How many Nest solutions are there?

16: 6 by team (HR, founders, finance and payroll, line managers, IT and small business) and 10 by industry, from construction and healthcare to retail, education and nonprofits.

What does a solution set up?

Contract templates, leave and accrual rules, required documents and checks with expiry reminders, onboarding tasks, and the automation for one connected product.

Which moments do solutions fix?

Four: hiring (offer to contract and payroll), starting (day-one access and checks), working (leave against capacity) and pay (payroll from contracts and hours).

Can Nest handle hourly and shift workers?

Yes. Attendance, timesheets and holiday accrual on hours worked are set up in the hospitality, retail, manufacturing and construction solutions.

Does Nest track certificates and registrations?

Yes. Each solution can require documents per role — CSCS cards, clinical registrations, background checks — with reminders before they expire.

Can we include freelancers or volunteers?

Yes. The agencies and nonprofit solutions keep contractors and volunteers on the same record as employees, with their own document and access rules.

What if no solution matches us?

Pick the one whose broken moment you recognise. The vocabulary changes between industries; the mechanism doesn’t.

Can we change the rules after setup?

Yes. Every rule, field and checklist stays editable, and changes keep the history of what applied before.

Do we need other Treepie products?

No. Nest works alone. Solutions that list Loop, Desk or Books show which product removes the handover your industry usually feels.

How long does setup take?

Most teams are live in five days, including importing people and running one payroll in parallel.

Do solutions cost extra?

No. They are included in Nest on every plan, priced per employee from $4 a month.

Treepie Nest · HR & people

HR software set up for the way you employ people.

16 ways into Nest — 6 by team, 10 by industry — each with the contracts, checks and pay rules your sector actually needs.

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Your industry or teamHeadcount

Start withHR for construction & trades →Site crews with certificates, right-to-work and timesheets that feed payroll and job costing.Fixes first · PayPay runs read contracts, hours and expenses, then post to Books.NestLoop20 to 500 peoplePayroll, checks and approvals with a small HR team.A typical fit for this solution

In short

What are Treepie Nest solutions?

Treepie Nest solutions are 16 ready-made ways to set up Nest HR software for a specific team or industry — 6 by team and 10 by industry. Each uses the same Nest features but starts with the contract types, leave rules, checks and connected product that fix the moment that business feels first: hiring, a new starter’s first day, leave against workload, or payroll.

Solutions: 6 teams · 10 industries
Moments fixed: Hire, start, work, pay
Setup: Pre-built rules and checks
Priced: Per employee, from $4

Four moments

Every solution fixes one moment in a person’s time with you.

Industries use different words. The places where people processes break are almost always these four.

Hire

Offers retyped into contracts and payrollThe signed offer generates the contract, payroll record and start-day tasks.3 solutions start hereFoundersRetail Agencies

Start

Day one depends on someone rememberingA signed offer raises laptop, access and right-to-work tasks in Desk and Nest.5 solutions start hereHR & people opsIT & operationsHealthcare & clinicsSaaS & techEducation

Work

Leave in one calendar, plans in anotherApproved leave removes hours from Loop capacity the same minute.4 solutions start hereLine managersSmall businessHospitalityProfessional services

Pay

Payroll rebuilt from five spreadsheetsPay runs read contracts, hours and expenses, then post to Books.4 solutions start hereFinance & payrollConstruction & trades ManufacturingNonprofits

All solutions

By team.

For the people who run HR, payroll and teams, whatever the industry.

HR for HR & people ops

Contracts, documents, leave and reviews on one record, with an audit trail on every change.“Who still hasn’t signed the updated handbook?”

HR for founders

Your first HR system: offers, contracts and leave without hiring an HR manager to run it.“What does the next hire cost us, all in?”

HR for finance & payroll

Pay runs built from contracts and approved expenses, posted to the ledger without a spreadsheet in between.“Why is this month’s payroll higher than last?”

HR for line managers

Approvals, onboarding tasks and team availability in one place, on a phone if needed.“Can two people be off the same week without leaving the project short?”

HR for IT & operations

Joiners and leavers that raise their own laptop, account and access requests.“Whose access still needs revoking from last month’s leavers?”

HR for small business

Records, leave and payslips for a team that has outgrown the shared spreadsheet.“How much leave has everyone got left this year?”

By industry.

Contracts, checks and pay rules set up for the sector.

20–500 people

20–500 people

Professional services

Billable people whose leave, contracts and cost rates flow straight into project capacity and margin.

10–200 people

Agencies

Freelancers and employees side by side, with contracts, rates and availability on one record.Read the agencies setup →

20–500 people

SaaS & tech

Remote hiring across countries, equity notes and onboarding that sets up every tool on day one.

20–500 people

Education

Term-time contracts, safeguarding checks and supply staff, with checks tracked per person.

50–500 people

Manufacturing

Shift workers, overtime and training records feeding payroll and the cost of each line.Read the manufacturing setup →

10–200 people

Nonprofits

Staff and volunteers on one record, with grant-funded roles costed against the grant.

What you get

Five things every solution configures.

The headings never change. What goes under them depends on who you employ and how you pay them.

Contracts

Permanent, fixed-term and subcontractor templates

Checks

Right-to-work, CSCS card and first-aid certificate, with expiry reminders

Time

Site timesheets by job, approved by the site manager

Pay

Hourly rates, overtime and travel allowances in the pay run

Connects

Hours feed Loop job costing; payroll posts to Books

Who it’s for

Four people who usually read this page.

Whichever solution you open, these are the people deciding whether it fits.

Founders & MDsA first HR system that doesn’t need an HR team to run, set up for how the company hires.“Which solution is closest to how we employ people?”

HR leadsContract types, leave rules, checks and documents pre-set for the industry.“Will it handle our certificates and expiry dates?”

Finance & payrollPay rules, overtime and expenses that post to the ledger without an export.“Can payroll run from Nest from the first month?”

Operations leadsJoiners, leavers and absence reflected in rotas, projects and access automatically.“What stops being chased by email on day one?”

Compared

Solutions, compared.

A generic HR tool makes you configure your industry. A niche one locks you into it. Nest solutions start set up and stay flexible.

	Spreadsheets & email	Industry-specific HR tool	Treepie Nest
Starting point	A template spreadsheet	Built for one sector only	Pre-set rules and checks for 16 teams and industries
Checks & certificates	Expiry dates in a diary	Tracked inside the niche tool	Tracked per person, with reminders before expiry
Payroll	Retyped into a payroll file	Separate payroll integration	Pay runs from contracts, posted to Books
Other teams	Emails to IT and project leads	Integrations to generic tools	Desk, Loop and Books read the same employee record
Changing shape	Rebuild the spreadsheet	Migrate when you outgrow it	Change rules and fields; history stays

Nest solutions, answered.

Anything else — ask a person.

No. They are ways into the same Nest HR software, set up for different teams and industries. Features are identical; the starting contract types, leave rules, checks and connected product differ.

Find the setup closest to how you employ people.

Tell us your industry and your headcount. We’ll load the matching solution with a sample of your real employee data.

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Live in five days

Day 1Pick a solutionContracts, leave rules and checks for your sector.
Day 2Import peopleRecords, documents and reporting lines.
Days 3–4Parallel payrollOne run checked beside your old system.
Day 5Open self-serviceStaff check details and book leave.

The other sixCompare all →

FlowCRM & sales LoopProject & work management DeskCustomer support & ticketing BooksFinance & accounting GrowthSEO & website growth PulseAI assistant

What are Treepie Nest solutions?

Spreadsheets & email

Industry-specific HR tool

Treepie Nest

Starting point

A template spreadsheet

Built for one sector only

Pre-set rules and checks for 16 teams and industries

Checks & certificates

Expiry dates in a diary

Tracked inside the niche tool

Tracked per person, with reminders before expiry

Payroll

Retyped into a payroll file

Separate payroll integration

Pay runs from contracts, posted to Books

Other teams

Emails to IT and project leads

Integrations to generic tools

Desk, Loop and Books read the same employee record

Changing shape

Rebuild the spreadsheet

Migrate when you outgrow it

Change rules and fields; history stays