XNL
Fractional HRWith Evert Akkerman

The outsourced HR department

Senior HR judgment,
scoped by the project.

For Ontario’s owner-operated SMBs and not-for-profits without a senior HR lead. No retainers. No junior staff. Evert on every file.

Book Evert Or call now · 289.338.4001

If you’re here because

Pick the one that’s on your desk.

Just terminated someone

Start here

Handbook is 5+ years old

Start here

Turnover is bleeding us

Start here

Senior matter, no in-house depth

Start here

What we cover

The full HR stack, project by project.

Hiring + onboarding

Job description rebuilds, interview structure, offer letters, onboarding programs.

Terminations

Termination prep, documentation, severance calculations, exit conversations.

Handbooks + policy

Full handbook audits and rewrites, single-policy reviews, compliance gap analyses.

Compliance

ESA, OHSA, AODA, pay equity, accessibility audits and remediation.

Performance management

PIP design, progressive discipline frameworks, performance review systems.

Senior advisory

Executive terminations, board-level HR strategy, post-incident reviews.

How it works

Intro call to live engagement.
Under two weeks.

  1. Step 01

    Intake call

    30 min, no cost

    You describe the situation. We tell you if XNL is the right fit. If not, we refer you.

  2. Step 02

    Scoped proposal

    Within 3 days

    Fixed-fee for defined work or hourly with a cap. You know what you're paying before we start.

  3. Step 03

    Delivery

    Evert on the file

    No analysts. No handoffs. The senior partner you hired is doing the work.

  4. Step 04

    Stay close

    As needed

    Quarterly check-ins. Call when you need us. No monthly retainer required.

Compare your annual HR spend

Run the math.
See where the dollars actually go.

Drag the sliders to your company shape. Bars below show annual cost for each option. Numbers are illustrative. We’ll quote you specifically on the intake call.

Your inputs

Illustrative
60 employees
15250
4 matters
112+

Terminations, handbook rewrites, policy reviews, HRTO matters, etc.

Estimated annual cost

In-house HR hire

Salary + benefits

$117,250

Traditional firm retainer

Monthly contract

$96,000

XNL project workXNL

Pay per matter

$19,500

vs in-house

$97,750 saved/yr

vs traditional firm

$76,500 saved/yr

Engagement

Project-priced or capped hourly.

We scope every engagement to a fixed-fee project or an hourly arrangement with a cap. No monthly retainers unless they genuinely serve you.

From $2,500· Two to four weeks per projectIllustrative

Recent work · anonymized

Example

Manufacturer, 80 employees. Terminated CFO without documented cause. We rebuilt the file and the settlement landed at $35k instead of the projected $140k.

Fractional HR FAQ

What buyers ask on the intake call.

Ask Evert directly
A scoped one-week piece. Typically a termination file, a single policy review, or a job description rebuild. Below that we usually refer you to a templated solution.

Next step

Ready to scope
your first project?

30-minute intake, no cost. If XNL is the right fit, we can be on your file inside two weeks.

Book an intro call Or call 289.338.4001