Compliance Audits
Review employee handbooks, policies, procedures, and workplace documents to identify gaps and receive clear recommendations for compliant updates.
Moving Mountains HR helps small and mid-size organizations build compliant, productive workplaces with practical employee management support. From clear policies and performance systems to leadership development, investigations, and fractional CHRO guidance, our team brings executive-level perspective without the cost of a full-time HR department. Explore flexible solutions designed to reduce risk, strengthen culture, and keep your people operations moving forward.

Flexible HR services that help organizations manage people, compliance, performance, and workplace concerns with confidence.
Review employee handbooks, policies, procedures, and workplace documents to identify gaps and receive clear recommendations for compliant updates.
Access project-based or ongoing HR support for policies, recruitment, performance management, benefits planning, and day-to-day people operations.
Address harassment, discrimination, retaliation, misconduct, and policy concerns through a formal, impartial process focused on facts, confidentiality, and respectful treatment.
Equip supervisors and teams with customized training in communication, documentation, employee relations, hiring, onboarding, and respectful workplace practices.
Develop scalable staffing, retention, compensation, benefits, and people-management strategies that align HR decisions with your organization’s business goals.
Gain senior-level HR guidance, meeting participation, and strategic support without the overhead of hiring a full-time HR executive.
Effective employee management creates the structure people need to perform, communicate, and grow. Moving Mountains HR combines compliance-minded documentation with practical guidance for leadership, performance, culture, and sensitive workplace concerns. Whether you need targeted help with a handbook or sustained fractional leadership, our flexible support helps reduce operational risk while giving business owners more time to focus on serving customers and building their organizations.

See how practical HR guidance helps organizations manage people with greater clarity and confidence.
Executive-level HR support built around the realities of growing organizations.
Founder-led guidance brings seasoned HR insight to complex people decisions and everyday management needs.
California-based support helps employers navigate demanding employment requirements with practical, actionable documentation and guidance.
Choose project-based, passive, active, or fractional CHRO support that matches your organization’s needs.
Impartial investigations gather facts respectfully while reinforcing confidentiality and anti-retaliation expectations across the workplace.
Experienced leadership focused on practical, people-first HR support.

Founder & CEO
Michelle Schwanhauser is the Founder and CEO of Moving Mountains HR, which she established in 2023 to bring executive-level HR expertise to businesses of all sizes. A highly seasoned Human Resources professional with deep expertise in the healthcare industry, Michelle takes a holistic approach to HR processes and procedures, ensuring organizations remain compliant while fostering strong workplace cultures. She is a dedicated advocate for employees and a consummate professional, known for her consultative style and ability to simplify complex HR challenges. Operating out of Newbury Park, California, Michelle leads the firm's efforts to serve small to mid-size businesses across California and the United States. Her extensive tenure in HR makes her a trusted partner for business owners seeking practical, compliant, and effective HR solutions tailored to their unique organizational needs.

Chief Operating Officer
Jesse Schwanhauser serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Moving Mountains HR, where he oversees daily operations and strategic initiatives that support the company's mission of empowering business owners. Bringing a confident and engaging leadership style to the organization, Jesse plays a key role in ensuring the firm delivers practical, executive-level HR solutions to small and mid-size businesses across California and beyond. His operational expertise helps streamline the company's service delivery, from compliance audits to workplace investigations, ensuring clients receive consistent, high-quality support. Jesse is committed to organizational excellence and works closely with the leadership team to drive growth, refine internal processes, and uphold the company's core values of compliance, empowerment, and exceptional client service.
Employee management includes the systems and guidance used to support people throughout their employment lifecycle. Common areas include hiring and onboarding, employee handbooks and policies, performance expectations, coaching, documentation, compensation and benefits strategy, training, employee relations, and offboarding. It also includes handling workplace concerns fairly, maintaining compliant practices, and giving managers tools to communicate consistently with their teams.
Talk with our HR team about practical support for your workplace.
Practical guidance for California employers
Neutral, fact-focused workplace review process
Scalable service tiers for businesses
Share your current HR priorities and challenges. Our team will help identify the right level of practical support for your organization.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 866-474-3575. You can also send us a quick email at staff@movingmountainshr.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 866-474-3575. You can also send us a quick email at staff@movingmountainshr.com.