From Outsourced HR to Executive Recruiting: Finding the Right HR Leader When organizations are growing, finding the right HR leader requires more than matching a résumé to a job description. The right candidate needs to understand the organization’s culture, leadership style, business priorities, and the realities of the…
How Outsourced HR Supported a Hospitality Organization Through Rapid Growth Growing a hospitality organization without a dedicated HR function can create significant challenges. As the workforce expands, so do the needs around compliance, employee relations, recruiting, training, benefits, and workforce management. For one growing hospitality organization, Empowered Hospitality…
Creating a More Efficient and Scalable HR Function As hospitality organizations grow, their HR needs evolve with them. Processes that work well at one stage of growth can become more difficult to manage as teams expand, responsibilities shift, and multiple locations require greater consistency. For a growing hospitality…
Building a More Scalable HR Function Through Outsourced HR Support As hospitality organizations grow, their HR needs become increasingly complex. Managing employee relations, benefits, leaves, compliance, payroll, recruiting, and workforce strategy across multiple locations requires dedicated expertise and consistent support. When a growing hospitality organization began reevaluating its…
Modernizing Payroll Operations Through an HRIS & Payroll System Transition At Empowered Hospitality, we understand that changing payroll and HR technology is about much more than implementing new software. Hospitality organizations rely on accurate payroll, compliant onboarding, streamlined workflows, and dependable HR systems to support employees across every…
Supporting a Smooth Transition to Independent Operations At Empowered Hospitality, we understand that organizational transitions can create significant operational challenges, particularly when HR, payroll, and administrative responsibilities must be restructured quickly. When a multi-location coffee shop transitioned away from a larger corporate infrastructure and moved toward independent leadership,…
Hospitality Payroll Administration Support for a Growing Winery At Empowered Hospitality, we understand that payroll administration can become increasingly time-consuming for hospitality owners and operators. As businesses grow, payroll responsibilities often extend beyond simply processing paychecks. Employee onboarding, payroll changes, timekeeping reviews, documentation requirements, compliance considerations, and employee…
Payroll Administration Across Multi-State Operations As hospitality organizations grow, payroll administration and workforce management become increasingly complex. Multi-state operations often introduce additional compliance requirements, varying wage and hour regulations, and greater administrative complexity. Even with established payroll systems in place, errors can occur and remain undetected without regular review and…
Our Challenge A longtime client of Empowered Hospitality, a New York boutique hotel first utilized our services in 2017, when we provided HR training for a new generalist with deep operations experience but limited HR knowledge. Over the next few years, that generalist developed into a director-level role…
Our Challenge A retail business looking to build out their food & beverage presence by opening several restaurant locations was in need of more robust HR support to manage the transition. Operating across three different states, they required updates to their HRIS system in addition to general HR support and leadership as they expanded. Project and change…
Our Challenge E|H was engaged by a popular East Village bar to conduct a full HR compliance audit and help standardize their onboarding process. The business had recently partnered with a venture capital firm and needed to update its HR practices to meet the VC firm’s risk management…
Our Challenge The two co-owners of a highly-anticipated West Village wine bar engaged E|H in the months leading up to their opening. With no prior hospitality experience, they were immensely risk-averse and looked to E|H to ensure their business was protected and prepared for a smooth opening. Key tasks included selecting…