HR Services
Paragon provides practical, commercially focused HR support across the full employee lifecycle.
Strategic HR Support
- HR strategy development
- Organisational design and restructuring
- Workforce planning
- Culture and engagement initiatives
- Change management support
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Senior leadership HR advice
Day-to-Day HR Advice
- Ongoing HR helpline or retainer support
- Advice on employee relations matters
- Guidance for managers handling people issues
- HR best practice support
- Policy interpretation and application
Employment Law and Compliance
- Employment law guidance (UK and Isle of Man)
- Policy development and review
- HR audits and compliance checks
- Contracts of employment and handbooks
- Regulatory compliance support
- Risk management
Recruitment and Onboarding
- Recruitment process design
- Job descriptions and person specifications
- Interview guidance and training
- Offer documentation
- Pre-employment checks
- Onboarding programmes
- Probation management
Performance and Capability Management
- Performance management frameworks
- Performance improvement plans (PIPs)
- Appraisal systems
- Managing underperformance
- Objective setting and review processes
- Manager coaching
HR Documentation and Policies
- Employee handbooks
- Workplace policies and procedures
- Letters, templates, and forms
- Compliance documentation
- Custom policy drafting
Training and Development
- Management and leadership training
- HR skills workshops for managers
- Performance management training
- Employment law awareness
- Workplace behaviour training
- Tailored in-house programmes
Employee Relations and Workplace Issues
- Disciplinary and grievance processes
- Investigations and fact-finding
- Absence management
- Long-term sickness support
- Conflict resolution and mediation
- Workplace conduct issues
Redundancy and Restructuring
- Redundancy planning and consultation
- Selection criteria and scoring
- Individual and collective consultation support
- Redeployment strategies
- Communication planning
- Support during business closure or downsizing
Settlement and Exit Management
- Advice on protected conversations
- Settlement agreement support
- Managed exits
- Termination processes
- Payment in lieu of notice (PILON) guidance
- Risk mitigation
Investigations and Independent Support
- Independent workplace investigations
- Disciplinary hearing support
- Appeal hearings
- Neutral HR adviser services
- Sensitive or complex case handling
Pay, Benefits and Reward
- Pay structure advice
- Job evaluation
- Benefits reviews
- Bonus and incentive schemes
- Equal pay considerations
HR Systems and Processes
- HR process design and improvement
- HR system selection and implementation
- Documentation workflows
- HR reporting support
Support for Charities and Non-Profits
- Volunteer management policies
- Trustee HR guidance
- Safeguarding-related HR support
- Governance alignment
Fractional and Outsourced HR
- Part-time HR Director or HR Manager services
- Fully outsourced HR function
- Interim HR support
- Project-based HR expertise