HR Support Services for Businesses

Our HR consultancy services encompass management training, employee engagement through to documentation. We are here to effectively manage your HR functions, and offer guidance and professional HR support and compliance across various sectors.

When the stakes are high

Employment law is complex, fast-moving, and unforgiving when things go wrong. Whether you’re navigating a disciplinary process, managing a redundancy programme, drafting contracts, or dealing with an unexpected grievance, the decisions you make have real consequences for your business, your culture, and your people. That’s where we come in.

Clear, commercial advice

Clear Risk Management’s HR team provides commercially focused, plain-English employment advice that helps you act decisively and compliantly. We don’t sit on the fence. We’ll tell you what your options are, what the risks are, and what we’d recommend. We’ll then support you through the process from start to finish, including producing all the documentation you need along the way.

Experience that makes the difference

Our HR Business Partners hold CIPD qualifications at Level 5 and Level 7, and between them bring over 50 years of combined hands-on HR management experience across a wide range of sectors. That depth of experience matters, because employment situations are rarely straightforward and good advice depends on judgement as much as technical knowledge.

A dedicated consultant who knows your business

When you work with us, you’ll be assigned a dedicated consultant who will take the time to understand your business properly, how you operate, what your culture is, and how you like to manage your people. That means when something difficult arises, you’re not starting from scratch with someone who has never heard of you. You won’t be calling a helpline and explaining your situation to a different person every time. Your consultant will know your business, and their advice will reflect that.

Strong HR management supports stronger employment practices cover

Employment tribunal claims can be costly, disruptive and damaging to your reputation. Employment practices liability insurance provides valuable financial protection, but the best outcome is always preventing issues before they escalate and being properly supported if they do.

Your CIM broker places your cover with a clear understanding of the HR framework your CRM consultants have built around your business. Bespoke documentation, consistent management training, robust processes and the involvement of CIPD-qualified advisers all demonstrate the strength of your HR arrangements. This gives your broker stronger evidence when negotiating with insurers at renewal.

If a claim does arise, your CRM HR consultants can help prepare documentary evidence, support meetings and provide the technical HR expertise needed throughout the process. You benefit from advisers who already understand your business and your people.

Risk management and risk transfer, working together

More for insurance clients

For clients who also hold an employment practices liability insurance policy through Clear Insurance Management, our service goes further still. Rather than following the usual path of notifying your insurers when an employment issue arises and being handed to a panel firm you've never dealt with, you can continue working with your dedicated CRM consultant right through the process, up to and including tribunal if it comes to that. Because we work within the terms of your policy, you'll automatically benefit from the insurance excess waiver relief that would otherwise only be available through your insurer's panel advisors. You get commercially grounded advice from people who already know your business, with the security of your insurance sitting behind it throughout.

Support across the full employee lifecycle

Our HR Business Partners cover the full employee lifecycle, from drafting contracts and handbooks at the point of hire through to managing complex exits including settlement agreements. We also provide proactive HR support including employee engagement surveys, management training, and Mental Health First Aid, because getting ahead of people issues is always better than reacting to them.

Our services include:

Bespoke HR Documentation

We produce and regularly review contracts of employment, employee handbooks, policies, and procedures that are tailored to your business rather than copied from a generic template. As employment law changes, we’ll keep your documentation up to date so you’re not caught out by legislative developments.

Commercial Employment Advice

Day-to-day telephone and written support on any employment matter, from disciplinaries and grievances to sickness absence, performance management, and TUPE. Advice that’s commercially grounded and specific to your situation, not generic guidance designed to minimise insurer exposure.

Employee Engagement Surveys

Understanding how your people feel about working for you is the starting point for meaningful improvement. We design and run confidential employee engagement surveys and provide clear analysis of the results, with practical recommendations for what to do with them.

Supervisor and Management Training

Equipping your managers to handle people issues confidently and consistently is one of the most effective things you can do to reduce employment risk. We provide practical training that gives managers the skills and confidence to have difficult conversations, follow correct procedures, and manage performance effectively.

Settlement Agreements

We advise on and produce settlement agreements for employers, ensuring they are properly drafted, legally compliant, and commercially proportionate to the situation.

Minute-Taking and HR Meeting Support

For disciplinary hearings, grievance meetings, redundancy consultations, and other formal HR processes, we can provide an experienced note-taker or HR meeting support to ensure the process is followed correctly and properly documented.

Why Clear Risk Management?

At Clear Risk Management, we believe that proper risk management means getting the detail right, every time. Here's what that looks like in practice.

Qualified at every level

Our consultants are professionally qualified specialists in their fields, with accreditations including CMIOSH, CIPD, MCERTS, BAFE SP205 and NAFDI. Whatever the discipline, you'll receive practical advice from experienced professionals with the credentials to back it up.

The right answer, not the textbook answer

No two businesses face the same risks. We take the time to understand your organisation and provide practical, proportionate advice that reflects your circumstances, not a one-size-fits-all approach.

Everything delivered in-house

Every service is delivered by our own qualified consultants. We never subcontract your work or pass you between providers, giving you consistent advice, clear accountability and a team that knows your business from day one.