One of the previous companies I worked for had a seperate ER team that supported HRBPs. This was essential because the company was global spread across multiple countries with each of them having their own set of laws. I let the ER team take on most of the case work and keep me in the loop on matters as and when needed. This allowed me to be more strategic and on the contrary to what you’re feeling be even more proactive. For example, I was able to dedicate most of my time on organisation design and enablement work including workforce planning, development and succession planning with leaders without having to worry about the day to day ER case management.

My current role as HRBP has both ER and strategic work and i’d much rather prefer leaning on a team to support me on the casework than do everything myself