Through our wide variety of HR consulting and outsourcing services - from Handbook Review to HR Advice-on-Demand - we ensure that your company is managing its human capital efficiently and is in compliance with federal and state legislation, so you can focus on running your business.

Virtual HR Portals

Atlantic's custom designed HR Portals are hosted, maintained, and updated by Atlantic HR employees. The Portals are capable of supporting multiple state or multiple company employers, and training on navigation and features of the site is provided to all users. Our site administrator will provide access for new hires and will periodically remove inactive staff to ensure that your custom designed portal contains the most current information for your organization.

Your company's HR Portal enables personnel to benefit from unlimited access to your dedicated Senior HR Consultant, as well as on-site visits by your consultant for sensitive HR matters. One of the unique aspects of utilizing a custom HR Portal is the ability to provide different levels of access to your different levels of employees, from senior level executives to entry-level staff.

HR Advice-on-Demand

Our most popular service, HR Advice-on-Demand, provides you with on-site and direct response guidance for HR issues, such as record keeping and compliance, employment, labor relations, and immigration matters. Clients are provided with a combination of on-site, telephone, and email support for designated members of your management team. You are assigned an experienced human resource professional who is is assigned to your organization, allowing you to get an immediate, direct response based on your business, your employees, and your needs.

HR Advice-on-Demand FAQs:

  • How do we investigate and follow up on a sexual harassment claim?
  • Do we have sufficient grounds to terminate an employee?
  • We forgot to send the COBRA letter. Now what do we do?
  • What can we do to help employees cope with crises?
  • How do we determine if an employee can take leave under the Family Medical Leave Act?
  • Do we have our staff properly classified as exempt and non-exempt?
  • Are we paying overtime properly?
  • What policies should we have for e-mail and Internet use?
  • What are some guidelines for doing background checks?
  • Which immigration documents are needed to complete the I-9 form?
  • Do we have to pay out accrued vacation to temporarily laid-off employees?

Management Training

Training is a critical part of the best employment practices and helps to fend off employment-related litigation. Atlantic HR Advisors offers a variety of on-site labor and employment training programs on topics including: hiring practices, diversity, wage-hour compliance, and sexual harassment. These are only a few of the types of training programs we offer - we will custom-tailor a training program that is appropriate for your business.

HR Report Card

Atlantic Human Resource Advisors examines your employment practices - taking into account the size, complexity of your business, and the industry standards - in order to assess your current HR functionality. The HR Report Card identifies your strengths and weaknesses, offering recommended actions to remedy any problem areas to diminish your risk of employment-related disputes or governmental audits. The HR Report card is a detailed, comprehensive assessment that thoroughly covers all aspects of human resource management including:

  • Recruitment and hiring
  • Harassment and discrimination issues
  • Wage-hour practices
  • Benefits administration and compliance
  • Employee communications
  • Work environment
  • Performance management and training
  • Time off from work
  • Labor management relations
  • Business immigration issues
  • Terminations

HR Transition Support

Regardless of your circumstances, Atlantic can assist your management team during the transitional periods that affect your workforce. Whether you are responding to a merger, acquisition or sale of major business units or simply responding to the negative impact of an economic downturn, Atlantic HR can provide valuable consultation and experience during these stressful transitions:

  • Right-sizing, down-sizing, layoffs or other reductions in force
  • Acquisitions, sales, or mergers
  • Expansions or relocations of business into new areas
  • Changes in executive management or restructuring of HR departments

Handbook and Policy Review & Development

Your employee handbook is essential to communicate policies and procedures to employees, and yet, it is often used for years without updating or is never produced at all. We will work with you to develop or review your organization's employee handbook and personnel policies for compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Each handbook incorporates your corporate culture and specific workplace guidelines.

Employment Management Services

Atlantic can assist you in efficiently and effectively attracting, retaining or ending relationships with employees, independent contractors, or temporary workers. We are experts in recruitment and hiring, employee retention, evaluations and surveys, and discipline, counseling and discharge practices. Our management of your human capital is based on benchmarked standards, taking only the best practices in the industry to your business.

Compliance Systems

We can evaluate, develop, and implement customized policies, procedures, and systems for better employment practices. Together with training for your senior-level management, the system will help to encourage maintenance and ensure compliance in across your organization. Some of the compliance and administrative issues that we evaluate are:

  • Wage-hour practices
  • Protection from employment discrimination
  • Prevention of harassment in the workplace
  • Employment authorization to work in the U.S. (work visas and I-9 forms)

Custom Project & Specialty Issue

We realize that your business is unique and, as such, you may have specific needs requiring customized attention. Atlantic HR can help your company address specific, sensitive and complex employment issues, regardless of what they are.

Here are some examples of custom projects we have done in the past for other clients:

  • Workplace safety training, violence prevention, and evacuation planning
  • Employee privacy in the workplace (email, personnel file access and record-keeping)
  • Employment agreements, non-compete clauses, stock options and other contracts
  • Managing relationships with labor unions
  • Affirmative action plans

Complimentary Services

Atlantic HR Advisors Bulletin Newsletter: A monthly publication providing current news and trends in human resources, employee benefits, business immigration, labor relations and employment issues.

Annual Employment Update Seminar: We offer an annual seminar to update our clients on recent trends in labor and employment including those affecting employers, employees and the workplace.




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