Experts in:
HR Consulting | Payroll Outsourcing | Outsourced Learnerships | Online HR

HR Consulting
Holistic, supportive HR Consulting
Our objective is to enable you to develop and implement the right people strategy to facilitate your business goals. Through a comprehensive evaluation of your needs and strategic objectives, we are able to engage the right services, including strategic HR and transactional HR, to ensure you are on course for success, allowing you to focus on your core business.
A regular occurrence within the HR landscape of today is the necessity to proactively manage compliance and disciplinary matters within your organisation. Our EmployerAssist™ team will be there to support you, every step of the way.
We conduct an HR audit that identifies and evaluates potential deficiencies and requirements. This allows you to develop and implement the right human capital strategy to achieve your strategic goals. Strategic HR services include:
- Role definition, work design, performance management and role grading
- Identifying gaps between HR strategy and implementation
- Aligning your HR strategy to global trends that impact your business
- Talent management and succession planning
We ensure that your HR office runs smoothly while ensuring that you comply with the necessary statutory requirements, company policies and good corporate governance. Services include:
- Onsite and offsite HR outsourcing
- Employment equity and skills development plans
- Handling employees from on-boarding to exiting
- Drafting company policies and procedures to ensure compliance
Our specialist, as-you-need-it labour advice and support helps you to prevent labour risks and avoid potentially expensive litigation. Services include:
- 24/7 telephonic labour relations support
- Disciplinary hearings and guidance
- Advice and representation for CCMA and Bargaining Council matters
- Labour legislation compliance audits
- Employee and union negotiations
- Labour advice on workplace discipline and applicable legislation
In conjunction with your strategic HR plan, we use psychometric profiling to identify, evaluate and develop your human capital. Our comprehensive services include:
- Screening assessments for recruitment purposes
- Psychometric profiling of executives
- Assessments to determine individual and team development needs
- Team assessments
EmployerAssist™
Are you, as an employer, looking for exceptional 24/7 labour support provided by leading legal professionals?
NOVA 24/7 EmployerAssist™ is a tailor-made range of packages designed to suit your unique labour support needs and your budget.
Enquire"[NOVA] does not just follow a 'one size fits all' approach, but starts with understanding the business, the company culture and priority requirements..."- Jaco Maritz, Financial and HR Director, Syspro
"As a company, it is difficult to stay on top of the latest human resource matters, and we are grateful to have NOVA™ insight... [on] ... strategic HR inputs that are beneficial to both our staff and company. Personally, as a manager, it is particularly good to know that NOVA is available via telephone for emergencies too!"- Lydia Badenhorst, HR Manager, Mycomax

Outsourced Learnerships & B-BBEE Compliance
NOVA, in a partnership with Everlearn, provides fully outsourced learner and learnership management solutions. Each clients’ needs are thoroughly assessed and a tailored solution is designed around their specific training and Skills Development needs, making use of our carefully selected and strictly vetted list of accredited providers.
Everlearn is a leading Level 1, black female-owned skills development consultancy that offers structured skills development solutions with enduring value to businesses and learners while managing B-BBEE compliance for the Skills Development element of the Scorecard. We shape what we offer around the needs of our clients.
NOVA’s experienced consultants pride themselves in their ability to build solutions around each clients’ unique requirements and have a proven track record of achieving the desired outcomes, demonstrated at the time of their annual B-BBEE assessment.
The objectives of our Outsourced Learnership offering is to:
- Provide a full-managed service in order to maximise the Skills Development component of your organisation’s B-BBEE Scorecard.
- Ensure that the available tax rebates, SETA grants and aggregation of learnerships is fully utilised to minimise the overall cost of compliance in relation to a business’ Skills Development.
- Provide our clients access to a fully vetted, compliant and accredited training provider base across multiple sectors through a black female owned, Level 1 B-BBEE partner.
- Manage the extraordinarily complex and administrative workload required in order to comply with the current legislative framework on behalf of our clients.

Payroll Outsourcing
Payroll outsourcing by experienced specialists
Business payroll has become increasingly complex due to changing legislation, leaving you with a compliance burden that requires specialist knowledge.
Outsourcing your payroll administration to us gives you fully compliant and accurate payroll that is up to date with the latest statutory regulations. NOVA Payroll Outsourcing gives you:
- Full-function payroll administration and advice by an experienced payroll team
- Full SARS / UIF reporting including monthly and annual returns
- Direct EFT transfers to employees’ bank accounts
- Comprehensive payroll reporting
- Professional payslips – printed or electronic
- Integration with your current accounting software
- Employment Equity record keeping
- Integration with NOVA AccESS™ to manage leave applications, claims, payslips and employee HR information
- A single contact person for all payroll related queries
- And much more
Our comprehensive payroll outsourcing services include:
- A review of your payroll processes and needs
- Compliance with legislation, including Employees Tax, Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), the Skills Development Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act
- Complete tax records for each employee
- Advice on statutory regulations
- Payroll reporting
- Professional payslips – printed or electronic
- A central contact person for all payroll queries
- Annual electronic copies of IRP5/IT3(a) to each employee
- Integration with your current accounting software
- And much more
Part of our payroll offering is expert advice relating to all areas of payroll, including statutory regulations, SARS and compliance with all related legislation, as well as how to rectify historic errors. Our Payroll team will perform a complete assessment of your current payroll function and provide expert advice on risk areas and how to address them in order for your business to remain fully compliant.
Our online HR management system – NOVA AccESS™ – is a fully-integrated, cloud-based human resources information system (HRIS) that offers a holistic HR employee self-service solution for your business. If you are a NOVA Payroll outsourcing client, NOVA AccESS™ provides a convenient online employee self-service (ESS) platform on which you can still easily manage the following:
- Fully workflowed leave applications and approval
- Fully workflowed expense and overtime applications and approval
- Online distribution of payslips
- Comprehensive online HR information system and electronic document storage
- Training management and reporting
- Disciplinary and grievance records and management

Online HR Management
Online HR management that automates your day-to-day admin
Our NOVA AccESS™ solution is a fully-integrated, cloud-based human resources information system (HRIS) that adds a holistic employee self-service (ESS) functionality to your business.
NOVA AccESS™ includes the following modules:
- Human Resources information System (HRIS)
- Online HR document storage
- Full leave management
- Overtime & expense claims management
- Online payslips
Our comprehensive, integrated online HR solution includes the following additional modules:
- Performance Management
- Training & development
- Industrial relations
- Rewards & recognition
- Graphs
- Custom workflows
NOVA AccESS™
Our online employee self-service (ESS) solution – NOVA AccESS™ – is a fully-integrated, cloud-based human resources information system (HRIS) that adds a holistic employee self-service (ESS) functionality to your business.
- Replaces traditional paper-based employee files
- Both the business and the employee are empowered to view or edit personal details, upload documents, manage organisational structure and generate reports
- Employees and managers have online access to leave details at all times
- Real-time application, approval and management of leave, with no interaction required from any administrator
- Fully automated submission and approval of travel, overtime and expense claims
- A streamlined, paperless claims-management solution
- Secure distribution of employees’ payslips to a password-protected folder
- Employees have easy access to their historic payslips at any time
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- Arthur C. Clarke

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JOHANNESBURG OFFICE
Address: 110 Conrad Dr, Craighall Park, Randburg, 2196, South Africa
Phone: 0861 588 588 (South African)
+27 10 350 0150 (International)
Email: info@nova-humancapital.co.za
CAPE TOWN OFFICE
Address: 4th Floor, Sunclare Building, 21 Dreyer Street Cape Town, 7708 South Africa
Phone: 27 21 013 3520/3521
Email: info@nova-humancapital.co.za
About Us
Your People - Our Business
NOVA is your end-to-end HR, payroll and online HR solution. We draw on global best practice to continually push your competitive edge and promote profitability and growth.
Through focussed consultation, we craft our services around your organisation’s needs and culture - from small, owner-managed companies to large, multi-sited and even multinational corporations - becoming an extension of your business so that you can focus on your core strategic objectives.