The Employers’ Advice Service

Do you need help with the responsibilities of being an employer?

Few small voluntary organisations can afford to employ a personnel specialist, and that's what the service offers you. Help when you need it...and before!

As an employer you’ve got a lot to keep up with these days.  Management Committee or Board members will want to ensure that the organisation is acting as a good employer, complying with the law and following fair employment practices.

Whether your organisation employs one person, fifty, or five hundred your obligations as an employer, and their rights as employees are virtually the same... and voluntary sector employers are subject to the same employment laws as the private and public sector. 

The costs of getting it wrong can be huge, with an impact on morale, internal and public relations, time wasted, and not least, expensive financial claims.

EAS Membership

If you are looking for ongoing support you can join the EAS and get:

• Unlimited telephone or email advice
• Up to 4 hours consultancy time
• Discounted rates for employment lawyers
• Discounted medical reports
• Quarterly bulletins on employment law and practice

And best of all…peace of mind that professional HR expertise is only a phone call away.

The subscription cost is based on how many staff you have, and starts from as little as £252.  That’s a full year’s help for less than the cost of 2 hours of a lawyer’s time!

Consultancy

If you need help with a one-off bit of work we can help. Our past consultancy work include:

• Staff handbook reviews
• Restructures
• Changing terms and conditions of employment
• Health and Safety audits
• Risk Assessments
• Redundancies and closures

Depending on the scale of the work, charges are based on an hourly, half day or full day rate.

Training

We offer training and briefing sessions that can be tailored to suit your needs. Topics include:

• Becoming an employer
• Support and supervision
• Practical employment law
• Recruitment and selection
• Managing Absence
• Discipline and Grievance
• Health & Safety
• First Aid

All training sessions are suitable for Management Committee / Board members and staff with management responsibility.  Each session is for up to a maximum of 12 people and handouts are provided. The cost will be around £540 for a day, which is less than £50 per person.

Download our flyer for more information.

Talk to us today to find out how we can help you:

Linden Stables
Employers’ Advice Service Manager
Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector
11 Queens Crescent
Glasgow
G4 9AS
linden.stables@gcvs.org.uk
Tel: 0141 354 6515