Senior HR expertise,
right-sized for growing companies.
Why companies choose AncHR
Three things small- and mid-sized employers tell us again and again.
Senior-tier experience
Every engagement is led by a senior HR practitioner — not handed off to a junior. You get judgment, not just templates.
Built for SMEs
Scoped, priced, and delivered for companies of 5–150 employees. No enterprise overhead. No surprise invoices.
Steady, not reactive
We help you build the HR foundations once — properly — so you’re not firefighting every time someone hands in a resignation or a policy question lands on your desk.
What we help with
Pick one piece, build a foundation, or retain us for ongoing support.
Employment Contracts
Properly drafted, enforceable, ESA-compliant — the document that protects you when a hire goes sideways.
Employee Handbooks
A cornerstone document — reflecting your culture, compliant with Ontario law, and actually readable.
Policies & Procedures
Workplace violence & harassment, AODA, remote work, leaves — the policies you need, written plainly.
Performance Management
Review cycles, competency frameworks, and PIPs that managers will actually use — not shelfware.
Onboarding Packages
A 30/60/90 framework, documentation, and the quiet bits that decide whether a hire stays past year one.
Compliance & Risk
Audits, risk reviews, and remediation — so a Ministry of Labour visit isn’t the first time you check your files.
An anchor for your HR, month over month
The On-Call HR Retainer gives you a senior HR partner on speed-dial — for a predictable monthly fee.
Essentials
3 hours / month. The baseline — policy questions, quick reviews, a sanity check when you need one.
MOST COMMON
Standard
6 hours / month. For companies with regular HR questions and occasional projects — response within one business day.
Partner
10 hours / month. Your fractional HR lead — embedded enough to drive strategy, not just answer questions.
How we work
01
Discovery call
A 30-minute conversation to understand the business, the people, and the problem. No charge, no pressure.
02
Scope & proposal
A written scope, a fixed fee, and a timeline. You decide whether to proceed. Nothing moves without your sign-off.
03
Deliver & support
Work is delivered, handed over, and explained — not emailed over in a zip file. Retainer support is optional, not assumed.
What we’re reading
Current research and guidance from the HR profession — curated for Ontario SMEs.
HRPA
Ontario pay transparency + AI disclosure: what HR teams must know in 2026
New ESA rules took effect January 1, 2026 — pay ranges in job postings, AI-use disclosure, and 3-year posting retention.
McLEAN & COMPANY
HR Trends Report 2026
Leadership development stays the #1 HR priority; innovation jumps to #2. Based on 1,600+ respondents across industries.
HRPA
Navigating Ontario’s New Employment Regulations
Plain-English walkthrough of O. Reg. 476/24 and the policy updates Ontario employers need on file.
Let’s have a conversation.
Every engagement starts with a 30-minute discovery call. No obligation, no published pricing games — just an honest scoping conversation.