A real HR Department for Philippine SMEs.

Done-for-you HR as a service you can cancel anytime. Compliance, employee relations, performance, recruitment, and senior advisory.

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Rent it. Don't build it. Cancel anytime.

The same HR function. Two ways to put it in your business.

Option 1
Build it in-house
  • × Hire 5 specialists
  • × ₱187K to ₱304K a month, salary alone
  • × 3 months to ramp
  • × 13th month, SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG
  • × Exit costs if it doesn't work
Option 2
Rent it from People Helm
  • One monthly retainer
  • From ₱20,000 a month
  • Starts within the week
  • None of the above
  • Cancel anytime

Building HR in-house costs ₱187,000 to ₱304,000 a month, salary alone.

Five specialists. Each one a real job, a real salary, three months to ramp. Before 13th month. Before SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG. Before exit costs if it doesn't work.

Role
Base salary
True monthly cost
HR Generalist
₱20,000-28,000
₱25,000-35,000
Recruitment Specialist
₱25,000-35,000
₱31,000-44,000
Employee Relations Specialist
₱25,000-35,000
₱31,000-44,000
Compliance / Labor Specialist
₱30,000-45,000
₱37,500-56,000
HR Manager
₱50,000-100,000
₱62,500-125,000
Full team, monthly
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₱187,000-304,000

Source: Jobstreet, PayScale, Glassdoor (2025-2026 PH market data). True cost = salary + SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, 13th-month pay.

The HR Stack Retainer replaces this team
From ₱20,000/mo
Five HR specialists led by Fatima. Live dashboard. Bundled assets worth ₱67,500+. One retainer.
Start with the HR Review

Start with the Review.

One written recommendation. Multiple ways to engage from there.

01

The HR Standard Review

An operational read across your people, contracts, and processes. You get a 5-section written report.

02

The Recommendation

At the end of the Review, we'll walk you through what we found. The Prioritized Fix List IS included. If there's no work to do, we'll say so.

03

Choose your path

The Recommendation lays out your options. You decide which one fits.

  • The HR Stack Retainer — Essential, Growth, or Embedded. Your Review credits back.
  • One-time project — custom scope quoted directly from the Fix List.
  • Library asset — buy the specific Pack or Playbook the Fix List flagged.
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The 5 PH employment realities, in 5 emails.

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  • Day #1. Why The Probationary Clock Is Already Running In Your Business (Even If You Never Wrote It Down)
  • Day #2. Why Having A Good Reason To Let Someone Go Has Never Been Enough In The Philippines
  • Day #3. The Workplace Obligation That Started The Day Your Team Hit 10 (And That Most Founders Still Haven't Met)
  • Day #4. Why Your Service Agreements Aren't Doing What You Think (And What DOLE Actually Looks At Instead)
  • Day #5. The 7 Documents Every Well-Run Philippine Business With 10+ Employees Has On File
  • BONUS. The 60-Second Compliance Self-Check You Can Run Today
  • BONUS. The Exact Phrase To Avoid When You're About To Let Someone Go
  • BONUS. (Advanced) The 3 Contract Clauses That Void Most Separation Agreements
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Beyond the retainer.

One-time projects to get you started. Add-ons to layer in as your business grows. Pricing for your specific scope arrives in your Custom Plan.

One-time projects

HR Foundation Build

Every contract, policy, 201 file, OSH program, and statutory filing built from scratch. The complete HR foundation, audit-ready at handover.

₱45,000 to ₱85,000 4 to 6 weeks

Case & Crisis Handling

Active DOLE notice, threatened complaint, or termination in progress. Same-week start. NTE drafting, hearing coaching, NOD, separation pay, quitclaim.

Quoted per case
The Library

The Two-Notice Pack

Notice-to-explain, hearing protocol, and quitclaim templates.

₱7,500

The Talent Onboarding Kit

Contracts, offer letters, KPI templates, day-180 cadence.

₱5,000

The Separation Playbook

Retrenchment and closure scripts, computation worksheets, comms templates.

₱15,000
Add-ons

Payroll Processing

Monthly payroll, payslips, SSS / PhilHealth / Pag-IBIG remittances, contribution reports.

₱350 to ₱600 per employee / month

Recruitment Sourcing

Active sourcing, screening, and shortlisting.

15 to 20% of first-year salary

Employer of Record

We employ your staff under our entity. You direct the work. We carry the legal employer liability, payroll, and statutory benefits.

Quoted by headcount

We handle compliance across every Philippine government agency and law

DOLE
SSS
PhilHealth
Pag-IBIG
BIR
DOH
OSH Law
Safe Spaces
Data Privacy
Wage Act
Anti-Harassment
Solo Parents
DOLE
SSS
PhilHealth
Pag-IBIG
BIR
DOH
OSH Law
Safe Spaces
Data Privacy
Wage Act
Anti-Harassment
Solo Parents

We do the work. You keep the receipts.

Generic consultants give you templates. We give you the actual documents - drafted, posted, signed, filed. Purpose-built for the Philippine regulatory environment. Audit-ready at every step.

  • Done-for-you - not a template library or software subscription
  • Dedicated compliance consultant, not a support ticket queue
  • Proactive - we flag regulatory changes before you hear from DOLE
  • Documentation audit-ready at all times
Get your HR Review
What We Deliver
All Included
Complete 201 File System
Per employee, audit-ready
Employment Contracts
Updated, compliant templates
OSH Program & Policies
Posted, signed, filed
Statutory Benefits Audit
SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, BIR
Regulatory Monitoring
Ongoing, automatic
FM
Fatima Magsino
Founder & Lead Compliance Consultant
10+ years in Philippine HR
Senior HR roles at listed PH corporations
Built compliance programs at BPOs, hospitals, and listed firms
Certified HR Professional (CHRP)

Same laws. Different protection.

Big businesses have HR departments, labor lawyers, compliance calendars. Small businesses don't.

I built People Helm so they could too.

Get your HR Review

One stack. Three ways in. Same standard at every level.

Start with the HR Review.

The Standard Guarantee.

After 60 days on the Retainer, your business will meet operational compliance standards on every active employee, contract, and statutory benefit, verified in writing. If we missed anything material, we fix it free and we credit the month.

Start here
The HR Standard Review

5-section written report.

Get the HR Review
The HR Stack Retainer
Essential
10 to 25 staff
20,000/mo
  • Five HR specialists, Fatima leads
  • Live dashboard with Operational Readiness Score
  • 24-hour onboarding
  • Monthly Office Hours + system review
  • Private Retainer-only channel
  • Full Library + all live workshops
Embedded
50 to 100 staff
90,000/mo
  • Everything in Growth, plus:
  • Multi-branch / multi-site coverage
  • Unlimited ER cases
  • Bi-monthly strategy calls with Fatima
  • Audit representation prep
  • Senior advisory access
The stack — bundled into every Retainer

Worth ₱67,500+ standalone.

  • The HR Standard Review — your day-one audit. (₱5,000)
  • The Two-Notice Pack — pre-loaded. (₱7,500)
  • Operational Readiness Score — live in your dashboard.
  • Monthly workshops — live + recordings. (₱30,000/yr)
  • Quarterly Compliance Update — what changed in PH labor law.
  • Full Library access — every Pack, every Playbook.

For founders who don't run HR, because HR runs.

Who People Helm is built for.

✓ Great fit

  • You have 10–100 staff in the Philippines
  • You haven't had an HR audit, or can't remember the last time contracts were updated
  • HR is being handled by you, your accountant, or whoever's free
  • You've been meaning to fix the 201 files for 18 months
  • You want protection before something goes wrong - not damage control after

✗ Probably not the right fit

  • You already have a full internal HR team
  • You're a solo operator with no employees
  • You want software only, not a service
  • You're operating outside the Philippines

Common questions

Operational, compliance read across your people, contracts, and processes. You get a 5-section written report: Documentation Health, Process Maturity, Operational Readiness Score, Prioritized Fix List, and Lawyer Referral Triggers.
Compliance (DOLE / SSS / PhilHealth / Pag-IBIG / BIR / OSH), employee relations (disciplinary, grievance, separations, contracts), performance management (review process, KPIs, PIP, regularization), and advisory (live dashboard, monthly HR report, on-call advisory, policy maintenance). Same team and dashboard at every tier - the price scales with your headcount, not your features.
Add-ons are optional and quoted separately: recruitment campaigns (depends on the role), HR documentation projects (₱20,000-35,000), staff retention programs (₱15,000-25,000/month), training & workshops (₱12,000-20,000/session), and payroll processing (quoted per headcount). You only pay for them when you need them.
Not necessarily. We work within your existing processes wherever possible. Our job is to close gaps, not overhaul everything. We build on what you already have.
Inspection readiness is built into every retainer tier. We prepare the documents in advance, walk you through what to expect, and stay on the line during the visit if you need us. If we missed a gap that gets cited, your next month is on us.
Fair question, so a straight answer. The firm is new. The system is not. Fatima built HR compliance programs inside listed PH corporations for ten years before People Helm existed. The Review, the dashboard, and the Retainer structure all come from that work. And the Standard Guarantee means you are not betting on our age — you are betting on the work.
No. We serve businesses across the Philippines. All work is done remotely via secure document sharing. We're familiar with regional DOLE office requirements in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
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