Faulkner HR Solutions pays a referral fee when your introduction turns into paid HR consulting work for a Texas organization. The terms are in writing, the fee is capped, and nothing is owed on work that never gets collected. Your client relationship stays yours.
Serving municipalities, counties, nonprofits, and growing Texas businesses from San Antonio, statewide.
Most referral partners are employment attorneys, benefits brokers, CPAs, payroll providers, or advisors who work closely with cities and nonprofits. Their clients bring them people problems that need operational HR work, and pointing to a specific, vetted consultant beats telling the client to go find somebody.
You give the legal advice. Somebody still has to carry it out inside the organization. FHRS handles the operational side: investigation support, documentation practices, policy rewrites, and supervisor coaching. Your counsel stays the counsel, and Section 16 of the agreement guarantees independent judgment on every engagement.
If your professional rules restrict referral compensation, say so. The agreement allows a reciprocal referral understanding instead of a fee.
Your clients ask you HR questions that have nothing to do with the plan. A named referral gives them a real answer and keeps the book of business where it belongs. FHRS does not sell insurance and has no interest in starting.
The agreement bars FHRS partners from representing the firm as a broker, and vice versa. Lanes stay clean.
Worker classification questions, final-pay disputes, and messy terminations land on your desk because payroll is where the problem shows up first. Handing the people side to a specialist keeps the accounting relationship clean and keeps you out of HR judgment calls you never agreed to make.
City managers and executive directors call you first. When the real issue is an HR system problem, a written referral with disclosed terms is easier to defend than an off-the-record suggestion. FHRS works with public-sector procurement expectations, not around them.
Where compensation is prohibited by policy or ethics rules, no fee is paid and the referral still gets full attention.
The process is deliberately simple. It follows the signed Partner Referral Agreement, so there are no side deals and no surprises at payment time.
Email the prospective client's name, organization, and general area of need. The client must have given permission for FHRS to contact them.
Every referral gets a fit and conflict check first. Some get declined. That protects your reputation as much as ours.
FHRS scopes, prices, and delivers the work under its own agreement with the client. You stay out of the middle.
Ten percent of the first collected project fee or first monthly retainer payment, capped at $1,500 per client, generally within 30 days of collection.
This is a summary in plain language. The signed Partner Referral Agreement controls, and you can request the full document by email before committing to anything.
FHRS serves cities, counties, and nonprofits, so the referral program was written with public-sector scrutiny in mind. The agreement requires disclosure of the compensation arrangement wherever law, procurement policy, or professional rules call for it. It also requires a conflict check on every referral, in writing, before acceptance.
Where a fee is prohibited or would look wrong, no fee is paid. A reciprocal referral understanding or another written arrangement can take its place. If you are unsure whether your role allows referral compensation, ask before you refer. That conversation costs nothing and prevents problems later.
Signed referral partners are listed here with their logo and a link to their site. Listings are limited to partners under a current agreement.
The first group of signed partners will be listed on this page with a logo, a one-line description, and a link back to their site. Attorneys, brokers, accountants, and municipal advisors serving Texas organizations are a natural fit.
Ask About a Founding ListingTen percent of the first collected project fee or the first collected monthly retainer payment, capped at $1,500 per referred client. The fee applies to the first paid engagement only unless a separate written agreement says otherwise.
Generally within 30 days after FHRS receives payment from the client and has your W-9. If the client never pays, disputes the charge, or gets a refund, no fee is owed on the uncollected portion.
No. The agreement is non-exclusive on both sides. You can refer clients to other providers, and either party can end the agreement at any time with written notice. Fees already earned still get paid if the client signs and pays within 90 days of termination.
Often yes. The agreement anticipates this. Where compensation is not permitted or not appropriate, FHRS can substitute a reciprocal referral understanding or another arrangement approved in writing. Attorneys and public-sector contacts should raise this before the first referral.
Nothing. FHRS scopes and delivers HR consulting under its own client agreement, exercises independent professional judgment, and stays out of the services you provide. The agreement bars FHRS from treating your referral as an opening to compete with you.
Email a short note about who you serve and the kinds of situations you run into. You will get the full Partner Referral Agreement to review, and a straight answer on whether the partnership makes sense.
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