We understand that not all of your needs are limited strictly to legal matters. In fact, we have seen human resources emerge as a critical area – one that has become increasingly difficult to manage. Responding to clients’ needs is why we created HROI, LLC (Human Resources – Return on Investment). Founded in 2002, HROI is a value-added service providing practical solutions to your most formidable Human Resources-related challenges. No matter how complex or unexpected your particular issues are, you can rely on HROI as a highly qualified sounding board, a trusted business partner and a reliable decision-making tool.
Shelly Freeman, President & CEO of HROI, brings a unique combination of experience. She spent more than 10 years as a labor and employment trial attorney. She’s also been an HR director for a large company operating in many states. Unlike other HR consultants, advice you receive through HROI is still protected by attorney-client privilege, helping you protect your company’s most confidential matters.
Chari Young is of counsel with HROI, LLC. Ms. Young brings depth and breadth of experience to HROI, having started practice as a labor and employment lawyer in 1999, counseling and training employers on employment law issues, acting as defense counsel in lawsuits and administrative filings and in various other cases. She served as law clerk to the Honorable Carlos Murguia, United States District Court Judge, from 2003 to 2006.
An element that sets HROI apart from other providers is our commitment to training. Although we do not believe it practical, or necessarily desirable, for managers and supervisors to have an HR practitioner's full command of all employment laws and HR principles, we do think that costly problems can be avoided or risks contained when those managers spot the issue and get help before they take the actions that might later be challenged. Consequently, HROI was formed, in part, to develop cost-effective, understandable and useable training programs. We help managers fully understand both the legal ramifications and practical strategies of hiring, evaluating, managing, compensating, motivating, developing, disciplining and discharging employees. See below for HROI’s training modules.
Overview of HROI Training:
When it comes to training abilities, Freeman’s expertise is unrivaled. She combines a depth of technical knowledge with her ability to readily convey it in accessible and enjoyable ways that business people can understand and apply.
HROI Training Modules
Alphabet Soup and Other Legal Issues Managers and Supervisors Must Know
Anti-Harassment: Management Version
Employee Version
Conducting Internal Investigations
Defensibly Adopting and Implementing Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs
Defensive Documentation for Managers
Effective Leadership and Management of Employees
Employment and Labor Law for Managers and Supervisors
(with or without Mock Trial of Age and Retaliation Case)
Legally Interviewing and Hiring
Legally Managing Employee Absenteeism (ADA, FMLA, Wage and Hour, etc.)
Managing Difficult Employees
Navigating the Bermuda Triangle: FMLA, ADA, Workers’ Compensation
Positive Employee Relations -- Maintaining a Union-Free Workplace
Preparing, Writing, and Communicating Employee Evaluations
Responding to Agency Charges
The Anatomy of an Employee Discharge
Understanding and Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act
Understanding and Implementing the FMLA
Wage and Hour/FLSA Basics
In addition to these live training modules, HROI has produced the “Workplace Training Series.”. The Series consists of three titles: “Alphabet Soup and Other Legal Issues,” “It’s A Fine Line: Anti-Harassment Training for Managers,” and “It’s A Fine Line: Anti-Harassment Training for Employees.” In 2003, HROI’s Workplace Training Series video set was recognized with the Human Resource Executive magazine’s “Tops in Training” award. Highly interactive e-Learning versions of this award-winning courseware are now available on multiple delivery platforms:
Various interactive components are featured throughout the course to appeal to multiple learning styles and motivate students to actively participate in their own learning development. The e-Learning courses deliver content quickly and accurately – minimizing learning time, reducing time and costs spent outside the office or classroom, enhancing learners’ comprehension and productivity and increasing your return on investment.