HR SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS
Providing Clarity For You and Your People
LEGAL COMPLIANCE
Be on the right side of the law
EMPLOYERS RIGHTS
Know what you can and can't do
ISSUE RESOLUTION
Sort problems out now
LEGAL COMPLIANCE
"Be on the right side of the law"
EMPLOYERS RIGHTS
"Know what you can and can't do"
ISSUE RESOLUTION
"Sort problems out now"
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
"Get the best from people"
REPRESENTATION
"Have support when you need it"
HR UPDATE
Human Resource News Update
Legal Compliance
Key Areas to Address:
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Contracts of Employment
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Staff Handbook Policies
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Job Descriptions
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Work Processes
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Record Keeping Requirements
This provides the essential platform you need from which to manage your workers effectively. There is a confidence and reassurance that comes from knowing that you are ‘Employment Law Compliant’ and that you are prepared for legal challenges or inspections from the WRC.
The person-specific Contracts of Employment and the policies & procedures detailed the Staff Handbook ensure that there is clear communication with staff and will serve to prevent many issues arising. Where an issue does develop, then you have a clear pathway to resolving the matter quickly and effectively.
Employer Rights
Key Areas to Address:
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Recruitment Process
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Employment Contract Options
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Changes to Employee Roles
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Absences from Work
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Terminating Employment
With regard to Contracts of Employment, you have the right to use ‘Temporary’ contracts (rather than Permanent) to suit the specific needs of your business. You may also need to make changes to someone’s ‘Job Description’, to reflect the changing needs of the business.
Sometimes,
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due to a downturn in business
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an employee is not performing effectively
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you may have to terminate employment
All these things and more can be done. They just need to be handled in the correct way.
When an employee comes to you claiming some ‘entitlement’ that they have not received, you need to be able to respond to that with confidence, and rebut the claim if it has no legitimacy.
Issue Resolution
Key Areas to Address:
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Absenteeism
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Poor Performance
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Bullying
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Data Protection (GDPR)
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Disciplinary Process
It is critical that we prevent issues arising as much as possible, and also that when they do, we deal with them quickly, effectively and within the law.
That is the benefit of having comprehensive personnel Contracts and Policies in place. You largely avoid disputes and when they do arise, you can resolve them quickly. This allows you to focus on the future of the business.
People Management
Key Areas to Address:
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Role Clarity
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Induction & Training
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Probation
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Performance Reviews
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Employee Learning & Development
The performance of the business is linked closely to the performance of the people who work in it. We need to get the right people in place and provide them with clear direction and the tools to do the job effectively. That is clear ‘work processes’ and the means and authority to do the job. We train people, we give them responsibility and we support them. We create a business that they can manage (largely!) without you, on a day to say basis. This leaves you to focus on the future of the business.
Representation
Key Areas to Address:
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Workplace Relations Comm Cases
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Workplace Inspections (WRC)
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Trade Union Negotiations
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Employee Representatives
This can arise where cases are taken against the business, to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). It can also arise where we are dealing with Trade Unions representing members of the workforce. It can also apply where, as your HR Advisor/Manager we deal with individual issues in the workplace.
Frank Walsh - Biography
Frank has accumulated a wealth of experience with over 20 years working in the HR area. He advises companies on employment legislation, dispute resolution and on best practice in the management of people. Frank began work in this area in 2000, in his role as an IR/HR Executive with the Irish Business & Employers Federation (IBEC). There he advised companies across all business sectors on issues that they faced daily in the management of people. He continues this work to the present day; helping companies resolve workplace issues, while also representing them where cases are referred against the company to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
Frank believes that our role in supporting client businesses is to make sure that they are employment law compliant and that they have the necessary documentation and policies in place to allow them to address employment issues quickly and effectively. Also, that we are there to advise, support and guide them through those same issues.
Frank is strongly supportive of people development. He has a teaching degree from the University of Limerick, and an MSc in Training and Performance Management from Leicester University. He delivers public courses for IBEC in HR Management and Employment Law, and has also lectured in business at Dublin City University and the National College of Ireland.
Prior to his move into the business sphere, Frank served as an Officer in the Irish Defence Forces, working at the highest levels of that organisation in Ireland, while also undertaking overseas assignments with the United Nations in Lebanon and Bosnia.
Frank lives in Clontarf with his wife Anne and daughters Claire and Maeve.
Testimonials
Irish Shipping & Transport
Frank is available whenever we need him and has provided us with great support over many years. We don’t make important employment decisions without first checking the legal implications with Frank. In 2020 we outsourced our transport, which is a vital part of our business, and was key to our strategy in handling Brexit. Frank walked us through the whole process and it couldn’t have worked out better. He gives us the confidence to make key decisions.
Conor Marron, Managing Director.
SubZero Engineering
As a US company, our head of HR is based in the US. This means that it’s important for us to have advice readily available to us here in Ireland, on Irish employment legislation and local HR best practice. Frank has updated our Staff Handbook and advises us ongoing as issues arises. We have found this very helpful and we very much value his ongoing support.
Colum Gilsenan, Director of Operations.
Wraptite Packaging
We want to do the right thing, both for the company management and for the staff. Having Frank to advise us means that we can make decisions and communicate with staff with confidence. We check things with Frank, before we do anything, and then we know where we stand. Having all of our employment documentation up to date and legally compliant is also very reassuring and is a solid platform from which to manage our people effectively.
Jeff Dunne, Managing Director
Michael Barrable Motors
Frank has been our HR advisor for a number of years now and we regard him as a key advisor to our business. Frank oversees the drafting of all of our Contracts of Employment and personnel policies in the Staff Handbook. We like to think that our staff are very clear as to their terms of employment and that they can talk with Frank directly on any HR issue. We think that this additional channel of communication, helps to improve management/staff relations.
Robert Barrable, General Manager.
The ‘IE’ Domain Registry.
Frank Walsh & Associates have provided ongoing HR support to our business over a number of years. It is really reassuring to know that our Contracts of Employment and Staff Handbook are up to date and keep us employment-law compliant. The provision of clear and objectively fair policies and procedures in the workplace improves relations between staff and management and provides for a better workplace for all.
David Curtin, CEO
