HR Companies & HR Consultants in San Marcos, CA

CA HR Services is a human resources consulting and outsourcing firm based in the San Diego area. Its legal name is Nationwide HR Services, Inc. Most of its clients are smaller and midsize employers in California. The firm also takes consulting work for organizations elsewhere in the United States and in Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

Its service-area pages name major California markets, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland, Orange County, Riverside County and San Bernardino, as well as Phoenix, Arizona.

How engagements work

The firm does not require a fixed monthly contract, so each business decides how much help it wants. A company can use the team as its full outsourced HR department, bring it in for a defined project, pay by the hour, or call on it only when an issue comes up. Clients can also split the work, keeping some functions in-house and handing others to the consultants. Help is available at the client's site or remotely.

Services offered

The firm covers the whole employee lifecycle, from hiring through separation. Its main offerings include:

• Outsourced HR support, whether ongoing, project-based or on call
• Compliance audits of personnel files, I-9 forms, timekeeping, meal and rest periods, and wage classifications
• Advice on whether workers should be treated as independent contractors or employees
• Handbooks and written policies for employers in California, in several states or abroad
• Recruiting, candidate sourcing, interviewing, job descriptions, orientation and onboarding
• Weekly or biweekly payroll processing, plus benefits administration
• Employee relations advice, disciplinary paperwork, supervisor coaching and confidential workplace investigations
• Planning and handling employee terminations, including the required separation documents
• Help with HRIS rollouts, switching payroll vendors and registering to operate in additional states

Training and development

Training is a major part of the practice. The firm runs California's mandatory sexual harassment prevention training for both managers and staff, in a classroom or over video conference. The sessions also cover discrimination, retaliation and abusive conduct, and Spanish-language sessions are available. Beyond required training, consultants look for skill gaps across a company and build programs in leadership, performance management, conflict resolution, communication, customer service, cross-training, succession planning and safety.

Team and approach

The website has individual profiles for nearly twenty HR consultants and support staff, including Nadia Ardebili. The firm puts weight on keeping up with changes in employment law in California and nationally, and it publishes a blog, newsletters and summaries of new laws that affect employers. Buyers comparing providers may notice a few things that set it apart.

It has a flexible model with no minimum commitment. It offers HR consulting and payroll from one firm. It provides training in Spanish. And it can support multi-state and international workforces from a single vendor.