HR​/Employment Law

Location:

Buffalo, NY

Employment Type:

Contract (10-12 weeks)

Industry: Software Development

Compensation: $25.00 /hr.

Schedule:

40 hrs/Week.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

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.

• 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.

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

• Coursework or prior experience related to HR…