What we do

Running out of time, or in need of expertise to deal with some of your HR challenges?

HR Switch assists you in dealing with your operational and strategic HR issues

Running out of time, or in need of expertise to deal with some of your HR challenges?

HR Switch assists you in dealing with your operational and strategic HR issues

HR Switch - Adding value

Supporting change, organization and growth

Acquisition of a French business (TUPE regulations)

HR advice; planning, monitoring and implementation of transfer on all HR and social aspects; internal communication; organisation of workplace elections; development and implementation of substitute collective agreements

HR audit (SME)

Audits are directed at:

Line organisation, roles, responsibilities and delegation
Processes: activity and communication flows, relationships between stakeholders as well as work units
Needs satisfaction (in terms of skills, information, resources)

Our approach:

We combine document and material review, interviews, observation and immersion
We take into account stakeholders’ perceptions and alignment with the company’s strategy
To foster adherence and prepare to change, we involve stakeholders in developing solutions
We promote collective work and involve internal project managers in developing an action plan

Setting up or reorganizing the HR function

Our assistance includes:

Mapping the existing organisation, processes and activities
Setting issue-based priorities
Identify relevant saving levers such as outsourcing
Define the target organisation and related processes and roles
Define, plan and implement the new organisation
According to needs:

Select outsourcing providers and assist with implementation
Select, train and induct your HR staff

Support change (communication plan and actions)
Define relevant performance indicators

Selection and induction

We can support you very early in the process, or at a later stage, depending on your needs

Workforce planning: we use a pragmatic and operational approach of workforce planning
Job descriptions: drawn-up in collaboration with your first-line managers
Recruitment process: from needs analysis to selecting the right candidate
Induction of newcomers: designing and implementing an induction process, or assist you with the induction of a sole candidate

Train and develop

Career Development: succession planning, potential analysis, people review
Performance management: we can redesign and implement a new program or support you through your annual process
Skills management: we rely on professional interviews and workforce planning to identify skills needs and propose development plans
Training: drawing-up a training policy, managing the annual training plan, rolling-out the professional interviews (“entretiens professionnels”) process (available as an HR Pack)
Compensation and benefits: launching a salary survey, reviewing a salary and classification grid, managing the annual salary review, implementing a saving plan

Labour relations

Labour relations advice and guidance: operating rules of the staff representative bodies; organizing and managing the workplace elections; negotiation, information and consultation obligations and requirements; drawing-up the social agenda

Implementing the social and economic database ("BDES"): provider selection, guidance on the information to be included, consultation of the staff representatives, definition of relevant reports, gathering the social data …Available as an HR pack

Meetings with the staff representatives: agenda, briefings, minutes

Collective agreements: negotiating strategy, development and drafting, implementation of new conditions

Professional equality: diagnosis, gender equality report, action plan, collective agreement

Health and safety: drawing-up and implementing the policy, risks and hazards identification (“Document unique”)

Legal and compliance

Drawing-up working contracts and other contractual clauses
HR compliance : audit, recommendations, implementation of corrective actions
Internal regulations and policies: drawing-up or reviewing the internal set of rules (“règlement intérieur”), the code of conduct, the code of ethics
Employment issues: work duration, discipline, remuneration, contract termination and risk management …
Professional interviews: training managers, launching and implementing the interviews process
Legal watch: we inform you of regulatory changes when they have an impact on your obligations as an employer
Foreign Embassies in France: we have developed a specific and unique knowledge of French legislation as it applies to foreign Embassies in France

Performance of Management and HR teams

Managers and HR teams: we provide bespoke assistance (training, briefing, individual assistance) tailored to suit your requirements and HR issues: conducting performance or professional interviews, recruiting or managing staff, …
Steering Committee (startup, SME): we provide assistance and guidance to help you turn your board of Directors into an effective steering committee

Global HR

International mobility: manage or provide advice on expatriations and secondments, build expatriates packages, assist with obtaining working visas
Policies and documentation: develop international mobility policies, formalize or translate global HR policies, procedures, templates & tools

Efficiency - HR tools and Packs

HR documentation and tools: development of handbooks, policies and internal procedures, templates and tools, dashboards, organisation charts
Contractual documentation and correspondence: drawing-up or reviewing working contracts, contractual clauses and other employment correspondence
HR outsourcing: identification of low value-added HR processes, select outsourcing providers and assist with implementation
HR Packs: they include all the documentation and assistance needed to implement an important HR project. Currently available: Implementing the first professional interviews (“entretiens professionnels”) / Implementing the social and economic database (« BDES »)

Internal communication

Internal Communication plan: develop and implement an internal communication plan or policy
Events: organize and / or implement internal communication events or actions
Communication tools: organize efficient meetings, draw-up message boards, notes, reports, procedures, operating modes, organization charts, carry-out a staff survey