Mellow Blog

HR & payroll, done properly

Practical, country-by-country guides on payroll, compliance and leave — and how to treat your people as capital to invest in, not headcount to manage. Written for HR leaders at growing companies across the UK, Ireland, USA, UAE, India and Australia.

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Industry Guides USA

HR and payroll for recruitment agencies in the United States

Running payroll for a recruitment agency in the United States means managing two distinct worker populations at the same time: your internal staff and the temporary or contract workers you place with

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Industry Guides Australia

HR and payroll for recruitment agencies in Australia

Recruitment agencies in Australia face payroll complexity that most businesses don't: a permanent internal workforce sitting alongside dozens or hundreds of placed contractors and temps, each with the

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Industry Guides UAE

HR and payroll for recruitment agencies in the United Arab Emirates

Recruitment agencies in the UAE face the same payroll obligations as any employer — plus a layer of complexity unique to their model: consultants on variable commission, placed contractors whose arran

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Industry Guides Ireland

HR and payroll for recruitment agencies in Ireland

Recruitment agencies in Ireland face a payroll setup that is more complex than most sectors. The combination of temporary workers, multiple client sites, variable hours and fast-changing headcounts me

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People Management India

HR for a business with 1–10 employees in India

Running HR properly at a small scale matters just as much as it does for large companies — and in some ways it is harder, because every compliance gap falls directly on the founder.

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People Management UK

HR for a business with 1–10 employees in the United Kingdom

Running HR for a micro-business in the UK means handling real legal obligations with limited time and no dedicated HR team. Here is what you actually need to have in place.

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People Management USA

HR for a business with 1–10 employees in the United States

Small businesses with one to ten employees face the same core HR and payroll obligations as large corporations — the main difference is that you handle them with far fewer people and far less margin f

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People Management Australia

HR for a business with 1–10 employees in Australia

Running HR for a micro-business in Australia doesn't require a dedicated HR team, but it does require you to get the basics right — because the legal obligations are the same whether you have one empl

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People Management UAE

HR for a business with 1–10 employees in the United Arab Emirates

Running HR for a micro-business in the UAE is manageable if you set up the right foundations early. The core obligations — employment contracts, end-of-service gratuity, Wage Protection System registr

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People Management Ireland

HR for a business with 1–10 employees in Ireland

Running HR properly for a small business in Ireland does not require a dedicated HR team — but it does require you to know the rules, apply them consistently, and keep records that would hold up under

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People Management India

HR for franchises in India

Franchise HR in India follows the same statutory rules as any other employer — but the multi-location, multi-entity structure creates compliance gaps that single-location businesses rarely face. Here

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People Management UK

HR for franchises in the United Kingdom

Franchise HR in the UK sits at an unusual intersection: the franchisor sets the brand standards, but the franchisee is almost always the legal employer. That distinction shapes every HR decision a fra

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