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Fractional HR · Australia & Philippines

Most Businesses Don’t Need More HR. They Need Someone To Own It.

Contracts, compliance, hiring, the hard conversations. ACTIv8 puts a senior HR team behind your business, working your hours, so the people stuff gets done properly and stops landing on your desk.

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Two members of the Manila team working together
18+
Years Senior HRAcross six markets
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9 to 5 AESTYour working day
18+Years of senior HR experience
7Years with Australian business
9-5AEST, not a night shift
2Countries, one team
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What HR Looks Like Without An HR Department

None of these are people problems. They are missing-system problems, and they are exactly what a proper HR function quietly prevents.

01
The 9pm Founder

You Are The HR Department

Contracts get written at night, reviews slip a quarter, and every people question lands with you because there is nobody else to catch it.

02
The Template Trap

Documents That Don’t Protect You

Contracts and policies downloaded years ago, never updated for award changes, quietly out of step with Fair Work. Fine, until the day they aren’t.

03
The Expensive Surprise

Small Issues That Become Claims

An unfair dismissal claim or underpayment finding costs tens of thousands and months of stress. Almost all of them were preventable a year earlier.

A Client Story

It Started With One Receptionist

A Queensland advisory firm, about 70 people. The smallest possible brief. Here is how it unfolded.

01

The Brief

A receptionist for a regional Queensland office. An agency quoted over $11,000 for the placement.

02

The Hire

We ran the whole search for $1,500 flat. Half on start, half at month three, six-month guarantee.

03

The Expansion

“Who looks after your HR?” The answer was nobody. We became their fractional HR team.

04

Today

We recruit across their offices and support their own clients’ needs, across two countries.

The Partnership

An Australia-Philippines Partnership, Built On Purpose

Senior Australian-market HR expertise is expensive because it is scarce. Our answer: a delivery team in Manila, led by senior people who have run HR for Australian companies for years, working Australian hours.

  • Australian employment done properly: Fair Work, modern awards, contracts under Australian law.
  • Genuinely on the ground in the Philippines, with local employment and payroll.
  • Your working day, not ours. Manila is two hours behind Brisbane, so we start early.
How It Works
Brisbane city skyline and river
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Start With A Conversation, Not A Contract.

Twenty minutes. We will tell you straight whether we can help and what it costs.

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