FAULKNER HR SOLUTIONS
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Texas employers · 25–87 employees

You already know who the problem employee is.
Does your file?

The Senior HR Guardrail puts doctorate-level, SPHR-certified judgment behind every employee decision — before it becomes a complaint, a claim, or a lawsuit. $40 per employee per month. The full fee is on this page, before anyone calls you.

✓ SPHR-certified ✓ Doctorate-level HR strategy ✓ 15+ years HR leadership ✓ Delivered personally — no junior hotline
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$2,000 / month
Senior HR Guardrail · $40 × 50 employees · $9.23 per employee per week

Complete fee. No hourly meter. $1,500 monthly minimum applies under 38 employees.

No contract. No obligation. No sales sequence — one direct reply from Dr. Faulkner, same business day (Mon–Fri).

60%+reduction in critical-role turnover for a Texas public-sector client
10 hrs/wkof leadership time reclaimed per program leader, nonprofit client
100%regulatory compliance maintained through a staffing crisis — zero findings
15+ yrsof senior HR leadership behind every answer you get
Results from real Faulkner HR Solutions engagements, anonymized for confidentiality.
The Pattern

Employee problems don't start expensive.
They get expensive at the decision.

Payroll runs. Files exist. But when the hard call arrives — a termination, a complaint, a leave question — it lands on someone without senior HR backup.

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    The file doesn't back the decision

    Leadership knows exactly who the problem is. The documentation proves attendance and nothing else. The next contested termination is judged on that file.

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    The wrong person carries the risk

    Your office manager keeps HR moving — and quietly carries decisions they were never hired, trained, or authorized to make alone.

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    Issues wait until they're emergencies

    Managers avoid the hard conversation until leadership wants to jump straight to termination — the most expensive moment to ask for advice.

A supervisor pauses in the doorway of a small-business owner's office The doorway moment — where HR risk actually starts
The Guardrail

Senior judgment before the decision — not cleanup after it

A monthly advisory lane, delivered personally by Dr. Thomas W. Faulkner. Here's how a matter actually moves:

Senior HR professional reviewing documentation in a personnel file Documentation that holds — before you act, not after
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    Bring the decision early

    Your designated contacts (up to three) call or email before acting — a conduct issue, a documentation question, a termination you're weighing.

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    Get senior judgment fast

    Next-business-day response on standard matters; same-day triage for urgent, high-risk ones. Sequence, documentation, consistency, risk — in plain language.

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    Decide with a file that holds

    You keep decision authority. Your documentation, process, and story get stronger with every matter — plus a quarterly risk review with written priorities.

Honest Scope

What the Guardrail is — and what it isn't

Clear boundaries are why the price can be published. Read both columns before you submit; it saves us both a call.

Included every month

  • Priority phone + email advisory for up to 3 contacts
  • Employee relations, conduct & performance guidance
  • Corrective action & documentation guidance
  • Leave, compliance & policy interpretation on live decisions
  • Focused review of documents tied to active matters
  • Termination planning inside active advisory matters
  • Quarterly HR risk review with written action priorities

Ordinary advisory use never generates surprise hourly overages.

Not this — quoted separately when needed

  • Payroll, benefits, or day-to-day HR administration
  • Workplace investigations & formal fact-finding
  • Handbook rewrites & policy drafting projects
  • Legal advice, representation, or attorney work product
  • Unlimited everything for everyone

Need those? They exist as scoped projects — the fit call routes you honestly, even if that means not the Guardrail.

Published Pricing

The math is on the table.

Most consultants make you call to hear a number. Here's ours, same as every client sees it.

$40per active W-2 employee / month
$1,500 monthly minimum · typically 25–87 employees
Your sizeComplete monthly feePer employee, per week
25 employees$1,500 (minimum applies)$13.85
50 employees$2,000$9.23
75 employees$3,000$9.23
88+ employeesFormula stops — broader scope compared so you never pay more for less
90-day initial term, then month-to-month Billed monthly in advance No hourly meter Headcount reviewed quarterly
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Dr. Thomas W. Faulkner, SPHR — Faulkner HR Solutions SPHR · DOCTORATE
Who Answers The Phone

Dr. Thomas W. Faulkner

SPHR · Doctorate, Organizational Leadership · Lean Six Sigma Black Belt · 15+ years HR leadership

Every Guardrail client works directly with me. No account managers, no junior "HR help desk," no ticket queue. When your supervisor is standing in your doorway with a problem, you get the same senior judgment a Fortune-level HR executive would give — sized and priced for a Texas employer your size.

I keep the roster deliberately small enough to answer the phone. When capacity is full, the fit check says so and you go on the wait list — that's the trade for senior-only delivery.

From The Case Files

A Texas public-sector employer lost its licensed operators in one short window — a compliance crisis with public-health stakes. With senior HR structure behind supervision, hiring, and development, the result was 60%+ lower turnover in critical roles, 45% lower overtime cost, and zero regulatory findings through the entire recovery.

Real engagement, anonymized. The lesson: the fix is rarely heroics — it's senior judgment applied before each decision, consistently.

Before You Submit

The questions everyone asks

Am I committing to anything by submitting?
No. The fit check starts a conversation, not a contract. You get one direct reply from Dr. Faulkner — a straight answer on whether the Guardrail fits, at your exact fee. If it doesn't fit, you'll be told that too.
We're under 25 (or over 87) employees. Pointless?
Not pointless — different answer. Smaller organizations are usually routed to HR Advisory Access at $20 per employee ($1,000 minimum). Above 87, Guardrail pricing deliberately stops and a broader scope is compared, so you never pay more for a narrower service. The form handles the routing automatically.
Is this legal advice?
No — it's senior HR consulting: process, documentation, sequence, consistency, and operating judgment. When a matter needs an attorney, you'll be told plainly and your counsel gets a cleaner file to work with.
How fast do you actually respond?
Standard advisory matters: next business day. Urgent, high-risk matters: same-day triage when available. Fit-check submissions: same business day, Mon–Fri. These standards are written into the service schedule, not just this page.
What happens in the first 30 days?
Kickoff call with your designated contacts, a short document review that produces a private baseline read on your risk, and — usually by week two — the first observation you didn't ask for. That's what having a guardrail feels like.
Why is pricing per employee?
Because the workload a retainer protects scales with the workforce behind it. You see the same published rate and minimum every other client sees — the fee tracks your headcount, reviewed quarterly, never renegotiated in a dark room.

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