HR Companies & HR Consultants in Menlo Park, CA

ThreeSixty HR (Three Sixty HR, Inc.) is a human resources consultancy based in Menlo Park, California. It advises employers across the Bay Area, including San Jose and San Francisco, and also takes on work elsewhere in California and beyond. The firm reports more than 30 years in practice.

Its clients range from startups making their first hires to established organizations that need outside expertise. Most testimonials on its site come from small business owners in Peninsula and South Bay communities such as Mountain View, Los Altos and Redwood City. Many of these owners rely on the firm in place of an internal HR department.

Consulting

The consulting practice covers both the day-to-day and the strategic sides of managing people. Typical engagements include:

• Employee relations: writing employment policies, assessing performance, building culture and staff involvement, and settling discipline issues and complaints
• Preparing responses to EEO and DFEH complaints
• Designing and explaining pay structures, plus advice on required and optional benefits
• Federal and California leave rules and workers' compensation claims
• Workplace violence and safety policies, along with foundational IIPP documents
• Employee handbooks, employment contracts, and support with hiring and terminations

Clients describe a process that starts with a conversation about the business's needs. The firm then sends written notes and recommendations, and a consultant delivers a structured program. Testimonials mention help revising policies when laws change, walking a first-time employer through state compliance, and facilitating strategic planning sessions shaped around a company's culture.

Workplace Investigations

When an employee raises a concern, the firm serves as a neutral outside investigator. It examines allegations of discrimination, unlawful and sexual harassment, retaliation against whistleblowers or complainants, unfair treatment, and wrongful termination. Each stage is documented, and management receives a written report to inform its next steps. The firm holds a California private investigator license (PI #27972). Its team belongs to the Association of Workplace Investigators and has gone through AWI's Training Institute for investigators.

Expert Witness Work

Attorneys retain ThreeSixty HR to testify about HR practices in cases involving wrongful termination, discrimination, whistleblowing and negligent hiring. Beyond testimony, the firm helps counsel analyze the HR issues within a case. It accepts engagements from both plaintiffs and defendants and is a member of FEWA, the Forensic Expert Witness Association.

The firm is led by CEO Maureen Clark, M.Ed., SPHR, SHRM-SCP. Her earlier firm, Clark Associates, preceded ThreeSixty HR. Before consulting, she held HR positions in finance, professional services and manufacturing. She has held the SPHR since 2005 and a California HR certification since 2010.

She also earned a master's degree in education focused on career counseling, holds Working Genius consultant certification, and has served on academic boards. Consultant Michelle Walsh is often credited by clients for policy, contract and hiring work. The practice has grown mainly through referrals from clients and peers.