HR policy and people operations.The employment side, documented properly.
People cost is usually the largest line in the business and the least documented part of it. Spurwing writes the people documentation layer and keeps it current: contracts that hold up, a handbook people can actually follow, and an onboarding process that does not depend on one person remembering the steps.
What gets built.
- Employment contracts and contractor agreementsDrafted for the jurisdiction and for the relationship that actually exists, rather than a template with the name changed. The distinction between an employee and a contractor is a tax question before it is an HR one, and getting it wrong is expensive in both directions.
- The employee handbookLeave, conduct, remote working, grievance, and disciplinary. The things you will wish had been written down the first time something goes wrong.
- Onboarding and offboarding playbooksWhat happens on day one, who does it, and what has to be collected, returned, or revoked when somebody leaves.
- Job architectureRoles, levels, and what each is accountable for, so that pay decisions have something to sit on other than negotiation.
- The people-cost viewWhat each role costs the business all in, and how that shows up in the numbers.
Why it sits with finance.
Because people cost is a financial control problem as much as a people one.
The contract determines the tax treatment. The leave policy determines the accrual. The approval matrix determines who is able to hire. Written by people who understand the accounting consequence, the documents agree with the numbers. Written in isolation, they usually do not, and the difference shows up at year end.
Who this is for.
Businesses at the point where headcount has outgrown informal arrangements. Typically somewhere between the tenth and the fiftieth employee, where the early contracts were signed and never revisited and the handbook has never existed.
Headcount outgrown the paperwork?
A short review establishes what is in place, what is exposed, and what needs writing.
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