A Chief Human Resources Officer to build the organisation behind the growth

A fractional CHRO is a senior HR leader who provides strategic people management to your business on a part-time basis. Bangkok SMEs need fractional CHROs because the people-cost environment is complex and shifting - statutory severance that scales to 400 days' wages at twenty years of service, mandatory Social Security Fund contributions, the new Employee Welfare Fund mandate, and a scarce pool of senior bilingual leaders all require expert navigation. Most SMEs cannot justify a full-time HR director but face real compliance risk and talent challenges without one.

Thai statutory severance scales with tenure - 30 days' wages from 120 days of service, 300 days at ten years, and 400 days at twenty or more. Our fractional CHROs model your exposure, structure employment contracts and exits to stay compliant with the Labour Protection Act, and advise where a company-to-company fractional arrangement sidesteps the fixed exit cost a permanent senior hire carries.

Under the ministerial regulations, Employee Welfare Fund contributions become mandatory for employers with 10 or more staff, with enforcement deferred to 1 October 2026. Firms running a qualifying provident fund may seek exemption. Our fractional CHROs help you plan for it now - modelling the cost on top of Social Security Fund contributions, structuring contracts, and deciding where a company-to-company arrangement changes the on-cost profile.

Our fractional CHROs help with: Labour Protection Act compliance and policy development, statutory-severance modelling and contract structuring, Employee Welfare Fund and Social Security Fund planning, provident-fund structuring, employee retention strategies, recruitment and hiring process improvement, performance management systems, succession planning for family businesses, and building HR infrastructure that scales with your business.

Consider a fractional CHRO when your business has 10 or more employees and growing, faces high employee turnover or recruitment challenges for senior bilingual talent, has no formal HR policies or procedures, needs to model statutory-severance exposure, is preparing for the Employee Welfare Fund mandate, is professionalising governance as the founding generation steps back, or when the founder is spending more than five hours per week on people management issues.

HR consultants typically work on specific projects like policy creation or compliance audits. A fractional CHRO provides ongoing strategic leadership, becoming part of your team to align people strategy with business growth. In a hierarchical, relationship-first business, they are also the outside senior voice who can raise candidly what insiders, deferring to the founder, feel unable to say - taking ownership of culture and organisational development rather than just delivering reports.

Yes. The Employee Welfare Fund becomes mandatory for employers with 10 or more staff, with enforcement deferred to 1 October 2026, and Social Security Fund contributions remain mandatory for both employer and employee. Our fractional CHROs ensure your payroll and contributions are correctly administered, check whether a qualifying provident fund earns an exemption, and plan your workforce budget for the transition - keeping you compliant while managing the commercial impact.

Our fractional CHROs integrate with your business by working closely with founders on people strategy, providing training and guidance to managers handling day-to-day people issues, establishing clear processes and communication channels, and being available for urgent employee relations matters. The goal is to professionalise your people management without displacing founder authority - practical systems that work for your stage and size, moving at the speed of relationships.