About Us

The HR Dept Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City understands the importance of how effective Human Resources can make a valuable difference financially, legally and operationally in the business environment. We understand that many companies do not have the luxury of employing a full time HR professional but at some point all business owners will come across ‘people problems'. We work with small and medium sized businesses ranging from specialist pharmaceutical companies, electricians to health shops with a diverse team of management and staff.

Our Services

We are able to provide our clients with a comprehensive HR service at a fraction of the cost of an in-house department.

Matthew Pinto-Chilcott, Director of The HR Dept Stevenage & Welwyn Garden City says: “My experience has been within the public and private sectors, ranging from small family owned businesses to large international organisations. I have covered all aspects of the employment life-cycle from recruitment and selection, disciplinaries and grievances, performance management, training and development to being able to help problem solve and assist management in difficult times.

I am commercially, operationally and HR aware having managed and worked in a wide range of fast footfall/turnover businesses with large teams of management and employees for UK & international companies. My career commenced at the coal face of industry but later moved into implementing HR & Development for a wide range of businesses having known what it was like to work at the forefront of business."

We like to offer our clients and other SMEs the HR support required to be successful whilst putting in place the right solutions to prevent people problems.

The HR Dept Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City are able to offer SMEs the benefit of having a HR Department that can offer everything you would expect from an in house team.

See if you could benefit from working with the The HR Dept with a FREE HR healthcheck

Every business that employs people is likely at some point to need HR services and employment law advice. We all want our staff to perform well, have good attendance and timekeeping as well as to make a positive contribution to the company. If you feel your staff could be making a greater effort to ensure the success of your company - this is where The HR Dept steps in. We offer affordable, practical and pragmatic solutions to all your people problems.

Our services are designed to help you achieve the result you want by telling you what you can do, not what you can't. Whether it's help with recruitment or redundancy or anything else a large corporate HR team could provide, The HR Dept can be of assistance, leaving you free to get on with growing your business.

The law states that an employee must be given a statement of terms and conditions of employment within 8 weeks of starting. Therefore it's important that these meet your business needs as well as being legally compliant. We provide a free health check on all your current contracts of employment and employee handbooks. If required, we can then provide you with terms and conditions of employment for all types of employees and casual staff.

Get Health and Safety Support!

Did you know that health and safety is frequently cited as one of the biggest bug bears that employers face? With The HR Dept's health and safety support service, we take the hassle away with our pragmatic, down to earth approach whilst still ensuring that you meet all current legislation.

Good health and safety is of course no accident.

If you or your company fails to comply with health & safety law, a criminal court can impose penalties, including fines and imprisonment but with The HR Dept supporting your business, you can have the peace of mind that this won't happen to you!