Oculus can take care of all your HR and H&S needs while you focus on running your business.
Oculus: a circular opening or window in the centre of a dome or wall. HR: the department of a business that deals with people matters, contracts and policies. Health & Safety: the laws, rules, and principles that are intended to keep people safe from injury or disease at work and in public places. The well-established, Sunderland based Oculus group are growing their services for SME’s in and around the North East.
Oculus HR have a refreshing view on HR and are also providing Health & Safety services to local businesses due to increased demand. Did you know, if your business has more than five employees, you are legally required to have a written health and safety policy, a risk assessment, written arrangements, and have one or more competent persons to assist and guide with compliance? All of this on top of running your business, can sound rather daunting! Don’t panic because Oculus HR and Oculus H&S have you covered on all aspects and have all the resources and expertise to do this for you. “We work with firms of all sizes, but the most common businesses we are asked to help are those who are growing and reach a point where they need some HR and Health & Safety but can’t afford or have time to set up their own department,” says Oculus director, Louise Kennedy. “HR and Health & Safety work hand in hand which means we’re in the fortunate situation at Oculus of being able to provide both services under one roof.” Oculus HR and Oculus H&S provide various different levels of service to suit your needs. Oculus can step in to either lend a hand or manage everything on your behalf. They also carry out site risk assessments and can become your competent person for Health & Safety in the workplace. Perhaps you just need help and advice on a one-off basis? No problem because Louise and her team offer an ad-hoc consultation service. Prices start from as little as £65 (plus VAT) per hour for ad hoc consultancy services and can be scaled up to a monthly retained service. Oculus, in a nutshell, can become your personal HR department. You can also use Oculus HR and OculusH&S on a retained basis with monthly HR packages starting from £165 (+VAT) per month. One of their most popular packages is called Oculus Safeguard. It ensures details like contracts, legal status and policies are up to date. Letters can be drafted for any formal meetings or disciplinary procedures as required. Oculus, in effect, can become a part of your business. If situations arise or you need to ensure aspects of staffing like redundancies, attendance, job descriptions, Health & Safety policy and procedure implementation are taken care of, essentially, Oculus will do the hard work for you. If you’d prefer Oculus to have a more hands-on approach, then use their Advanced and Total packages which provide Oculus consultants attend meetings in person, devise training plans and review your business’ HR and H&S position. Health & Safety can be a bit of a minefield to ensure you meet your legal requirements. Thankfully Louise and her team are all experienced in the legal requirements business’ of all sizes must have in terms of protecting employees in the workplace. Oculus can also organise training courses and masterclasses for you and deliver them either in person or online, providing the flexibility you need for your business. Nothing is ‘off-the-shelf’ at Oculus.
All services can be bespoke and tailored to your business and your specific needs, creating a unique service. You can even use specially designed HR software called breatheHR. It’s cloud based and automates a lot of the HR work, leaving you free to get on with running your business. Oculus; a guiding light in HR and Health & Safety.
