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HR outsourcing in St Gallen

St Gallen is the economic centre of eastern Switzerland, shaped by industry, skilled trades and a long tradition of enterprise. clever hr is your external HR department in St Gallen, from payroll through to recruitment, with published standard fees and scoped offers.

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Our services in St Gallen

Your HR, with a clear price before work starts.

Payroll & salary accounting

Your salaries run on time and without errors every month, and you never have to think about deadlines or filings. We handle the complete payroll cycle, from the monthly payroll run and social insurance to all year-end work. Electronic filings use Swissdec ELM when the specific product version appears as certified on the official Swissdec list. Data processing follows the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection.

HR administration

Your entire personnel administration is kept accurate and available at any time, with no piles of paper and nothing to hunt for. From employment contracts and reference letters to joiners and leavers, we take care of the paperwork and your employee records. You give the instruction, we carry it out and document every step.

Recruitment & RPO

We run your recruitment process as your outsourced HR function, in your name and on your behalf. Applications come to you and you make the hiring decision. We bill transparently by the hour with no placement commission, and take on as much or as little of sourcing, screening and interview coordination as you need.

HR interim

When your HR manager is absent or a position is vacant, we step in and keep things running. You get an experienced professional at short notice who takes over the daily HR business, without an immediate permanent hire. We also support time-limited projects such as introducing new processes or tidying up the ones that have grown over the years.

Outplacement

When you have to part with employees, we guide the people affected into their next role, fairly and with structure. That eases a difficult situation for both sides and protects your reputation as an employer. We build a clear skills profile, bring CV, LinkedIn profile and interview performance up to a convincing standard and coordinate the formalities with the unemployment authorities where needed.

AI consulting for SMEs

How do you use AI in your company in a way that is sensible, safe and pays off? We show you in practical terms, from an honest assessment of where you stand to the first use cases in HR and administration and the training of your team. For companies that want to use AI while keeping full control of their data and their decisions.

Payroll software & HR tools

The right payroll software saves hours every month. We know the established Swiss solutions from daily payroll practice and guide you from selection through implementation to training your team. Before electronic Swissdec filing, we check the exact product version against the current official certification list.

HR check for SMEs

How well set up is your HR? We review your personnel work in a structured way: contracts, payroll, social insurance, files and processes. You receive a clear report with priorities: what runs well, where the risks lie and what is worth fixing first.

Salary benchmark

Are you paying in line with the market? We compare your salaries with current Swiss market data and add the perspective of people who recruit and run payroll every day. That gives you a solid basis for pay reviews, new hires and conversations with employees.

Mediation & conflict resolution

Unresolved conflict costs you performance, health and eventually good people. We resolve conflicts within teams or between managers and employees in a structured, impartial way, so people can work together again. Discreet, and with clear agreements at the end.

St Gallen and the region

Why outsource your HR in St Gallen?

Many SMEs in eastern Switzerland are family businesses, and they value reliable, personal cooperation. That is exactly how we work: one named contact, clear prices, salaries ready on the agreed date. We run the payroll accounting and the personnel administration, and when you are hiring we carry out the recruitment work in your name and on your behalf, at a published hourly rate. That gives you back the time your core business needs.

Published standard fees or a written fixed-fee offer
Swissdec filing after the product version is checked
Data protection under Swiss law

We look after companies in St Gallen and eastern Switzerland, from Gossau and Wil through to Rorschach and Herisau.

Common questions

Outsourcing your HR in St Gallen, in brief.

Do you work with family businesses in eastern Switzerland?

Yes, and especially there. You get one named contact who knows your company, plus published standard fees or a written fixed-fee offer after scoping.

Can we book payroll on its own?

Yes. You book exactly what you need. Many companies start with payroll and add the HR administration later.

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