HR SERVICES AT ONPRESS INTERNATIONAL

By Ms. Sabine Ni, Partner, HR Services

Born in Shanghai, Ms. Ni studied educational psychology. Ms. Ni spent a number of years at the Shanghai Academy of Education as a teacher, researcher and scholar in the field of pedagogy and educational psychology. Subsequently, she provided the groundwork and leadership for the HR function for two major corporations, Siemens’ and Boehringer Ingelheim, in China for a total of 7 years.Ms. Ni is fluent in Chinese, English and German, and appreciates both the Chinese and western cultures.
In August 2001, Ms. Ni established her own consulting company in Shanghai in the area of human resources, and provided many HR services to multinational corporations in China. Recently, Ms. Ni merged her company and businesses with Onpress International as the partner-in-charge of HR services and established the Division of HR Services within this group.

We are very delighted to share with you that our HR Service Division has been established recently and the following services will be offered:

1.    HR Management Consulting 

       •   Employment Law & Corporate HR policies
The related subjects of Employment law & Corporate HR policies are an essential area of work for our clients to have a business-driven oriented HR Management.  Our aim is to provide comprehensive, practical, and integrated solutions that our clients can live with. 
•   Salary Systems
The related subjects of Salary Systems are to assistant our clients to establish clarity on the principles of their pay system, to consider when, how and on what basis salaries should be reviewed, to definite the role of managers in determining pay.
•   Benefits & Rewarding Systems
Attached to the salary pay structure, a robust, practical and attractive benefits & rewarding system is one of the core issues of Human Resources Management.  The related subjects of benefits & rewarding system are to help our clients to design and propose a bonus and commission schemes, pension schemes, and other alternative benefits or allowances, with tax effectiveness.
•   Appraisal & Development
Recognising employees’ performance and developing their skills are key requirements for business success.  The related subjects of appraisal & development should be able to associate with HR processes – bonuses, profit, and performance-related pay, job evaluation & grading, succession planning, promotion, and assessment centre. 
•   Downsizing & Termination Schemes
The related subjects of downsizing & termination schemes are to help top management of our clients to tide over the difficulties they are facing.

2.    Outsourcing of HR Service

Using outsourcing of HR service, it is highly cost effective model for providing smaller companies, which the number of employees is from a few to about 2-300.

Typical elements of this outsourcing service menu include:
•   Hand-book on Policy Matters & Labour Contracts
•   Record systems
•   Recruitment Management
•   HR programme design and implementation
•   Pay and benefits advices
•   Payroll
•   On-side Services

3.    Workshops

The workshops are designed for HR professionals who want increase their understanding of topics along with applying what they learn to their own company strategies. The workshops are interactive and participatory:
•   Interviewing Skills
•   Designing Compensation Systems
•   Inter-cultural Communications
•   Leadership Skills
•   Skill Sets

4.    Employee Surveys

Each employee survey assignment is customized to the client company’s unique requirements in a scientific way. As well as the surveys data you receive professional advice on what it means for your people management policies and practice. The related subjects of Employee Surveys are Corporate Culture, Management Style, Company Policies, and Individual and Professional Development Opportunities etc.