How The Work Partner can help
The Work Partner provides experienced, hands-on HR support for SMEs and start-ups, from building the people foundations from scratch through to supporting day-to-day HR, growth, change and more complex employee matters.
For Businesses
Senior HR support for growing businesses, including HR set-up, employee lifecycle, policies, people processes, employee relations, performance, workplace culture, organisational change, people strategy and HR technology.
For Individuals
Independent workplace guidance for people dealing with difficult situations at work.
Key areas of expertise
HR foundations and employee lifecycle
Set-up and support across the employee lifecycle, including policies, handbooks, onboarding and core people processes.
Employee relations
Practical support with grievances, disciplinaries, investigations and other employee relations matters.
People strategy and workplace culture
Practical support with people strategy and workplace culture, helping growing businesses build strong, consistent ways of working.
Restructures & organisation change
Experienced support through restructures, redundancies and wider organisational change.
HR technology and AI
Hands-on expertise in implementing, testing and helping design AI-enabled HR tools to improve efficiency, streamline people processes and strengthen the employee experience.
Performance & manager support
Support with performance concerns, capability issues and difficult conversations.

