HR Compliance Services For Small Businesses

Dot your i’s and cross your t’s — not your fingers.

Yep, sometimes you need to have the "paperwork" (even when you're paperless). We’ll get you set up with the documents you need so you can stay compliant and avoid unnecessary headaches.

What challenges
are you
currently facing?

Regulatory Complexity?

Navigating and staying up to date on complex and ever-changing labor laws and regulations.
Having a high risk of non-compliance, resulting in legal action and reputational damage.

Data Privacy & Security?

Ensuring compliance with data privacy laws, such as protecting employee information.
Maintaining secure HR systems and preventing data breaches.

You're at the grown ups' table now.

Our HR compliance services for small businesses go beyond the basics. As you continue to scale your small business, you’ll reach a point when you realize it’s time for a change to go above and beyond as well. Let us be your compliance compass.

See, the informal way of operating when you were all one big, happy family needs to give way to the systems and structures that allow you to scale while ensuring you stay compliant with workplace regulations. This involves things like formulating policies, creating an employee handbook, and developing a new hire packet while keeping your happy family culture intact.

But you don’t have the time or money to get involved in a time-consuming, complex, and expensive process to produce a pile of paperwork.

Good thing you don’t have to. With our HR compliance services tailored for small businesses, we’ll help you get the products you need simply and affordably.

Here's how our HR compliance services can help your growing small business

We have worked with all kinds of small businesses within multiple industries like tech, professional services, restaurants, retail boutiques, architecture firms, and many more. Wherever you are along your journey, we’ve seen it before and can make sure you have the key foundation pieces you need for success.

Our HR compliance services and products include:

Employee Handbooks & Workplace Policies

An employee handbook details policies and expectations to keep everyone on the same page.

We start from a clear and thorough, attorney-reviewed handbook which is customized and branded for your organization and create attorney-reviewed annual updates to help you stay compliant.

We can advise you on the policies your small business needs based on your size, industry and location. We’ll ensure they are clear, useful, and attorney-approved.

New Hire and Termination / Separation Packets

Get off on the right foot with new hires by having a new hire packet with everything necessary for a compliant first day.

When the time comes for an employee to move on, voluntarily or otherwise, a termination or separation packet will give you confidence and offer protection during what can otherwise be a stressful transition.

Injury and Illness Prevention Program

An Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) is a program that enables employers to proactively create a safer environment for their workers.

Many states, including California, require one. Even if yours doesn’t, it’s just a good idea. With our HR compliance services, we can help you get your IIPP up and running and support your ongoing safety training goals.

HR Function Assessment

You think you’re doing everything right, but are you? Where are your biggest exposures? Wouldn’t it be great to know and shore these up so you can sleep better?

We review the compliance aspects of the lifecycle of an employee including recruiting, onboarding, performance, payroll and compensation, classification, benefits, LOA process, all required documentation, separation, wage and hour issues, and much more. We’ll provide a prioritized summary report of our findings and suggestions for best practices.

Employee Engagement

Retention is a big deal – especially when recruiting is a challenge. Motivated, engaged employees are more likely to stay. Investing in your employees is investing in your small business. We keep your employees learning and evolving so they grow with you. Here are a few ways we can help:

Leadership and Management Coaching
Stay Interviews
Employee Culture and Engagement Surveys
Succession Planning

Leaves of Absence

We can help you slog through the seemingly unending list of acronyms related to LOA’s (see what we did there?) From CFRA to FMLA, we can help with federal leaves, California leaves, San Francisco and other city-specific requirements. There is an incredible amount of documentation required for leaves of absence. We can provide the documentation with a repeatable process, and support Reasonable Accommodation requests as well.

Ready to have all your ducks in a row? Inquire about our HR compliance services for small businesses today and let us be your compliance compass.

What our clients say:

"Next Level Strategies has been an invaluable resource for my small business for the past 11 years. I can run my business and stay on top of any changes in labor laws with the confidence of their proactive guidance. NLS is an absolute pleasure to work both in professionalism and ability to get to know me and my business and personalize the services they provide my company. From creating my Employee Handbook, providing updated & compliant HR related forms & advice, I can’t recommend them highly enough!"

"When I started my business, I had so much on my plate that I had no idea I needed any HR advice. I ran into some issues when trying to fire an employee and, after the frustrating experience, I was referred by a fellow business owner to NLS. They are incredibly knowledgeable, always quick and thorough with answers and proactive about following up. Their suggestions and advice have saved me a lot of headaches. I highly recommend NLS, especially if you're a small business and can't hire a dedicated, in house HR person."

"I absolutely credit Next Level Strategies for the streamlined, efficient, and comprehensive hiring and onboarding process that they helped us build. They provided the framework for what is still being used today. They're extremely knowledgeable in all matters HR and are genuinely passionate about what they do. I felt from beginning to end that they truly cared about the best interest of my company."

"Next Level Strategies was an amazing resource for my small business. As we doubled in size and grew to 20 employees and contractors, I knew I could rely on them to take care of employee on-boarding while I focused on customers and developing the management team. When the inevitable HR situations arose, I had a trusted partner with deep experience to rely on. I would recommend Next Level Strategies wholeheartedly and without reservation."

"I was very impressed with how knowledgeable the team at Next Level is and how quickly they were able to get us compliant. The level of customer service is noteworthy - everyone on the team understood our urgency, never made us feel "less than" for not having these things in place already, explained in clear detail what needed to happen and why, and were able to do so at a manageable cost. I would highly recommend the entire team at Next Level Strategies, and we look forward to our ongoing partnership with them."

Curious to know what it's like to work with us? As a small business owner, here's what you can expect from our HR compliance services and products:

Initial Consultation

It starts with listening well. We want to hear about where you and which HR resources you might need to keep your business moving forward.

Recommendations

Based on our initial conversation, we’ll create a proposal outlining the resources we recommend creating. Together, we’ll come to an agreement about the work to be done and our plan of attack.

Implementation

We’ll get to work building the documents, policies, and other resources we have agreed upon. When finished, we’ll deliver them to you and walk through how to get the most out of your investment.

Support

Things change, in our culture, workplace practices, and in the law. Because we’re committed to your business’s success, we offer ongoing support to keep you up to date.

Let's do this.

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We can’t wait to help you move forward.