These types of organizations can handle much of the work of the HR department from a secondary location, including administration of employment benefits, payroll and accounting needs, risk management, compliance with regulatory guidelines, hiring, firing, and more.

Benefits of this Service

For many businesses, operating a human resources department is expensive – and many just do not have the money in their budgets for such a department whatsoever. A dedicated human resources department puts a demand on the company’s time and resources – and this type of employment leasing or outsourcing of services can enable the business to have accountants, human resource managers and other HR staff at their disposal without the worry of hiring a full time person for the job. And since the employment service employment leasing services are comprehensive, it is like the business has its own account and HR manager without the expense that would be incurred to hire these two positions out in a more traditional format. For businesses that are looking to grow, this type of service can be invaluable and can help make the business more profitable.

Trained Personnel

One major advantage of these types of services is that you will have trained staff for your HR needs and you’ll no longer be alone in your quest to manage the human resource needs of your business. Some of the responsibilities that an employment service employment leasing company can handle include:

- Payroll and payroll tax calculations
- Cutting checks for employees or managing electronic deposits to employee accounts
- Recruiting employees
- Handling employee’s health insurance, life insurance and other benefits
- Managing of employee’s IRAs or 401Ks
- Employer liability management
- Regulatory compliance
- Government compliance
- Risk management
- Selection of staff
- Termination of employees who are not performing
- Other HR administrative tasks as assigned

Employees that are “leased” they are only managed at the workplace, but are not the workplace’s responsibility. This makes it much easier to hire an HR manager or accountant for your business without having a full time permanent position for the employee. That makes employment service and employment leasing company options a good choice for many growing (and some larger) businesses.

The human resources department is one of the most important departments in an organization. A Human resource professional must perform a lot of functions and roles in an organization towards the actualization of the corporate goals and objectives of the firm in a way to drive the organization’s vision and mission. The core roles of a human resources person are grouped into four broad roles that must be carried out professionally. The Human resources professional must be all of these:

A STRATEGIC PARTNER TO HIS ORGANISATION.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERT.
A CHANGE AGENT.
AN EMPLOYEE CHAMPION.

As a strategic partner, the HR professional must be able to partner with the organization in developing plans that will align the human resources of the firm with the long term corporate goals and vision of the firm. He should be able to contribute to business strategy development by aligning HR jobs with strategic goals. He should be able to provide tools and create an enabling environment to actualize these goals. He is the eyes of his firm in the outside world and should be a liaison between his firm and the society, environment and government. He should be able to analyze work processes and recommend improvements where necessary. He should develop policies that will benefit the firm, Management and employees alike.

As an Administrative expert, the HR professional is expected to carry out administrative duties like providing the necessary tools needed for the organization to operate successfully. He should be able to manage the overall labour costs in his organization and plan for administrative budgets. As an administrative expert, the HR person should be an information manager. He should have at all times all data relating to employees and make same available …at all times. The HR person should be able to discover new and evolving trends that will be beneficial to the company and advise Management accordingly. He should always conduct research to find out what is obtainable in other firms that makes them tick and advise management. The HR person should be able to manage HR budgets (recruitment, selection, training and development, etc. He should be a good negotiator in times of salary decisions.

As a Change agent, he should be able to find out new ways of doing things that can move the company forward. He should be able to convince Management on the need for the change and address employees about changes. He should coordinate and facilitate the change process. He is to provide the tools and structures needed during change period. As an expert, he should be able to create a new organizational change without disrupting the firms business.

As an Employee Champion, the HR professional should be able to manage the selection, recruitment, training, development, career planning, performance management, succession planning, and Staff retention exercises. He is to determine the long term human resources needs, assess current resources and determine area of changes. He is to determine whether human resources needs can be sourced internally or externally. He is to conduct training needs assessment, to determine the type of training that will benefit the staff and organization. Conduct and arrange for trainings and determine the training results on the productivity of the firm. The HR professional manages and carries out career management in a way to align the employees’ dreams with the organizational requirements. Also as an employee champion, the HR expert is to carry out performance appraisal exercises to determine staff performances in their present responsibilities a well as determining those that will be rewarded, promoted, demoted and recognized. As an employee champion he should be involved in grievance handling and disciplinary issues in the firm. He is to handle all employee related matters like leave issues, medicals, pension matters, housing and general welfare issues.