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Is Your Church In Jeopardy? How to Mitigate Risks and Save Your Church Big Money I would like to share a brief story with you about one of my clients at Flex HR, Inc. About 18 months ago, I was referred in to an Atlanta area Mega Church by a member of the Pastor Parish Relations Committee who knew my work from earlier associations. The Church had recently lost its Director of Human Resources and was looking for a cost effective alternative to lower its HR infrastructure costs and potentially improve its HR services. In our first meeting, the Executive Pastor felt comfortable that HR had been being done well at the Church in the past but was open to Flex HR, Inc. taking a look. . Before I could commit to help, I asked to conduct an HR Due Diligence (DD) on the Church. The HR Due Diligence is the standard engagement tool we use at Flex HR, Inc. to determine if we are the right solution for a potential client. The Church HR DD went well, but when I met with the Executive Pastor and CFO, they were surprised by my report. They had expected a “clean bill of health”. Instead, they heard issue after issue in the “regulatory safety net” that exposed the Church to financial risks. They also heard that many of the basic organizational productivity tools such as market based compensation systems and performance management programs were poorly designed or poorly implemented. Bottom line was that the current HR Department was in need of upgrading. On the plus side, because Flex HR, Inc. does this work all the time, we knew exactly what to do and how to very efficiently get it done. Since the Church engaged us, we have been able to mitigate its compliance and regulatory risks and reduce its HR infrastructure costs by over $100,000 per year. Our client is very pleased. In general, our priorities at Flex HR, Inc. are three fold. In order of urgency they are:
Flex HR, Inc. is an HR consulting firm that offers HR leadership to organizations under 1000 employees on a part-time basis. We also provide HR administrative outsourcing to literally take over all the HR backroom functions and much of the paper work. We typically save our clients 20% to 40% on their HR infrastructure costs, and we reduce the risks inherent in being an employer of any kind in today’s litigious America. Should your Church consider outsourcing its HR to Flex HR, Inc.? Well, many Churches today are under increasing financial pressure. Outsourcing to Flex HR, Inc. can reduce known costs and prevent unknown but lurking legal costs. We can also probably improve the effectiveness of your existing HR staff and possibly of your overall church paid workforce. Whether you should outsource or not is a question that can only be answered by us with a consultation. However, consultation is free and painless. (I promise.) Please pass this along to your Church leadership today. Even if there are no apparent “problems” there may be abundant opportunities to save money to redirect to other higher priorities and to reduce hidden liabilities. Philip A. Davis
pdavis@flexhr.com
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