Redundancy
Redundancy can be a maze; of legalities and requirements, but also of stress and emotion and change. The team at HumanX HR are experienced specialists. Not only does this mean that we’ve supported many companies and their people through the restructure and redundancy process many times before, we also bring our own values to every sensitive situation.
Fair and compliant redundancy consultants that put people first
Redundancy can be a maze; of legalities and requirements, but also of stress and emotion and change.
The team at HumanX HR are experienced specialists. Not only does this mean that we’ve supported many companies and their people through the redundancy process many times before, we also bring our own values to every sensitive situation.
We look at every situation with our human-first approach. It’s our belief that the mishandled redundancies that bring about disgruntled people and legal threats are preventable. Often caused by companies, managers and executives looking to pass the blame and pass on the responsibility of dealing with this situation. It is imperative that there is a sound redundancy strategy in place before initiating the process.
HumanX HR consultants will help you manage the entire redundancy process. From human to human. But we will also be there for your team who have undergone change, manage internal concern, promote culture and strength, as well as supporting those team members who will be leaving.
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Genuine redundancies with genuine care
Our redundancy consultants work with companies to ensure the reasoning for this action is fair and justified. We promote compliance throughout the entire redundancy process, including calculating correct notice periods, pay entitlements and selection criteria. Imperatively, we will also support you through the communication of such a delicate situation.
With our HR consultant's experience and big-picture thinking, we will also be able to assess the situation at hand in full, anticipating any potential risks, opportunities and considerations that will affect your business and your people moving forward.
The redundancy process with HumanX
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When we are first contacted as redundancy consultants, the first thing we’ll do is meet with you to determine the context and rationale of the redundancies at hand. We’ll need to make sure the redundancy is genuine, and we’ll do this by gathering information and evidence, including an insight into your organisational structure, as well as evidence of executive endorsements and approvals.
Hard conversations
After we’ve established the genuity of the situation, we’ll determine how the redundancy consultation process should be executed. From who should be consulted in an advisory position to how the process will be planned and scripted, we’ll even calculate redundancy payments and keep you in the loop while we’re at it. We’ll also help you assess whether any reasonable redeployment options are available.
Communication & consultations
As the consultation part of the process rolls around, we’ll work hand in hand with you to ensure communication and consultation with affected parties are handled adequately, sensitively and in a compliant manner. We are a human-first human resources agency that promote quality, healthy and fair workplace experiences. This cannot be undervalued when managing such a legally-sensitive and stressful period that could be costly in damages, reputation and culture.
It’s not just the redundancy process that matters
Redundancies are tough, but at the end of the day, all that matters is that you end up with the best team possible to move your organisation forward. Your employees are the biggest asset to a smooth-sailing business, and that includes any departing or redundant employees, too.
As redundancy consultants, we recognise that making sure that every redundant employee is treated fairly is integral to maintaining morale and keeping the workplace culture safe and sound. There’s no clearer way to show your employees that you don’t care than to forget redundant employees the minute they’re given their notice.
There’s a wealth of reasons that redundancies might occur in your workplace. From saving money to digitisation, we’re living in the era of redundancies. For a redundancy process to move ahead smoothly, it’s integral that each situation is genuine. There needs to be a proper demonstration that there is no longer a requirement of the role and that criteria need to be met with flying colours.
The lines can feel blurred when it comes to genuine redundancies, so it helps to have an external human resources team set the scene. The impartiality and objectivity that an external, Outsourced HR team like HumanX can have on your organisation can help to set your redundancy process apart. It’s also worth noting that there are a number of legal requirements to navigate, and an external human resources team often has the expertise and a specialist understanding of these laws that in-house human resources don’t.
HumanX HR is home to a range of services that go beyond single terminations and extend into the bold reshaping of organisations. We’ll help you transition employees, implement workplace reviews, motivate employee engagement and facilitate tough conversations around the table.
Our Clients say it best
"I was impressed with HumanX's outsourced HR services. Their team was knowledgeable and tailored their approach to our needs, significantly improving our HR processes. Highly recommend for any business seeking expert HR support."
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Our HR is too Toby-from-the-office
Everyone has strengths, both as professionals and as people. There are many situations in which using an external HR consultant is a more effective option.
Ultimately, HR can be a tricky position to hold in an organisation; striking the balance between employee-support and communicating the company’s message; empathy versus becoming an agony aunt; being the champion of culture whilst also being the person managing risk.
Bringing in HumanX to support your team means that everyone can play to their strengths. Our experts can create space for critical conversations, feedback honestly, without agenda, and help leaders make decisions based on real information. We can support Toby with performance management plans and work to achieve company goals together.
Our HR department needs support
Modern HR leaders require skills in project management, business strategy, commercial awareness, coaching, talent management, compliance and workplace relations, remuneration, learning and development, and of course recruitment.
Outsourced HR experts can support the internal team without the distractions of politics, everyday requests and growing to do lists. Able to operate as an independent squad with a single focus or integrate into the team and fly alongside the existing HR managers to lead and deliver on projects, new initiatives or help cope with capacity.
Need to get more out of the experts you already have
For business leaders who are craving space – both time and brain-space - a great HR team will understand that it is their job to enable people to do their best work. Choosing the right talent (or inviting the right talent to choose your business), designing a best-in-class learning and development program, and ensuring that your remuneration strategy is on point will help.
The gamechanger: coaching your leaders. This is the space where humans will grow, engage, and find their superpowers. Coaching is a skill in itself, it’s not every leader’s natural state. Great HR professionals have been equipped with coaching skills and understand that coaching is an ego-less journey that is critical to developing exceptional leaders. Structured coaching programs are a brilliant extra, but coaching in the workflow, and in day-to-day interactions between HR and leaders is a valuable must-have.
My team tells me that communication needs improvement
If your team is feeding back to you that communication in the organisation needs improvement, they’re trying to tell you (without risking their jobs) that your communication needs improvement. Whether this is your communication directly, or as a leadership team, or simply internal systems and processes are not effective at allowing the flow of information, we can help.
Bringing external HR experts into a situation like this is efficient; we are able to zoom out and diagnose issues and challenges - from communication that may be causing frustration and high employee turnover to the root cause of disengagement. Better than that, we will also work with your organisation to develop the HR function to resolve any concerns, improve processes and mature the company’s approach to your people.
Make your company stronger. Starting with your people.
Research indicates that unfair dismissals can be costing Australian employers $13500 per claim. This fee can be a lot, lot higher. Particularly if industrial or union action takes place. These risks can be mitigated when you have an experienced team supporting the redundancy process.
HumanX HR bring unparalleled knowledge and experience to the table. But we are also strategic business experts. We can help your company think three steps ahead, whilst never losing perspective on your people. Everything we do is founded in our core values, which is why we are the trusted redundancy consultants.
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