Human Resources

The Human Resources Department serves all City of Holland employees, and works closely with management to create a fair, consistent, and positive working environment. 

Here are a few of the day-to-day operations and objectives for the Human Resources Department:

• Recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new employees
• Strategizing, administering, and educating employees on the various health and retirement benefits
• Wellness programming
• Management of the non-union full and part-time employee performance evaluation process
• Employee relations, coaching, and managing the progressive disciplinary process
• Providing professional development opportunities for employees and management
• Union contract negotiations
• Employee Safety programming and workers compensation claim processing
• Position evaluations, compensation strategies, and recommendations for position reclassifications
• Succession planning
• Maintaining fair and consistent policies and procedures
• Planning and hosting employee events

The City has over 600 employees with more than 200 full-time employees, 77 year-round part-time employees, and over 300 seasonal employees with variable schedules throughout the year.

Employment Policy

It is the policy of the City of Holland that equal opportunity shall be afforded to all persons without regard to race, sex, color, creed, religion, national origin, marital status, height, weight, age or disability. This policy applies to all matters relating to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, promotion transfer, training, discipline, lay-off, termination or any other activity, which applies to all full-time and part-time employees.