.Whatever the crisis, Croner Simplify can help you keep a cool head. Its good in a crisis. Of course, its good at reducing the risk of issues escalating in the first place, but if a major incident does occur your Croner business team will be there for you, 24/7, to help decide how best to respond and minimise its impact on油the油business. SAFER WITH SIMPLIFY Procedure guidance Audit trails Risk assessments Accident reporting Incident support Legal expenses insurance ...and so much more Croner Simplify in action: right to work A Croner business team was alerted to the fact that one of its clients, a small restaurant chain, was using Croner Simplifys disciplinary process when the minutes from an initial investigatory meeting were uploaded to the system. During discussions with the client, the team noted that the employee hadnt worked for them for the period of time required to claim unfair dismissal. Continuing to monitor progress, the team spotted in the minutes of a subsequent meeting that the employee had raised a grievance on the basis of disability a claim in this respect has no service requirement and no compensatory limits. The油team immediately got in touch with the company to explain the significance of this point and ensure that it was aware of油the油implications and exactly how they should deal with it. TRIBUNALS Croner Simplifys clear procedures, watchful advisors and audit trails can go a long way to minimise the number of employment issues that are taken to tribunal. But as Croner is one of the largest providers of employment tribunal representation in the UK you have the comfort of knowing additional expert consultancy support is just a phone call away. Taking out our legal expense insurance would ensure that should you be taken to tribunal your costs would be covered.* *subject to policy terms and conditions
- 8. 油 Croner is a trading name of Croner Group Limited. Croner Group Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. September 2012 T: 0800 634 1700 E: simplify@ wolterskluwer.co.uk W: www.croner solutions.co.uk