Lesley F

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Lesley F
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Human Resources Expert/Consultant

Brighton, United Kingdom

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I am an experienced Human Resources Consultant, with over 20 years experience, mostly in UK Media organisations (including 10 years at the BBC).

My HR Consultancy service (The HR Kiosk) specialises in offering support and advice to small, creative and emerging businesses who may not have their own on-site HR service. The HR Kiosk focuses on providing practical advice regarding employment issues and problems (for staff and freelancers), as and when needed, and I am experienced in producing tailored, compliant and up to date, employment documents including Company Handbooks and Contracts of all types. I am CIPD qualified.

Since 2006 I have also been managing 'Workline' (which offers free employment advice to those working in the UK - via a website and an e-mail helpline), in partnership with www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk. Workline receives a large volume of employment related queries each week from employees, workers, freelancers/contractors and small businesses - over a wide range of subjects, but most frequently about the very complicated Working Time Regulations, the National Minimum Wage, employment 'status' and the Agency Workers Regulations.

Specialties:

Employment law guidance and advice. Employee Relations and staff/freelancer management guidance. Advice on the Working Time Regulations, Agency Workers Regulations, employment status, IR35/Company Structures, employment rights. Employee documentation and handbooks (tailored to your business), advice on policies and Employers legal requirements.

Oct 2010 to Present
Lead Consultant at The HR Kiosk

A Human Resources Consultancy for small, creative and emerging businesses offering pragmatic and cost-effective help with your people issues. I can provide advice when you need it and employee documentation reviews to ensure you are legally compliant and transparent and consistent in your staff management.

Or I can help small companies taking on their first member of staff and advise you of everything you need to know and do, and the documentation you will need to provide.

There was a review of my HR Kiosk Consultancy work on PPH but it's disappeared, but you can view it on my LinkedIn profile!

Or I'm available as an extra pair of experienced hands if your existing HR function needs it.

More details on my website http://www.thehrkiosk.co.uk

Oct 2009 to Present
Manager at Workline on Freelance Advisor/Crunch

Since October 2009 I have been providing Freelance Advisor with the Workline advisory service on their website (when funding from the UK Film Council stopped). This involves writing and editing employment based articles for the Workline website, which provides free employment advice information, and providing an advisory service by e-mail and telephone to anyone (employers, freelancers, employees) working in the UK, across all Industry sectors. This work is ongoing. In addition writing a Guide to the Agency Workers regulations for the Crunch (online accountancy) website in May 2011 and I have specialist knowledge of the Working Time Regulations through the high volume of queries I answer about this legislation.

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Darren Fell
Jan 2006 to Present
Manager at Workline - free employment advice for all the UK

Workline is a free Employment advice for all UK industry sectors (that was initially funded by the UK Film Council to offer advice to the Film and TV sectors). Workline provides its advice on a website, that is now hosted by www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk. I write and update the advice and provide an e-mail helpline for those trickier queries! I compose topical employment and law related articles on a monthly basis and advise (Employers, freelancers, employees) on all aspects of employment related issues by website 'comment' and e-mail, with the Working Time Regulations being one of the favourite, constantly hot, topics! And the new Agency Worker Regulations now coming a close second! Plus advice on employment status, employment rights, the national minimum wage, maternity and .............

Jan 1996 to Apr 2006
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER at BBC

The BBC is a complex environment where there is on-going organisational change. My role faced various multi-media programme-making departments during my time (CBBC, Entertainment, Radios 1 and 2, Arts & Classical Music), with up to 700 staff. For more details please ask to see my CV.

Apr 1994 to Dec 1995
Senior Personnel & Training Officer at Save the Children

Nov 1993 to Mar 1994
Personnel Officer at Morgan Grampian Ltd

Jul 1991 to Oct 1993
Personnel Officer at Croydon Community Health NHS Trust

May 1990 to Feb 1991
Personnel Officer at British Satellite Broadcasting Ltd

Jun 1989 to May 1990
Personnel Administrator at TV-am PLC

Education

Summary

CIPD 1992 (awarded best student for final years coursework and exams).

HND Business Studies - 1995-1998, Middlesex University.
3 A' Levels, 6 O' Levels, 3 CSE's, RSA 1 and 2 Typing

Jan 1990 to Jan 1992
IPD

Croydon Business School

Jan 1985 to Jan 1988
Business Studies

Middlesex University

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