The Challenge

The Eclipse Foundation, an international non-profit organization supporting open-source innovation, needed a reliable HR partner to manage its European operations spanning Germany, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and France.

As a lean organization with a technical and distributed workforce, Eclipse required external HR expertise to ensure compliance with national employment laws, manage HR processes efficiently, and provide day-to-day HR guidance to leadership and staff across several countries.

Key challenges included:

• Managing diverse legal and employment frameworks across five countries.
• Ensuring compliance with local labor laws, tax regulations, and benefits obligations.
• Providing HR stability and continuity for a geographically dispersed organization without an internal European HR team.

The Solution

Europe HR Solutions was appointed as the retained external HR partner for the Eclipse Foundation’s European operations.

Our engagement includes:

• Acting as the HR Business Partner (HRBP) for management and staff across all five countries.
• Providing ongoing HR advisory and compliance support for employment law, payroll, and benefits.
• Assisting with recruitment, onboarding, and employee relations.
• Ensuring local compliance and alignment with the Foundation’s global HR standards.
• Offering strategic HR guidance to the leadership team to support organizational growth and operational efficiency.

This retained model allows Eclipse to benefit from senior-level HR expertise without the need for a large internal HR function.

The Results

Europe HR Solutions was appointed as the retained external HR partner for the Eclipse Foundation’s European operations.

Our engagement includes:

• Acting as the HR Business Partner (HRBP) for management and staff across all five countries.
• Providing ongoing HR advisory and compliance support for employment law, payroll, and benefits.
• Assisting with recruitment, onboarding, and employee relations.
• Ensuring local compliance and alignment with the Foundation’s global HR standards.
• Offering strategic HR guidance to the leadership team to support organizational growth and operational efficiency.

This retained model allows Eclipse to benefit from senior-level HR expertise without the need for a large internal HR function.