By investing in the training and development of your current team, you can lessen your in-house skills gap and decrease the need to hire additional employees. Training an employee to learn a new skill or competency will broaden the level of expertise within your organization, which translates to added value for your existing or prospective customers.

The most successful business leaders are not only concerned with what can be achieved today, they’re also focused on laying the groundwork to ensure success in 15, 30 or even 50 years. A key part of that forward-thinking strategy is the proactive training of your current star employees, so they’re prepared for the responsibilities to come in middle and upper management positions.

If you don’t have the budget or ability to develop a professional and effective in-house training program, G&A offers a comprehensive online learning management system (LMS) that can be efficient and add to team culture. Whether it’s one-off training or access to thousands of timely and current training courses, our platform allows you to assign and track the progress of professional development across your entire organization.

Employee development initiatives and corporate training programs aren’t just for large employers. But it’s not always easy to build your own employee training or development programs, due to budget constraints, lack of time and manpower, or limited in-house compliance knowledge.

G&A offers online supervisory and employee training courses that cover many human resources topics, from improving the effectiveness of meetings to preventing and diffusing workplace violence. And each interactive course features quizzes, video clips and real-world scenarios to keep employees engaged.

The most successful employee-employer relationships are mutually beneficial. Employees provide their time and skills, and in turn they are rewarded for their hard work. But offering the largest salary isn’t the only—or the best—way to show employees they’re appreciated.

G&A can work with you to reframe traditional compensation and benefits packages in a way that prioritizes what your employees value most.

Termination meetings are, understandably, one of the most challenging situations for a manager, and they can be an emotional experience for everyone involved. In addition, even a minor misstep in the process can create the potential for serious legal ramifications and monetary penalties.

G&A’s team of human resources experts can help you avoid wrongful termination claims with recommending coaching, counseling, termination guidance and sound HR policies and practices.

The most effective managers take care of the people on their team – helping them to grow, develop, and succeed. To help lay the groundwork for employee success, your managers, team leaders and executives need training on how to handle uncomfortable situations, including disciplinary action.

The HR professionals at G&A can help you develop the policies and procedures to effectively manage employee performance and instances of misconduct, without the stress or missteps.

Letting an employee go is difficult for all parties involved, and it’s not just because of the tedious paperwork and the painstaking processes associated with unemployment insurance (UI) claims. We can’t help you avoid the emotions that accompany a termination, but we can help you navigate the process and potential risks associated with unemployment claims.

G&A’s knowledgeable unemployment team has extensive experience managing and administering State Unemployment Insurance (SUI) benefits. We can also reconcile unemployment payroll taxes and process claims to help ensure your company doesn’t incur any unnecessary charges. With continuous oversight and rigorous attention to detail, our experts ensure the details are covered, so you can focus on moving forward.

Protecting your employees from discrimination and harassment and your company from related claims, starts with putting precautionary measures in place before an incident arises.

G&A can help you navigate the complexities of employment-related compliance and protect you and your employees by:

• Reviewing HR policies and procedures to uncover any problematic situations and practices
• Crafting a clear anti-retaliation policy with specific examples of what management can and cannot do when disciplining or terminating employees
• Providing training to management and employees on anti-retaliation and other discrimination policies
• Implementing a user-friendly internal complaint procedure for employees

Let's look at one federal agency for perspective. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) enforces more than 180 federal laws, which impact more than 10 million employers and 125 million workers. ADA, COBRA, EEO, FLSA, FMLA, HIPAA, OSHA, ACA – understanding it all, and how each affect your organization, can be confusing at best.

If the alphabet soup of federal, state and local statutes is overwhelming, our HR compliance professionals can help. With a deep understanding of the nuances of applicable laws and regulations, we can help you decode it all, and keep you compliant, today and in the future.