Doherty Employer Services' Human Resources Employment Experts

Minneapolis-based Doherty Employer Services provides the industry’s most highly personalized, proactive human resources outsourcing (HRO) and comprehensive human resources services – all from one expert, nationally Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC) accredited, Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16 Type 2 certified company. By taking care of the business of human resources, Doherty enables you to focus on building your business and profitability.

With Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Administrative Services Outsourcing (ASO) and tailored HR Navigator models, Doherty offers ease, expertise and flexibility for all of your organization’s human resources needs including: payroll processing, benefits administration, human resources management, employment compliance, training, workers’ compensation, risk management, consulting and Human Resource Information System (HRIS). Doherty serves public and private organizations of all sizes nationwide. Doherty concentrates in the Midwest including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and North and South Dakota.

The Doherty Story

Doherty Employer Services has successfully met the personnel and human resource-related needs of organizations of all sizes, public and private, for nearly three decades. Doherty’s dedication to highly personalized service, expertise and professionalism continues to generate stellar growth, recognition and steadfast clients.

• 1980 – Doherty Staffing Solutions (originally named Quality Temp), the temporary staffing and recruiting business, is established by Tim and Valerie Doherty.

“The company was started in the midst of a terrible recession when companies were likely to cut back on temporary employees and at age 26, I didn’t know much about running a business. But despite those obstacles, the business model just made sense,” Tim says.

• 1982 – Doherty installs its first computer system. It is one of the first organizations in the industry to take advantage of technology for candidate search and retrieval, straight through from front to back office.

• 1985 – Inc. Magazine names the company as one of the 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies.

• 1993 – Recognizing a trend toward human resource services outsourcing to save companies time and resources, Tim and Valerie form Doherty Employer Services. They capitalize on advanced technology to gain a competitive edge and augment services.

“We have a goal of relieving business owners of their human resources burdens, and that goal has worked well for us and them,” Valerie says.

• 1994 – Tim is a founding board member of the Employers Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC); remains on the board.
• 1998 – Minnesota Chapter of the National Association of Woman Business Owners (NAWBO) awards Business Owner of the Year to Valerie Doherty. The company is also recognized as one of the largest woman-owned businesses in Minnesota by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
• 2002 – Tim becomes national President of ESAC.
• 2004 – Tim joins the executive committee and board of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO).
• 2006 – Doherty is recognized as the third-largest woman-owned business in Minnesota by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
• 2007 – Tim is elected national President of NAPEO.

• 2008 – Tim and Valerie are honored as the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, Entrepreneurs of the Year.

• 2009 – Tim is inducted into the American Staffing Association (ASA) Leadership Hall of Fame and honored with the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations’ (NAPEO) Michaeline A. Doyle award. Doherty Employer Services was also bestowed two prestigious awards by the Minnesota Family Business Awards committee. Valerie Doherty won the Female Executive of the Year and the company was recognized as the Emerging Award winner.

• 2014 - Doherty is named an honoree of the Minnesota Business Ethics Award to recognize our company's high standards of ethical behavior and practices. Doherty is also obtained national designation standards and recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace.