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Fractional HR Services in BC

Fractional HR means hiring a senior HR professional for a fraction of their time: a set number of hours each month instead of a full-time salary. Your business gets the judgment and experience of an HR leader. You pay for the portion you actually use.

When fractional HR makes sense

Most small and mid-sized businesses sit in the same gap: too many people issues to wing it, not enough to justify a full-time HR hire. Fractional HR is built for that gap.

It tends to fit when:

• Your managers are handling HR issues off the side of their desk
• People decisions are being made without anyone checking the BC employment law side
• Issues wait until they're urgent because there's no one to bring them to earlier
• You've grown past the point where the owner can personally handle every people problem

What it looks like with Senterra HR

You get a dedicated senior consultant, the same person every time, available for whatever the month brings. That might be a termination handled properly, a contract reviewed before someone signs it, a bullying and harassment complaint handled through a proper, documented process, coaching a manager through a difficult conversation, or a policy your business is missing.

Two retainer levels:

Both include priority response, hours you can use for whatever you need that month, and no long-term commitment. If your needs change, you cancel. The relationship should work for your business, not lock you in.

Fractional HR compared to the alternatives

Versus a full-time HR hire: a full-time HR manager in BC is a significant salary plus benefits, and most small businesses can't fill their week. Fractional support delivers senior-level advice at a fraction of that cost. AI is shrinking HR's admin workload too, which makes the full-time case even thinner. What you actually need on call is judgment.

Versus HR software and templates: software gives you documents. It can't assess a complaint, judge a termination risk, or coach a manager. Fractional HR gives you judgment, applied to your specific situation, grounded in BC employment law.

Versus doing nothing: the expensive HR problems usually trace back to decisions made without advice: an unenforceable contract, a mishandled dismissal, an ignored complaint.

Who you'd be working with

Cristina Tapp, CPHR, Chartered Professional in Human Resources with over 15 years of HR leadership experience in British Columbia, in both unionized and non-unionized workplaces. You work with her directly.

Serving businesses across BC

Remote support province-wide, with on-site help available where a situation calls for it. See also on-demand HR support and ways to work with us.