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Are managers obliged to take advice from HR?

Jen

Hello, 

As an advisor is see my role in advising manager's on employee related issues and to advise on best practice and potential risks should they not take that advice. I don't directly manager these managers nor do I have authority to impose a direct management instructions.- however I am being challenged to  enforce the advice on Manager's - so the questions I would like to ask my fellow colleagues - are manager's obligated to follow the advice we give?  My understanding on having worked for many years in an advisory role is that all we can do is advise its down to the manager's to make an informed decision on what action to take.  Also I am liable if I give advice but the manager decides not to follow this?  I would welcome you views on this, thank you.

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  • No they are not it's the difference between advice and an instruction

    It depends on what you mean by liable? Clearly if you have given good advice and stressed the very serious consequences of not following it then in most organisations you couldn't fairly be held to be liable. On the other hand you could be expected to escalate that advice to a more senior level of management if the risks warranted it. Its a risk assessment

    It sounds like your organisation has a serious issue and this is a poor attempt to fix things. The target should not be teh HR adviser but line maangers. If the organiation wants to mandate managers to follow your advice then that must come down the management chain not you saying you really must do this
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  • No they are not it's the difference between advice and an instruction

    It depends on what you mean by liable? Clearly if you have given good advice and stressed the very serious consequences of not following it then in most organisations you couldn't fairly be held to be liable. On the other hand you could be expected to escalate that advice to a more senior level of management if the risks warranted it. Its a risk assessment

    It sounds like your organisation has a serious issue and this is a poor attempt to fix things. The target should not be teh HR adviser but line maangers. If the organiation wants to mandate managers to follow your advice then that must come down the management chain not you saying you really must do this
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