CASE STUDY
Building Strong HR Foundations For A New Legal Practice
Learn how Now Actually supported a new legal practice in building compliant, practical HR foundations that enabled confident hiring, consistent onboarding, and scalable business growth from day one.
INDUSTRY
Legal Services
WORKFORCE
Professional Services
Services
Key Outcomes
- Compliant HR foundations
- Structured onboarding and hiring processes implemented
- Employment contacts aligned to legal industry requirements
- Reduced employer compliance risk during business setup
- Clear employee expectations and accountability frameworks
- Scalable HR documentation to support future growth
The Challenge: Building HR foundations from the ground up
Launching a new business with employees from day one brings immediate people and compliance responsibilities as an employer.
Moorfoot Legal Group knew they wanted to do things right from day one. They wanted compliance but also professionalism for the team they were establishing.
Key challenges included:
- No existing HR framework or documentation
- Immediate need to hire and onboard employees
- Requirement for compliant employment contracts
- Need for clear role expectations and accountability
- Ensuring onboard processes were structured and consistent
- Creating a professional employee experience aligned with the film’s brand
Without the right foundations, there was increased risk of compliance gaps, inconsistent onboarding experiences, and operational inefficiencies early in the business lifecycle.
Our Approach: Creating practical, tailored, and scalable HR foundations
We focused on creating practical, compliant HR foundations that would support both the firm’ s immediate hiring needs and long-term growth plans.
We worked closely with the founder to understand the business structure, their operational priorities, hiring plans, and the type of employee experience they wanted to create.
- Employment framework and documentation:Â HR documents like Employment contracts were aligned to legal industry requirements, while position descriptions provided greater clarity around responsibilities, expectations, and accountability.
- Structured hiring and onboarding process: Created pre-employment and onboarding documentation to support a more consistent and professional hiring experience for new employees.
- Employee policies and workplace guidelines: Developed an employee handbook to establish core policies, procedures, expectations, and workplace guidelines from the outset.
This tailored approach ensured all HR documentation and frameworks aligned with how the business would actually operate, rather than applying generic templates or theoretical best practice.
The Outcome: A professional and compliant people framework
Marfoot Legal Group launched with a clear, practical, and compliant HR foundations already in place.
Confident hiring from day one
The business was able to hire and onboard employees confidently with structured processes and compliant documentation supporting each stage of the employee lifecycle.
Clear employee expectations and accountability
Position descriptions and structured documentation provided employees with greater clarity around responsibilities, expectations, and workplace standards.
Reduced compliance risk
Properly structured employment contracts, policies, and onboarding processes reduced employer risk and supported compliance obligations from the outset.
Consistent and professional employee experience
The onboarding and employment framework created a more professional and consistent employee experience aligned with the firm’s brand and culture.
Consistent and professional employee experience
The onboarding and employment framework created a more professional and consistent employee experience aligned with the firm’s brand and culture.
It was very reassuring for us to have someone as knowledgeable and experienced as Now Actually to guide through a recent HR process.
It was reassuring for us to know that everything was being done correctly but also humanely.
Alan Saunders, Director Principal
Impact Australia
Who this is relevant for
This type of HR support is particularly valuable for businesses that:
- are hiring employees for the first time,
- are building a new business or startup team,
- need compliant employment contracts and onboarding processes,
- want scalable HR foundations that support future growth,
- are establishing workplace policies and employee frameworks,
- or want practical HR support during early-stage business growth.
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