HR Companies & HR Consultants in Detroit Lakes, MN

PRO Resources is a professional employer organization, or PEO, based in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. In practical terms, the firm acts as an outsourced human resources department for employers that lack the time or budget to build a full in-house HR function. Client companies hand off administrative, compliance and benefits work to the PRO team. This means owners do not need to hire additional staff or handle personnel matters themselves.

The company bundles its offerings into a single package instead of selling each function separately. Once clients sign on, they gain access to the entire service lineup. Core areas include:

• Employee administration: recruiting support, job description optimization, candidate screening, handbook creation, performance improvement plans, conflict mediation and soft-skills training
• Payroll administration: end-to-end processing, PTO and overtime tracking, withholding, FICA, FUTA and SUTA filings, W-2 and W-3 preparation, garnishments and tax reconciliation
• Benefits administration: support for health, supplemental and retirement plans
• Workers' compensation and safety: insurance coverage, accident investigation, claims handling, return-to-work planning and customized safety training
• Wellness programs that address both the physical and mental health of staff

For health coverage, employers have three options. They can join a master health plan that pools PRO's enrolled clients to negotiate lower premiums. They can have the firm search the open market for a different plan. Or they can keep an existing policy and revisit the question later. Supplemental options include:

• Dental, vision, life and accident coverage
• Short- and long-term disability and accidental death and dismemberment
• Cancer, critical illness and hospital indemnity coverage
• An employee assistance program
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts

A pooled 401(k) plan lets businesses set their own eligibility, matching, vesting and profit-sharing rules, while PRO takes on compliance, administration and IRS filings.

Compliance is a central theme. The team helps clients with employment and immigration law, unemployment claims, and DOL and EEOC matters. It also covers statutes such as Title VII, the ADA, FMLA, PRWORA and the Fair Labor Standards Act, and clients can reach employment attorneys through the firm.

Each client is assigned a named HR manager and payroll specialist rather than a call center. The team works alongside a human resources information system. Managers use it to build schedules, adjust pay rates, submit payroll, onboard and offboard workers and store documents.

Employees use it to track hours, view pay stubs, edit direct deposit and W-4 details, enroll in benefits and request time off. The firm also presents the HRIS as a more secure home for sensitive employee data than spreadsheets.

How engagements work

Onboarding follows four stages:

• A 30-minute conversation with a local HR specialist
• An HR audit comparing current spending and practices with the cost of working with PRO
• Assignment of a dedicated contact who implements the audit's recommendations
• Full access to services without per-item add-on charges

An online ROI calculator is also available and requires no email address.

PRO Resources tailors its work to sector-specific needs. Industries it serves include manufacturing, transportation, construction, professional services, cooperatives and nonprofits. Published client stories reference a structural engineering firm, a manufacturer and a construction company. They also describe a Boys and Girls Club that PRO supported with payroll and the opening of a thrift store. For buyers weighing HR outsourcing options, its distinguishing traits are an all-inclusive service model, personal account management and pooled purchasing for insurance and retirement benefits.