Everyday manager advice
Clear answers on absence, performance, conduct, capability, flexible working and the questions that keep landing with owners and line managers.
OUTSOURCED HR SUPPORT FOR UK SMEs
Clear HR advice.
Confident managers.
Get practical HR support from named advisers who help your managers handle real employee issues fairly, consistently and with a clear record of what happens next.
Named HR adviserPhone, email and Teams supportPractical letters and scriptsClear escalation routes
01 — WHY EMPLOYERS CALL
The policy rarely tells a manager exactly what to say on Tuesday morning.
Absence, performance, conduct and health concerns are rarely solved by sending a template. Managers need to understand the process, prepare for the conversation and know what must be recorded.
Our outsourced HR support gives owner-led and growing businesses a dependable route to advice without building a full in-house department. We help you make a fair decision, turn it into practical action and keep the process moving.
02 — WHAT YOU GET
Support built around the issue—not a document library.
Your agreed scope can combine day-to-day advice, planned document work and hands-on support through sensitive processes.
Contracts and policies
Review and drafting of contracts, handbooks and practical policies, with updates explained so managers understand what has changed and why.
Meetings and processes
Preparation for disciplinary, grievance, capability and change processes, including letters, meeting plans, notes and manager scripts.
Health and adjustments
Help responding to health disclosures, considering reasonable adjustments and deciding when occupational-health or specialist input is appropriate.
Records and workflows
Cleaner ownership of employee records and actions, with Breathe HR available where it genuinely improves the way your business works.
Specialist escalation
We identify when a matter needs specialist employment-law advice or formal representation and agree that separate route before work begins.
03 — CALL BEFORE IT DRIFTS
Bring us the situation while you still have sensible options.
- An employee is repeatedly absent or has disclosed a health condition.
- A manager needs to address performance or conduct but is unsure how to begin.
- A grievance, disciplinary or capability process may be needed.
- Contracts, policies or the handbook no longer match the business.
- Growth, restructure or another workplace change affects people and roles.
- You need a clear record of advice, decisions and agreed actions.
A sensible starting point
Start with the live issues, the core documents and the managers who need support.
We first understand what you already have, what is currently taking management time and where the greatest employment risk sits. Then we agree a realistic scope, named contacts and the first actions—without replacing working documents simply to make them look like ours.
Book a straightforward conversation