What We Do – GrowthPort Partners, Inc.

What We Do

HR Consulting

The legal community has priced itself out of the mid-sized business market and it has no incentive to offer, let alone deliver, quality preventive legal services either in the employment area or otherwise. Similarly, management and HR consultants are too pricey, lack the extensive hands-on consulting skills and/or operating experience and proven management “tools”/infrastructure to meaningfully compete with the results-focused consulting services offered by GPP. Lastly, employee benefits have become a cost and consumer driven commodity, where to survive, brokers must offer and deliver value-adding services to their clients that build lasting relationships on a broader base than mere insurance products can provide. GPP’s proven employment-related consulting and advisory services provide that wider, deeper connection to the client.


  • Organizational Structure
  • Employment Policies and Procedures (Employee Handbooks)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy
  • Position Descriptions
  • Hiring Procedures and Practices (“SOP’s)
  • Compensation and Payroll Practices
  • Employee Benefits Administration
  • Leaves of Absence Administration
  • Performance Management Procedures (Job Descriptions)Corrective Action Procedures
  • Termination Procedures
  • Supervisors Guidebook for Employment Matters
  • Reductions in Force
  • Management Trainings (Discrimination & Harassment Prevention/Safety, etc.)

  • Health & Safety Procedures/Training Injury & Illness Prevention Plan “IIPP”
  • Employment Practices Assessments
  • Wage/Hour Compliance Audit (Exempt/Non-Exempt Job Classifications)
  • Workplace Investigations
  • Organizational Design/Development
  • “Whistleblower” Complaints
  • Harassment/Discrimination Complaints
  • Independent Contractor vs. Employee Analysis
  • Arbitration Policies/Procedures
  • Employment Agreements
  • Separation and General Release Agreements
  • Union-Neutral Strategies
  • Employment Litigation Management


Preventive Employment Law

GPP’s preventive employment law advisory services protected, where appropriate, under the attorney-client privilege, include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Employment Litigation Management
  • Employment Policies-Review, Drafting, Implementation
  • Union Avoidance, Negotiation and Agreement Administration
  • Employment Crises Management and Support
  • Employment-Related Agreement Review/Negotiation/Drafting/Implementation Workforce Reduction-Planning/Implementation WARN Act Compliance
  • EEOC, DFEH, DOL, DLSE, OSHA
  • Preventive Legal Advice/Counsel/Opinions
  • Employment Practices-Legal Audits and Assessments
  • Independent Contractor vs. Employee Assessments/Advice
  • Employment-Related Claims Investigations,
    i.e., Sex Harassment/Discrimination Allegations
  • Government Agency Representation
  • Employee/Government Agency Claim Settlement Negotiation

Employee Benefits

GPP’s comprehensive employee benefits services for all employer size groups include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Affordable Care Act Interpretation and Analysis for employer groups of 0-99 and 100+
  • Competitive Bid Analysis/Annual Renewals
  • Health Reimbursement Accounts/Health Savings Accounts
  • Fully, Partially and Self-Insured Medical Plans
  • Onsite Open Enrollment Meetings/Bilingual
  • Benefits Administration Adds/Changes/Deletions/COBRA/Cal-COBRA
  • Dependent Audits
  • Ancillary Plan benefits: Long Term Disability/Short Term Disability/Group Life Insurance/Group Long Term Care
  • Dental, Vision, AFLAC, Colonial Life
  • Partner with Captives Offering Self-Funding Solutions to Employers

GPP works directly with nationally recognized carriers such as Anthem Blue Cross, CIGNA, United Health Care, Blue Shield, Health Net, Aetna, Met Life, Principal, Delta, VSP, and many more.