HR Companies & HR Consultants in Grand Junction, CO

Lighthouse HR Support is a human resources consulting firm headquartered on Grand Avenue in Grand Junction. It serves employers across Colorado's Western Slope. The firm acts as an outsourced HR partner for organizations of varied sizes.

Its clients range from owners who handle personnel matters themselves, to companies with a single HR staffer, to complete in-house departments that need extra capacity. The company was previously known as Background Research, Inc. It reports more than 45 years of industry experience and over 200 client businesses.

Services

Its offering covers the full employee lifecycle. The work is organized into four main practice areas plus an urgent-response line. Core capabilities include:

• HR consulting: handbook development, retention programs, review of how terminations are handled, and custom training
• Workplace investigations, disciplinary and termination meetings, and conflict resolution support
• Staff and manager training on topics such as harassment prevention and diversity
• Guidance on performance reviews and employee evaluations
• Group benefit solutions for employee coverage
• Background screening through an online ordering system, with packages tailored to each client's requirements
• Unemployment services: electronic claims management, quarterly benefit audits and representation at hearings
• Onboarding, recruitment and interviewing help, exit and stay interviews, and forms and policy libraries

Handbook clients can subscribe to ongoing addendum recommendations that track shifts in employment law. The firm also publishes a monthly Colorado Compliance Connection newsletter on regulatory developments. Its HR 911 service gives clients a priority channel for urgent workplace situations.

Approach

Lighthouse does not sell fixed bundles. Each engagement is shaped around the client's culture and specific needs, so a business pays only for the support it actually uses. The firm contrasts this with professional employer organizations, which it describes as all-or-nothing packages. It does not run payroll or process workers' compensation claims, but it advises clients on both.

It also separates its role from that of employment attorneys. The team assists with investigations, serves as a witness at hearings, and translates legal requirements into practical business terms. For larger HR departments, it takes on neglected projects such as policy revisions, job description reviews and compensation structures.

On the unemployment side, each client works with a dedicated claims representative. Claims are tracked with electronic software so deadlines are not missed. The team also works directly with the supervisors who know the circumstances of a separation. It serves both single-state and multistate employers and coaches clients on sound claim practices aimed at lowering unemployment tax liability.

Team and clients

The firm is owned by Ed Krey, who serves as president, and Kathy Krey. Kelly Murphy, the senior HR business partner, works alongside HR business partners Gina Archuleta and Pamela Drake, HR advisory specialist Kerry Strauss, and data support specialist Mari R. Duree.

Testimonials on its site come from a small engineering firm, a hot springs lodge, a youth-focused nonprofit, an inn in a regulated industry, a county library system and a school district. Together they reflect a mix of private, nonprofit and public-sector employers who value working with a locally based provider.