HR / Employment Law

Aleron; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Acara Solutions in Buffalo, NY is seeking a contract HR specialist for a 10-12 week assignment focused on HR operations, employment law compliance, and personnel file management.

You will work with client HR and Legal teams to create, organize, and maintain personnel files, support onboarding, policy work, and employment-law research, and help build enduring HR processes.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in supporting documentation, records management, policy development, or compliance reviews.
• Interest in employment law, HR compliance, or corporate legal operations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to handle confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Create, organize, store, and maintain employee personnel files.
• Assist with broader HR compliance, documentation, onboarding processes, and employment law research.
• Develop standard operating procedures for personnel file storage and confidentiality.
• Coordinate with HR stakeholders to identify file contents and gaps.

Skills

Records management

Policy development

Compliance reviews

Employment law

Documentation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Title: HR / Employment Law

Location: Buffalo, NY

Employment Type: Contract (10-12 weeks)

Industry: Software Development

Compensation: $25.00 /hr.

Schedule: 40 hrs/Week.

About the Opportunity

• The client is seeking a temp for a hands-on role focused on HR operations, employment law compliance, and personnel file management.
• This role would be an ideal opportunity for a student interested in human resources, employment law, workplace compliance, or legal operations who wants practical experience building HR systems that support a fast-moving public company.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting

This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally.

About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

What You'll Do

• The temp will work closely with client HR and Legal teams on a primary project involving the creation, organization, storage, and maintenance of employee personnel files.
• The role will also include exposure to broader HR compliance, employee documentation, policy work, onboarding processes, and employment law research.
• The main project will be helping the client coordinate the creation, storage, and maintenance of personnel files across the organization.
• Designing a practical personnel file structure for physical and digital records.
• Helping evaluate appropriate storage systems and workflows for employee documentation.
• Developing a Standard Operating Procedure for personnel file storage, access, confidentiality, retention, and maintenance.
• Coordinating with HR stakeholders to identify needed file contents and documentation gaps.
• Supporting compliance with internal personnel file management procedures.
• Helping build a sustainable process that the client can continue to use after the internship ends.
• Assisting with completing an employee handbook update, including updates to state-specific supplements.
• Assisting with employment law compliance audits or internal reviews.
• Supporting onboarding documentation processes, including Form I-9 documentation workflows.
• Researching wage and hour compliance questions and multi-state employment law issues.
• Drafting, reviewing, or updating HR policies, procedures, templates, and employee-facing guidance.
• Assisting with employee relations matters or workplace investigation support, as appropriate.
• Supporting benefits administration, leave of absence tracking, and related HR documentation.
• Helping organize HR compliance materials, trackers, and reporting tools.
• Participating in meetings with HR, Legal, and business stakeholders to learn how employment issues are handled in a corporate environment.

What You'll Bring

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 2+ years of experience in supporting documentation, records management, policy development, compliance reviews, or administrative processes.

What Sets You Apart

• Coursework or prior experience related to HR management, employment law, organizational behavior, compliance, legal research, records management, or workplace policy.
• Good attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Sound judgment and ability to handle confidential information responsibly.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Interest in employment law, HR compliance, employee relations, workplace investigations, labor and employment policy, or corporate legal operations.
• Ability to work independently while also collaborating with HR, Legal, and business partners.
• Comfort working with documents, spreadsheets, trackers, and internal systems.
• Practical problem-solving mindset and willingness to help build processes from the ground up.

Additional Information

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.

Job Requirements

• Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.