What If HR

Description

What If HR provides practical, commercially-minded HR support for small and growing UK businesses without an in-house HR function. Based in Surrey and working across London, South London, the South East and remotely across the UK, we help business owners get the people basics right before problems become expensive. We support employers at key growth moments: hiring a first employee, reviewing contracts, building a staff handbook, putting proper policies in place, managing sickness absence, performance, disciplinary or grievance situations, and setting up HR systems and processes that managers will actually use. Our work is plain-English and proportionate to the size of the business. A 10-person team does not need corporate HR. It needs clear contracts, usable policies, simple processes, manager guidance and access to someone who knows what to do when a people issue lands. Services include outsourced HR support, retained HR partner support, HR health checks, HR foundations packages, employment contracts, staff handbooks, employee relations support, first-hire HR setup, HR compliance reviews, manager guidance and HR systems support. What If HR is founded and led by Elena Suhova, MSc HRM. We work best with owner-managed service businesses that care about being fair, compliant and practical, but do not want a corporate HR department or a generic template shop.

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