Comprehensive HR & Payroll Management

We take on the heavy lifting for you

We want to enable founders and business leaders to focus on the strategy and future of their businesses while having the time to stay close to their passions.

Rising Tide HR has worked with businesses from 1 to 20,000 employees, helping them scale and develop their teams. We assist in operationalizing and automating your processes for fast growth and reduced cost, work side-by-side with your team to provide creative solutions to attract and retain employees, and support all HR and Payroll-related matters.

Since 2023, Rising Tide HR has proudly supported Little Sprout Daycare’s expansion by managing HR operations and creating scalable, compliant systems that empower their team. Hear from their CEO, Katy Gilbert, about how our personalized HR solutions helped fuel their incredible growth!

We’ve got you covered for all of your workforce needs

  • • Create hiring plans & strategy

    • Job descriptions

    • Job posting & maintenance

    • Free or paid sourcing tactics using Indeed, Glassdoor, local job boards, and more

    • Competitive pay strategy & structure

    • Manage candidate funnel

    • Oversee interview process & scheduling

    • Support outstanding candidate experience

    • Candidate negotiations

  • • Hosted compliance trainings (live or zoom)

    • Quarterly & annual reporting

    • Fair pay strategy

    • End-to-end employee compliance reviews pre-funding

    • People analytics design and tracking

    • Cal Savers implementation

    • State Disability Leave

    • FLSA exemption review (employment types, contractors)

    • Flexible payroll support tailored to your business needs, from backup assistance to full-service management.

    • Accurate and timely payroll processing to ensure employees are paid correctly and on schedule.

    • Proactive management of payroll functions to streamline operations and reduce administrative burden.

    • Comprehensive solutions that provide the expertise and efficiency of a fully staffed payroll department.

  • • Day 1 welcome & set up (single employee, employee class)

    • Build out multi-week training plans

    • Compliance training (harassment)

    • Introductory management programs

    • Leadership development programs

    • DiSC & behavioral assessments

    • Diversity, equity & inclusion training

  • • I9 & legal document compliance

    • Handbook creation & annual updating (federal & state specific)

    • Unique policy creation to meet the industry and needs of your business

  • • Advise on ad hoc employment situations

    • Conflict resolution

    • Situations requiring disciplinary action and dismissal

    • Downsizing planning; layoffs & furloughs

    • Unemployment claims

    • Employment & labor law advisement

    • Build progressive disciplinary processes

  • • Pulse and feedback surveys with leadership action plans

    • Wellbeing activities & programs

    • Introduce or implement diversity & inclusion programs and employee resource groups

    • Career ladders and job paths

    • Organizational change

    • Build out an internal HR function

  • • Payroll system implementation

    • Ongoing payroll administration

    • HRIS implementation

    • Employee data cleanup and compliance

    • Benefit system set up & administration

    • Monthly, quarterly, & annual employment reporting

  • • Headcount planning & growth projections

    • Build and implement performance management programs

    • Organizational communication

    • Design company objectives and goals (SMART, OKR, etc)

    • Outstanding change management

  • " I am so thankful that I moved forward with hiring Rising Tide HR. We feel so lucky to have them to work with our team. They have such a great way of connecting to the employees, staying firm with the policies we have in place, as well as guiding others on how to stay firm with communicating the policies."

    Katy Gilbert, CEO Little Sprout Daycare

  • “Rising Tide HR is much more than HR experts, they are a trusted member of our team, and I feel confident when they make a recommendation. They makes HR effortless, and their years of experience are priceless to a small startup. Now that I know the benefits of having Rising Tide HR on our team, I wouldn't start a company without them.”

    Adam Stager, CEO TRIC Robotics

  • “Morgen has been an invaluable asset to our small business over the past few years and has helped in various capacities, including getting us prepared to hire our first employee, creating our employee handbook, navigating setting up benefits, and understanding employment law. Morgen is a true professional, and I would highly recommend her for any HR needs that your company has!"

    Connor Drechsler, Founder Wilde House Paper

  • “Morgen is one of the most competent HR professionals I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. She brings a unique blend of thinking strategically and designing solutions, but also developing the pragmatic approach to their implementation. She’s highly effective and functions successfully at all levels in the organization, earning respect from both executives and employees alike.”

    Vice President, Lockton Companies

  • “People and culture is never a one size fits all, and Morgen has a keen sense of how to develop programs and people based on the needs of the organization and the individuals. Not only that, she knows where to push and invest as companies go through rapid scaling.”

    Vice President of Product, Tech Industry

  • “Morgen’s quick, thoughtful, and thorough replies to my questions really put me at ease and helped me to create a heartfelt but clear-cut Employee Handbook that articulates the finer points of the employer-employee relationships within my company. Her attention to detail, thoughtfulness and thoroughness really helped to bring it all together, and I'd highly recommend her services!”

    Courtney Mellblom, CEO Farmermaid Flowers

  • “Morgen possesses an incredible mix of domain knowledge, tireless work ethic, and empathy that quickly allows her to earn trust among leaders and the broader team.”

    Brad Wills, CEO H3 Partners

  • “Morgen has demonstrated exceptionally good judgment and creative problem solving across a broad range of challenging situations. Moreover, her focus on driving to positively balanced results across multiple stakeholders is both very valuable and highly appreciated by those who work with her.”

    Senior Vice President, Tech Industry

  • “Working with Rising Tide HR has been an absolute pleasure. Morgen’s attention to detail is impeccable and she consistently meets all deadlines. Moreover, she has been instrumental in guiding us through various compliance procedures. I cannot recommend her enough!"

    Russ Nuffer, CEO GrowFit

  • "Bringing in Rising Tide HR's services has saved us weeks of work. They are just incredible. Best value for money by miles! If you need a proper payroll, benefits, HR partner etc. do not hesitate to get Rising Tide on board - I cannot recommend them more!"

    Wayne Holder, Head of People Operations Solawave

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