Senior, part-time HR leadership
Fractional HR for Ontario small and mid-sized businesses
The HR judgment of a Head of People, a few days a month — for employers too big to run HR off the side of someone’s desk, but too small to justify a full-time hire.
Areas of practice
What we cover
Five areas of HR, each with its own guide for Ontario employers — open the one closest to your question.
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HR Policy & Compliance
The policies Ontario employers must have, and what makes one compliant.
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Workplace Investigations
Running a defensible investigation — the duties and the process.
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Workplace Health & Safety
What the Occupational Health and Safety Act requires of employers.
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Hiring & Talent
Hiring you can defend, and onboarding that keeps good people.
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Training & Development
Developing good people — and keeping them.
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Fractional HR
Senior HR judgment, a few days a month.
It fills the gap most growing Ontario companies reach — too big to run HR off the side of someone’s desk, but too small to justify a full-time HR salary. You get senior HR leadership scaled to what you actually need.
Accredited Great Place to Work® partner
Great Place to Work® Certification
Great Place to Work® Certification recognizes a genuinely good workplace — and it’s measured by the people who would know: your own employees, through a confidential survey. As an accredited Great Place to Work® partner, Newman helps Ontario employers get certification-ready — running and interpreting the employee survey, debriefing what it shows, and turning it into real culture change.
Because it reflects what your employees actually report, certification signals real culture — not just a logo on the careers page.
Compliance calendar
Key Ontario employer dates
A handful of the recurring dates Ontario employers work around each year, ordered by what's coming up next. The timing shifts from year to year — open any one for the plain-language detail and the government source for the exact current-year date.
- Oct 1 Minimum wage changes, set the prior April 1. Details ›
- Jan 12027 CPP and EI contribution rates reset for the new year. Details ›
- Late Feb2027 T4 and T4A slips filed with the CRA. Details ›
- Mar 152027 Employer Health Tax annual return. Details ›
- Mar 312027 WSIB reconciliation — if you report monthly. Details ›
Not sure which apply at your size? Let’s talk ›