Employee Relations Consulting
Uniting teams. Unleashing potential.
Uniting teams. Unleashing potential.
At Higginbotham, we understand the crucial role that employee relations play in a successful business. Employee relations consultants work alongside in-house HR team members, striving to enhance capacity through a range of labor relations services. Consultants can help build and maintain a positive work environment, which is crucial for the long-term success of any organization, by serving as a bridge between employees and management to facilitate open and honest communication.
Our employee relations consultants can perform a wide assortment of roles, including:
At Higginbotham, our labor relations consultants can offer more than advice; they can provide a range of actionable HR solutions that are tailored to your business. No matter your organization’s needs, we’re ready to provide people-first service that’s designed to engage your employees.
Higginbotham provides a range of employee relations consulting services that can be customized to suit your business’s unique needs and requirements. Whether you need advice on practices for handling sensitive employee issues, assistance with developing an employee handbook or help implementing a succession plan, we’re here to help.
Providing advice and counsel to companies on sensitive employee relations matters is one of our key HR consulting services. Higginbotham’s experienced employee relations consultants can provide non-legal advice on employee relations topics like performance management, employee conduct, conflict resolution, employee communications, workplace investigations and much more.
We understand that each situation is unique and requires a tailored approach, and our goal is to provide your organization with objective and compliant assistance in handling employee relations issues. Whether it’s dealing with a disgruntled employee or implementing a performance improvement plan, Higginbotham’s HR consultants can help your organization navigate these sensitive issues with tact and professionalism.
Termination is a sensitive issue that, if not handled properly, could lead to legal complications and reputational damage. We recognize the intricacies that come with employee terminations, and our consultants can help you navigate them efficiently and compliantly. Our termination and outplacement services include termination process assistance, outplacement and career transition counseling, exit interviews and other methods of feedback solicitation from former employees.
Managing unemployment compensation claims can be a daunting task for any organization. If your HR team is struggling to keep up with claims lodged by former employees, Higginbotham’s team of HR professionals can help. We offer support and guidance at all stages of the unemployment claims process, from the initial response to any appeals hearings.
An employee handbook is more than just a document – it’s a communication tool that sets the tone for an employee’s time at an organization. Our HR consultants can help you start off on the right foot with a well-crafted employee handbook. Our team can help create or develop your handbook and related policies, focusing on creating a document that is not only compliant but also reflective of your company’s culture, values and performance expectations.
We work to create a comprehensive handbook that may cover topics such as company values, employee harassment and discrimination policies, safety procedures, wage and hour policies, employee rights, complaint reporting and response procedures, employee performance and other essential company policies.
Succession planning is a critical aspect of strategic business planning, but it’s often overlooked until it’s too late. The consultants at Higginbotham understand the need for a sound succession plan to help ensure the future success of your business. Our succession planning consulting team can help design, implement, communicate and administer plans to help facilitate your organization’s longevity. Our consultants work closely with your management team to:
Your people are one of your business’s most valuable assets, so well-executed reviews and performance management can make or break a business. With Higginbotham, you can get the support and guidance you need to make sure you’re getting the most out of your employees’ efforts.
Our HR consultants offer confidential evaluation instruments that can be administered to a full circle of stakeholders who interact with a particular employee. We can prepare a formal report of the individual’s performance that combines the vertical and horizontal input from managers, peers, subordinates and others within the organization. This report provides an assessment of the individual’s performance to facilitate meaningful and constructive feedback.
Higginbotham’s HR consultants can conduct confidential surveys to assess employee attitudes and opinions in areas like workplace culture, work environment and leadership. Our team compiles survey answers and summarizes them in a management report, which can be presented alongside recommendations for areas that may need improvement.
We offer specialized exempt and nonexempt employee performance evaluation programs and instruments to document and measure performance against the evaluation factors that are most important to your organization. Our clients can utilize performance evaluation instruments designed by our team, or our consultants can assist in implementing these resources.
Higginbotham’s team can offer employees the opportunity to confidentially evaluate the leadership and supervisory skills of managers. We analyze these evaluations and create a complete assessment of each manager’s performance, skills and leadership style from the perspective of employees. If requested, our consultants can present findings to managers and, if appropriate, provide training, mentoring and coaching programming recommendations and strategies.
Effective employee relations are crucial to the success of any organization. With the help of Higginbotham’s HR consulting services, your business can gain assistance in a number of employee relations areas. From disgruntled employees to employment law, our consultants can help your organization to cultivate a positive work environment, handle employee issues effectively, prepare for future staffing challenges and much more.
