The systems your business needs to grow well.
Some needs are one-time: a handbook, a pay structure, a job description library. Ethos builds them custom, around how your business actually operates.
A handbook that reflects how you actually operate.
Not something downloaded from the internet. Every Ethos handbook accounts for federal requirements, applicable state requirements and your culture and practices.
- PTO, leave and attendance
- Conduct, dress code and harassment
- Drug and alcohol
- Technology, company property, vehicles and credit cards
- Safety and employee expectations
- Disciplinary standards
Policies people can actually follow.
We write the policy and the internal SOPs and manager processes behind it, so it’s applied consistently.
- PTO, sick leave and attendance
- Timekeeping and overtime
- Travel and per diem
- Mobile devices and forklift/mobile-device safety
- Performance management and corrective action
- Hiring, payroll and termination procedures
Descriptions of what people really do.
Not generic copies from a job board. We’ve built job description libraries for entire organizations.
- Role purpose and essential responsibilities
- Reporting structure
- Qualifications, skills and experience
- Physical requirements
- Performance and leadership expectations
- Compliance considerations
Pay decisions you can explain and defend.
Move away from arbitrary compensation decisions toward intentional, defensible systems.
- Salary surveys and market analysis
- Pay ranges and wage structures
- Bonus and commission programs
- PTO structures
- Career paths and promotion pathways
- Organizational structure and role alignment
Documentation throughout the employee lifecycle.
Not only when someone is about to be let go. We build the forms, the rhythm and the manager tools.
- 90-day and annual reviews
- Manager review forms and self-evaluations
- Corrective action and written warnings
- Performance improvement plans
- Manager talking points
- Termination documentation
The operational side, handled too.
Experience with QuickBooks Payroll and Workforce, Gusto, Paylocity, SixFifty, Google Forms and Excel-based trackers.
- Payroll setup and troubleshooting
- Timekeeping and pay-period structures
- Earnings codes and PTO setup
- HRIS implementation
- Onboarding workflows and acknowledgments
- Manager approvals
Starting from scratch?
For businesses that need HR built from the ground up, we combine the essentials (handbook, core policies, job descriptions, onboarding and performance tools) into one coordinated buildout, then offer ongoing support to keep it current.
Here’s what happened. What do we do?
That’s exactly the call we want to get, ideally before the decision is made. Tell us what’s going on and we’ll help you figure out the next right step.