HR support sized to a company that doesn't have an HR department.
Next Wave is an independent advisory firm. We don't provide HR services - we work out what level of support your business actually needs, then match you to the provider that delivers it. Some employers are paying for far more support than they use. Others only find the gap when a difficult situation arrives.
Where an HR provider earns its keep
Where an HR provider earns its keep
Compliance support — wage and hour, classification, required postings, and leave entitlements, handled by people who do it professionally.
Handbook and policy support — handbooks written for the states you operate in, and kept current when those states change the rules.
Onboarding and offboarding — consistent paperwork, I-9s, and a documented process that doesn't depend on who happens to be handling it that week.
Somewhere to take the Friday-afternoon questions — terminations, accommodations, and complaints, where what you need is a qualified HR professional on the other end of the phone rather than a search engine.
HR systems and records — where employee records live, who can see them, and retention.
Who this is for
Who this is for
You might have an office manager doing HR alongside four other jobs. You might be growing and sense that what worked at fifteen employees won't hold at sixty. You might have hired in a second state and discovered its rules aren't your state's rules.
Most of the businesses we talk to don't need a full HR department. They need to know when to reach for qualified HR support, and to have it available when they do.
How we choose
How we choose
We start with who's doing it now. Who handles HR today, what's documented, what's improvised, and where you've already had a near miss.
We look at what's coming. Growth in headcount and into new states both change the level and type of HR support a business needs.
Those facts decide the shortlist. Employee count, state footprint, industry, and how much you want to keep in-house determine which support levels are worth putting in front of you - and which are overbuilt for you.
We match, then make sure it gets used. HR support is only useful if people actually use it. We help set expectations on both sides so it doesn't become a subscription nobody calls.
Where we work
HR support is available nationwide, in all fifty states.
Start with the facts, not a vendor pitch.
Tell us how your business runs and an advisor will follow up to set up a conversation.
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