HR Audits & Action Plans

Services for HR.

HR Audits & Action Plans

De-Risk Your Business: Compliance Assurance and Operational Efficiency

Are you truly confident that your current HR practices are legally sound and operationally efficient? Our comprehensive HR Audits provide a detailed, objective assessment of your entire people function against UK legislation, GDPR requirements, and best practice standards.

We deliver a meticulous review that identifies immediate risks, highlights compliance gaps, and pinpoints areas for strategic improvement. The result is a clear, prioritised Action Plan that removes ambiguity, de-risks your business from costly tribunal claims, and elevates your people function.

Our In-Depth Audit Services:

  1. Full Legal Compliance Review: We conduct a deep dive into all core documentation: employment contracts, employee handbooks, statutory pay procedures, and equality monitoring, verifying adherence to current UK employment law.
  2. Process and Procedure Assessment: Review of key HR processes, including recruitment procedures, disciplinary/grievance handling, termination processes, and performance management for fairness, consistency, and efficiency.
  3. Risk Identification & Rating: We flag potential legal liabilities and procedural inconsistencies, rating them by severity (High, Medium, Low) to help you prioritise immediate action.
  4. GDPR and Data Compliance: Auditing your systems for HR record-keeping, retention policies, and data management to ensure full compliance with data protection regulations.
  5. Actionable Reporting: Delivery of a detailed, jargon-free report with clear, cost-effective, and prioritised recommendations, followed by guided support to implement the Action Plan.eople issues are unpredictable and often complex. When a challenge arises—from a grievance to a restructuring—you need clear, practical guidance you can rely on immediately.


Our HR experts are on hand to support you through any challenge, ensuring you make the right decision for your business and your team while remaining compliant.

Meet our expert

Donna

With over 25 years of HR experience across a wide range of sectors, Donna provides strategic and operational people support that helps businesses build strong, engaged, and high-performing teams. Having operated at Executive Director level, she brings a wealth of expertise in employee relations, organisational development, leadership support, and people strategy. Donna is passionate about creating positive workplace cultures where both businesses and their people can thrive, delivering practical HR solutions that align with commercial objectives and company values.

 

Client Review

Their expertise ensured we stayed fully compliant, reducing stress and allowing us to focus on delivering our projects. Their hands-on approach and attention to detail gave us total confidence that everything was being managed properly. We highly recommend arlo consultancy services for any company dealing with complex, multi-site projects.