Gates to HR provides on-site human resources support on a scheduled basis and on call for advice, counseling and unexpected issues. We offer this affordable option for growing companies that may not require full-time HR support.

People, your human capital, is your company's most valuable resource. Hiring the best and brightest talent is a vital component to building and maintaing a successful business.

Hiring the "wrong fit" results in lower productivity, increased training expenses, lower sales volume, poor customer service and time addressing and resolving problems.

We identify, qualify and evaluate each individual to ensure they are an ideal candidate for your organization. We help you develop a systematic approach to the staffing lifecycle from sourcing through on-boarding:

- Needs assessment
- Job descriptions
- Sourcing
- Interviewing
- Employment offers
- On-boarding and assimilation processes

We'll guide and educate your hiring managers on effective and legal interviewing practices that ensures the best fit for your team.

Well-defined job descriptions aligned with your organization's strategic objectives creates a solid infrastructure for human capital productivity and results. Job descriptions are essential for:

- Effective staffing & recruitment
- Accurate compensation
- Performance management / appraisals
- Training
- Career development
- Continuous improvement
- Compliance

We prepare job descriptions compliant with federal and state laws. We review and update your job descriptions or develop new ones when necessary.

Employee handbooks are essential for protecting your company and clearly communicating and promoting company policies, procedures and programs.

Gates to HR customizes each employee handbook to your organization's culture and business practices and ensures state and industry regulations are incorporated.

As laws and regulations change, we will notify you about required and recommended revisions to ensure your company is always protected.

Compliance to federal and state legal regulations is an essential component to your daily operations. Gates to HR takes the guesswork out of the many confusing requirements and identifies areas for improvement to proactively avoid potential penalties.

Our HR audit "wellness check" identifies everything you should be doing and should NOT be doing. We evaluate your current practices and identify processes for you to operate more effectively and remain legally compliant.

Our reports address immediate requirements and recommended practices. We will guide you every step of the way, helping you implement changes. Compliance categories include:

- Equal Employment and Affirmative Action compliance
- Staffing (internal / external)
- State and federal laws
- Performance management
- Wage & hour
- Compensation & benefits
- Employee relations
- Training & development
- OSHA / job safety

Identify your potential risks and implement procedural improvements -- request an HR audit from us today!

A well-designed, customized performance management system is essential to the success of your organization -- it provides the infrastructure to identify, recruit, motivate and retain key employees. Performance management systems influence the effort expended by employees, which drives bottom line business results.

Gates to HR provides the tools necessary to focus on short-term and long-term goals that contribute to both career and organizational success -- and supports your organization in developing and sustaining a culture that recognizes and rewards individual contributions and team performance.

In addition to day-to-day management guidance, we develop performance appraisal and feedback programs. We can also train supervisors on managing the entire process from goal setting to coaching employees.

Policies & procedures that are not well written and clearly communicated can result in performance issues, customer dissatisfaction and morale problems. Gates to HR develops and updates policies & procedures that are aligned with your strategic goals, while providing flexibility for changing environments -- ensuring your human resource function is at its most efficient. Our expertise includes:

- Company-wide policies & procedures
- Employee handbooks, supervisor and administrative manuals
- Forms, templates and checklists (time & attendance, performance appraisals, call-in forms)
- Recruitment (applications, assessments, pre-employment checks, interviewing, assimilation)
- Compliance standards with appropriate legislation (posters, E-Verify, personnel files)
- HR processes (job descriptions, coaching manuals)

Gates to HR has the expertise to handle sensitive and confusing workplace conflicts. Often, impartial third-parties gain greater information from the employees involved.

We eliminate the time consuming and frustrating process of investigation & conflict resolution for you and provide you with invaluable information and recommendations to protect your company.

Your on-going success depends on developing and maintaining the best and brightest talent for your organization. Gates to HR delivers customized training solutions designed to retain and motivate your employees for high performance.

Our programs provide:

- Best practice leadership, management and team building techniques
- Practical skill building -- new learning that can be immediately applied on the job
- Increased customer satisfaction, higher quality and productivity
- Employees who are accountable, motivated and proud of their efforts

According to the 2004 Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, all organizations, privately or publicly held, are required to provide all employees with “periodic” ethics and legal compliance training. Gates to HR delivers sensitive training effectively, keeping your employees motivated and your company protected. Some examples include:

- Harassment in the Workplace
- Conducting Legally Effective Interviews
- Staffing & Selection -- Selecting Champions
- Performance Appraisals -- Why and How We Do It
- Dealing with Performance Problems (Coaching & Corrective Action)
- Direct Dealing and Building Trust
- Team Building
- Change Management
- Ethics in the Workplace
- Time Management

Contact us for a complete list of training offerings.

Gates to HR provides compensation plans and guidelines that manage your costs and reduce inconsistencies and potential risks in pay administration. Our plans keep you competitive and provide comparative analysis and inform you about how your compensation measures up to the competition and legal constraints. We guide you through:

- Pay philosophy, salary structure and administrative guidelines
- Job descriptions
- Internal and external positioning
- Benefit plans
- Performance management systems
- Recognition and incentive programs

Our market data is drawn from 6,200+ positions in 298 US and Canadian metropolitan cities, is customized by geographic location, industry type and planning date and surveys hundreds of public and private organizations.

Employee time off and vacations yield significant return on investment (ROI) for employers translating to employee satisfaction, retention, productivity and reductions in turnover and reduction of stress-related healthcare costs.

Gates to HR's unique company vacation benefits program offers rewards that enables employees to overcome workplace stress, re-establish family ties and re-connect with their more creative and resourceful selves.

Programs include:

- Fringe benefits
- Incentive benefits (Employee of the Month; top sales producers; customer “thank you” gifts)
- Voluntary benefits / employee paid (via payroll deduction)

Learn more about the benefits realized by taking advantage of our company vacation benefits program. Download "Employee Vacations Yield Significant ROI for Employers" PDF.

Gates to HR's organizational tools & surveys provide you with powerful objective data to improve your overall business performance, while increasing your bottom line. We utilize proven off-the-shelf products; we can also tailor for your organization's individual short and long-term objectives. Examples include:

- Employee satisfaction and engagement surveys
- Exit surveys to assess turnover
- Behavioral questionnaires for people profiling / performance management

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