Human Resources

We have enlisted UK-based people intelligence firm Howlett Brown as our exclusive HR service provider.

Howlett Brown brings together HR and people, legal, cultural and governance services to offer an intersection of expertise across these overlapping areas to help organisations globally operate in an environment where people risk is low and their integrity, inclusion and purpose thrive.

Howlett Brown can provide your office with tailored support and advice on people-related, culture and privacy matters such as the following;

• Preparation and Review of Employee Documents and Templates
  • Employee and People contracts (e.g., freelancer, temporary staff, consultants)
  • Director services agreements
  • Facilitating any visa, right to work or sponsorship requirements
  • Codes of conduct, policies and handbooks
  • Job descriptions
  • Records retention

• End-to-end HR and People Support
  • Staff inductions, training and onboarding
  • People strategy and staff development
  • Issues around the recruitment process
  • Employment status and IR35
  • Guidance on working time
  • Employee engagement
  • Employee training, mental ill health and wellbeing
  • Sickness absence and return to work
  • Performance and appraisals
  • Parental rights and processes
  • Leave rights and processes
  • Preventing and addressing discrimination, including assessment of policies from a best practice, anti-harassment, bias and anti-discrimination standpoint
  • Processes and procedures, equal pay, pay benchmarking or pay disparity concerns
  • New market or jurisdiction entry and assessing people/HR practices in country
  • Good-practice recommendations and guidance on bullying and harassment in the workplace
  • Employee mediation, grievances and complaints
  • Investigations, disciplinaries, and whistleblowing complaints
  • Redundancies, dismissals, leavers checklists and exit interviews
  • Settlement agreements

• Employee Data Privacy
  • Employee and candidate privacy notices
  • Policies regarding data processing and the transfer of data
  • Ensuring family office practices are UK GDPR and EU GDPR Compliant and employees minimise privacy risks

• Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Management and employee training on diverse and inclusive working practices
  • Policy review, creation and implementation accompanied by purposeful communications
  • Board and NED applications and advisory assistance regarding recruitment and selection
  • Reviewing employee and management experiences to improve equity, equality and identify systematic bias and inequalities and improve workplace culture and practices
  • Crisis communications in the culture and diversity, equity and inclusion context
  • Embedding diversity, equity and inclusion in performance management and leadership accountability practices
  • DEI practices and initiatives
  • Supplier pipeline
  • Modern slavery compliance
  • Product/service delivery support

Please visit Howlett Brown’s website at www.howlettbrown.com for more information, email the team at GFOCPeopleSupport@howlettbrown.com, or call us on +44 (0)208 012 8525 to discuss how Howlett Brown can support you.