Fractional HR gives you a dedicated HR Business Partner backed by EANE’s in-house specialists in compensation, compliance, employee relations, and recruiting. You choose the level of support, and you can change it month to month.
Employers come to us when HR has grown past what one person can handle, but a full-time HR hire is still a bigger step than the business is ready for. Employers also use our Fractional HR services to cover leaves of absence, unexpected transitions, and for added project support on an ongoing basis.
What’s Fractional HR?
Fractional HR means bringing in an experienced HR professional on a part-time, interim, or temporary basis. They work as part of your team, learn your business and your people, and handle the HR that needs doing, from the daily questions to the strategic work your leadership keeps pushing to next quarter.
You’ll see the same arrangement called interim HR, part-time HR, an outsourced HR manager, or an HR consultant on retainer.
A typical engagement covers employee handbooks and policy, compensation benchmarking and plan design, employee relations and workplace investigations, HR audits, affirmative action plans, leave administration, recruiting, performance and manager coaching, and multi-state compliance across New England.
When Fractional HR Makes Sense
- Your HR person left. You need someone experienced keeping things running while you decide what comes next.
- You’re the owner doing HR on top of running the business, and you’ve reached the point where that stopped working.
- Your HR person is good, but buried. The comp review, the handbook rewrite, and the manager training keep sliding. You need another pair of experienced hands.
- You’ve grown into real HR complexity. Fifty employees, or multiple states, or seasonal and grant-funded staff. The generic answers stopped fitting.
- Your current provider went quiet. The fees crept up, the person you liked moved on, and nobody picks up the phone.
How EANE Compares to Other HR Outsourcing Options
| What you get | Considerations | |
| EANE fractional HR | A dedicated HR Business Partner, an in-house specialist team, and month-to-month flexibility | If you need a full-time hire instead, we’ll let you know |
| Full-time HR hire | One dedicated person, all the time | $75,000 to $100,000+ all-in, months to onboard, and one generalist’s expertise for every HR challenge |
| PEO | Payroll, benefits, and HR administration bundled together | A shared employer arrangement, an annual contract, per-person fees, and a support queue |
| Solo HR consultant | An experienced individual, often at a good hourly rate | No bench behind them when they’re at capacity, on vacation, or out of their expertise |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How much does fractional HR cost?
Our Fractional HR pricing is flexible, but common tiers include $2,500 a month for 10 hours, $4,800 for 20, and $6,900 for 30, with no annual contract. We’ll talk with you to scope out exactly what you need and price accordingly. Flex up or flex down at any time.
Can you cover us while we search for a new HR person?
Yes. Interim coverage is one of the most common reasons employers call. We can often move within days, and we’ll help you scope the role you’re hiring for while we’re in there.
What if we already have an HR person?
Then we work alongside them, and they usually become our biggest advocate. We take the strategic and specialty work they can’t get to: compensation design, investigations, recruiting, audits.
How long do engagements usually run?
Three to six months at a steady tier is common. Many run longer than that. Some clients graduate once they’ve built enough internal HR capability, which we consider a good outcome.