An AI-native
People Ops
platform built
for founders,
not HR teams.
Running a startup or scale-up in South Africa or the UK means wearing multiple hats, including the HR hat too — without the time, the headcount, or the patience for it. NexumHR handles the people side of your business so you don't have to: compliance and AI built in from day one, pricing that grows with your team, not against it.
BCEA · POPIA · UK GDPR · WORKING TIME REGULATIONS
Most founder-led teams run
People Ops on duct tape.
It works — until it doesn't. A missed leave balance, a non-compliant contract, an onboarding no one owned. NexumHR was built to close these gaps permanently.
Onboarding done over email
New hires fall through the cracks before they've even logged in on day one.
Compliance understood in theory
BCEA and UK GDPR obligations exist in a doc no one's read since it was written.
Leave tracked in spreadsheets
Balances drift, disputes follow, and nobody has a single source of truth.
Payroll reconciled by hand
Hours wasted cross-checking figures that a system should never let drift apart.
NexumHR was built for exactly this. Hire-to-exit, compliant by default, no consultants required.
From chaos to clarity
in three steps.
Onboard Your Company
Set up your org, import employees, and configure compliance for SA or UK in minutes. No consultants. No configuration hell.
Run Your People Operations
Manage leave, attendance, payroll prep, performance, and documents from one unified place — built for a lean, fast-moving team.
Let AI Do the Heavy Lifting
Three built-in AI agents surface insights, flag compliance risks, and answer people ops questions in real time — at the exact moment you need them.
The product, animated.
Real workflows from the NexumHR platform — watch the AI agents handle compliance, contracts, and onboarding automatically.
From offer to day one — automatically.
Add a new hire and the Onboarding Copilot creates the task list, the Document Copilot drafts a BCEA-compliant contract, collects the e-signature, and verifies every document — no follow-up emails, no missing files on day one.
Onboarding
Sarah Mokoena
Product Designer
James Taylor
Developer
Priya Nair
Finance Lead
$ onboarding.init --employee 'Sarah M.' --start '2026-07-15'
✓ 12 tasks created ✓ Documents queued ✓ Manager notified
Everything your people function needs.
Nothing it doesn't.
Employee Management
A single source of truth for every employee record, from hire to exit. Contracts, documents, history — always at hand.
Leave & Time Management
BCEA and UK Working Time Regulations compliance built into every leave request. No manual calculation required.
Payroll Preparation
Month-end payroll prep with one-click export to Xero and QuickBooks. You stay in control of submissions.
Onboarding
Structured flows with e-signatures, document checklists, and automated reminders. New hires hit the ground running.
Performance & Development
Lightweight performance reviews and goal-tracking that actually get used — not buried in a shared Google Doc.
People Analytics
Live dashboards and exportable reports so you always know what's happening with your team. Data-driven decisions, every time.
Intelligence Compliance Tracker
Real-time monitoring of BCEA and UK employment law obligations across your entire workforce. NexumHR flags risks before they become liabilities — no legal team required.
Detailed Insights Dashboard
A live People Analytics dashboard that surfaces headcount trends, leave utilisation, payroll movements, and performance data in one place. Export-ready reports at any time.
Built-in Integrations
Connect NexumHR to the tools your team already uses — Monday.com, ClickUp, Jira, Xero, QuickBooks, and more. Your workflow stays intact; your people data stays synced.
AI that works in your workflow —
not beside it.
Three purpose-built AI agents, surfaced at the exact moment you need them.
Onboarding Copilot
Guides new hires and managers through every step of the onboarding process. Checklists, reminders, e-signatures — automated.
$ onboarding.init --employee 'Sarah M.' --start-date 2025-11-01
✓ 12 tasks created ✓ Documents queued ✓ Manager notified
Document Copilot
Drafts, reviews, and flags compliance issues in employment contracts and HR documents. POPIA and UK GDPR aware.
$ doc.review --file 'contract_uk_james_t.pdf' --jurisdiction UK
⚠ Clause 8.3: Non-compete duration exceeds UK law (12mo limit)
Compliance Copilot
Surfaces BCEA (SA) and UK employment law requirements in real time — no legal degree required.
$ compliance.check --employee 'James T.' --leave-request 22
⚠ Annual leave balance: 15 days taken / 15 days entitled (BCEA §20)
Built for two markets.
Compliant from day one.
No configuration. No consultants. Compliance is baked into the platform — not bolted on as a checklist.
South Africa
United Kingdom
Trusted by lean teams
across SA and the UK.
"We were running leave on a shared Google Sheet and payroll over WhatsApp. NexumHR took us from that to fully compliant in a week. The BCEA compliance built into leave requests alone saved us from a serious HR risk."
"The AI agents are genuinely useful — not a chatbot bolted onto the side. The Document Copilot caught a UK non-compete clause that would have been a problem. It paid for itself before we'd even finished onboarding."
"As a finance lead who inherited HR, I needed something I could actually use. NexumHR is the first people ops tool that doesn't assume I have a dedicated HR team. Payroll export to Xero alone is a game-changer."
How much time are you losing to manual People Ops?
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Hours saved monthly
hours/month with NexumHR
Value of saved time
per month @ R650/hr
Breakdown
Flat-fee pricing that scales with your headcount.
Not per seat.
Foundations
For your first hires
1–5 employees
- Employee profiles & records
- Leave & time management (BCEA / WTR)
- Document storage
- Basic onboarding flows
- Email support
Starter
For teams finding their footing
£75/mo
6–25 employees
- Everything in Foundations
- AI Copilot agents included
- Compliance monitoring (BCEA / POPIA / UK GDPR)
- JIRA, ClickUp & Monday.com integrations
- Payroll preparation & Xero export
- Email support
Growth
For teams scaling with confidence
£145/mo
26–50 employees
- Everything in Starter
- Performance reviews & goal tracking
- Advanced People Analytics dashboard
- QuickBooks + Xero export
- POPIA / UK GDPR data management
- Priority support
Scale
For teams that need the full stack
£269/mo
51–100 employees
- Everything in Growth
- Custom compliance configuration
- API access
- Payroll, equity & EEA / SEIS-EIS add-ons
- Priority support
Enterprise
For multi-country scale-ups
From £399
101–200 employees
- Everything in Scale
- Dedicated onboarding specialist
- SSO & advanced security
- SLA-backed support
- Quarterly People Ops review
True flat fee per band · SA & UK pricing shown · All prices ex. VAT · Cancel anytime
Compliance questions,
answered plainly.
The most common HR and employment law questions from founders running teams in South Africa and the UK.
🇿🇦 South Africa
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act sets minimum standards for working hours (max 45/week), leave entitlements (21 consecutive days annual leave), overtime pay (1.5x for the first 3 hours), and notice periods. Every employment contract must reflect these minimums — offering less is not enforceable, even if the employee agreed in writing.
Employees are entitled to 21 consecutive days (15 working days on a 5-day week) of annual leave per leave cycle. The BCEA prohibits leave pay-outs in lieu of actual leave during employment — employees must take the leave.
Under POPIA you must process personal data lawfully, collect only what's necessary, store it securely, and delete it when no longer needed. Employees have the right to access their data and request corrections. You must notify the Information Regulator and affected employees within 72 hours of a data breach.
Yes. The BCEA requires you to provide written particulars of employment to every employee within the first month. Verbal agreements are legally risky — if disputed, the employee's version often prevails. NexumHR generates BCEA-compliant contracts automatically at the point of hire.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Workers cannot work more than 48 hours per week on average (over a 17-week reference period) unless they've signed a voluntary opt-out. They're entitled to 28 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), 11 hours rest between shifts, and an uninterrupted 20-minute break for shifts over 6 hours.
UK GDPR requires a lawful basis for processing employee data (usually 'contractual necessity' or 'legitimate interest'). You must issue a privacy notice to employees, keep data accurate and secure, and respond to Subject Access Requests within 30 days. Post-Brexit UK GDPR mirrors EU GDPR but is enforced by the ICO.
Employees gain the right to claim unfair dismissal after 2 years of continuous employment. Before that threshold, dismissal is lower-risk, but discrimination claims (which have no qualifying period) remain a significant exposure. Always document performance issues and follow a fair process regardless of tenure.
Yes, if they're aged 22–State Pension Age and earn over £10,000/year. Workers earning between £6,240–£10,000 can opt in. You must contribute a minimum 3% employer contribution on qualifying earnings. Staging deadlines apply from the first day of employment — there's no grace period.
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