HR Advice & Support for Small Businesses

Running a small business means wearing many hats, and managing your human resources is one of the most critical but complex tasks. At Talk Staff, we specialise in offering tailored HR support for small businesses, providing you with expert advice and solutions so you can focus on what you do best—growing your business.

Why Small Businesses Need HR Support

For small business owners, managing HR issues can feel overwhelming. From compliance with employment laws to handling employee relations, many small companies don’t have the resources for a full-time HR team. This is where Human Resource services for small businesses step in.

Our team of HR professionals understands the specific challenges small businesses face. We offer personalised HR advice for small businesses that helps you remain compliant, improve productivity, and create a positive work environment.

HR support for small businesses and start-ups summarised 

• Dedicated helpline – Giving you the right advice and guidance when it matters. Guiding you through all the challenges of surviving, growing and thriving as a small business.
• HR support – Full support at all levels, making the process simpler and smoother to progress your business, navigating tough situations and resolving these quickly.
• Tailored documents – An established library of letters and policies, designed for small businesses and tailored for your needs. Helping you to get started without having to do all the research and design yourself. Supporting you in adding elements that show off your values to your people whilst creating a robust code of conduct.
• Legislation Updates – Staying ahead of the latest changes and remaining compliant. Taking away the pain of HR admin as you wear many hats as a start-up leader.

Read more about Start-ups HR challenges here.

HR services for small businesses and emerging SMEs 

• Start-up checklist – Supporting innovative start-ups with policies, employee new starter forms, code of conduct, handbooks, grievance policy and more to get you started.
• Policies and procedures – Helping with the day-to-day policy admin that can take up significant time. The sooner policies are in place the more your people have clear guidance on processes and procedures.
• Restructuring – We help small businesses to restructure, whether that’s to deal with a dip in the market or to redefine the roles of your current team to suit the needs of the business as you grow. We also offer programmes designed to improve communication for new people managers making the most of your growth through coaching.
• Employee sick leave – Employee absenteeism can have a big impact on your business and your other colleagues, we help you measure absenteeism and create smooth return-to-work processes. We also help you stay compliant and design policies for your people. Ultimately, we help you increase productivity.
• Disciplinaries and Dismissals – We provide HR support looking at both preventive and reactive actions. We can provide you with HR advice on creating a transparent and clear code of conduct for your people. In the event of disciplinary, or dismissals as a last resort, we can help ensure you’ve carried out any relevant investigations in a swift time frame and help you follow a consistent and fair process; this vastly reduces the risk of a legal complaint from the exiting employee.
• Exiting employees – As a small business attracting and retaining key talent is key, understanding why your people choose to leave can vastly improve your employee retention in the future.