It serves companies large and small either supplementing or taking the role of the human resource department. Services may be provided on a consultation basis, by contract or retained as needed. If one of our members has a client who is dealing with unions and needs a labor relations specialist, he or she turns to our membership. A lead through the organization eliminated any downtime, he says. It is an open process.
Members get full voting rights as well as access to leads.
Backer says the more members, the better. Several have been hired by clients. If hired, they must leave the organization. That is not surprising for a profession trained to commandeer fair play within a company's walls. Besides deciphering benefits and performing job analysis, human resource services keep employees and management informed about discrimination and sexual harassment laws and how to comply with OSHA requirements.