Employment/worker/freelancer laws and regulations: 

Assess compliance with UK employment laws, including equal opportunities, holiday pay, time off from work, whistleblowing

Documentation and recordkeeping: 

Ensure that your HR records, such as employment contracts, contracts for services, right to work checks, pre-engagement checks such as DBS, safer recruitment checks, personnel files, and training records, driving for work records are complete, accurate, and up-to-date and include relevant clauses including confidentiality & restrictive covenants & clauses.

Policies and procedures: 

Review HR policies, procedures, and handbooks to verify they align with legal requirements and ACAS Codes of Practice and any industry/sector requirements.

Ensure the policies are accessible and are effectively communicated to workers/freelancers/employees/volunteers.

Data privacy and security: 

Examine data protection practices to ensure compliance with relevant legislation, such as GDPR, and ensuring safeguarding of personal and sensitive employee/worker/freelancer/volunteer information including data retention schedules.

Diversity and inclusion: 

Evaluate your diversity and inclusion practices, including equal pay practices, discrimination.

Training and education: 

Review the effectiveness of training programs related to compliance for employees/workers/freelancers/volunteers, including anti-discrimination, harassment prevention, and workplace health & safety.

Classifications: 

Review and ensure proper classification of people as employees, workers, self-employed contractors, or consultants and distinguishing between employees and independent contractors, volunteer management and associated policies/practices, directors, non-executive directors.

Safety and health: 

Where applicable, ensure compliance with Health & Safety at Work regulations, workplace safety policies, and safety training for employees/workers/freelancers/volunteers

Worker/employee/freelancer/board pay: 

Assess your compliance with minimum wage and other HMRC legislation, pensions auto enrolment duties etc.

Review of freelancer agreements/contracts for services/executive & non-executive director remuneration

Performance management:

Performance management practices & feedback

Pay, benefits & reward: 

Review of pay structure & employee/worker/freelancer/executive & non-executive director benefits and reward practices

Learning & development: 

Review leadership & management capability, practices in place for board development/statutory training, workforce development.

Wellbeing: 

Managing employee/worker/freelancer/volunteer absence and sickness, employee health & wellbeing

Engagement: 

Assess practices for employee/worker/freelancer/volunteer engagement

Recruitment & selection: 

Review of role descriptions, recruitment practices etc. for employees/workers/freelancers/executive & non-executive directors.

Onboarding:

Including new starters process, new starter training plans, probationary period process and reviews (includes employees/workers/freelancers/board members)