Who We Are

SENIOR HR EXPERTISE. ILLINOIS FOCUSED.

Deluxe Employment Services was founded by Rosemarie Nilson, SHRM-SCP — a Senior Certified HR Professional with over 12 years of hands-on experience across all major HR disciplines. Rosemarie built DES on a straightforward premise: Illinois businesses of every size deserve access to senior-level HR expertise, delivered with transparency, integrity, and a genuine commitment to results.

Credentials & Certifications

• SHRM-SCP — Senior Certified Professional designation from the Society for Human Resource Management, the highest level of SHRM certification, recognizing advanced HR knowledge, strategic thinking, and leadership across the full employment lifecycle.
• ADP Workforce Now Certified Practitioner — Certified to process payroll directly within your existing ADP Workforce Now instance, with full platform expertise across payroll runs, new hire setup, garnishments, PTO tracking, and year-end filings.

Areas of Expertise

• HR compliance — federal, Illinois state, and Chicago ordinances
• Full-cycle recruitment and strategic onboarding
• Employee relations, conflict resolution, and workplace investigations
• Benefits benchmarking and HRIS implementation
• Leave management — FMLA, ADA, and LOA administration
• ADP Workforce Now payroll processing
• Leadership training and manager development
• Succession planning and retention strategy

The DES Difference

When you work with Deluxe Employment Services, you work directly with Rosemarie — not a rotating team of junior associates. Every engagement gets the same senior-level attention, whether it's a targeted compliance audit or a long-term HR partnership. DES clients receive one-on-one, dedicated support from a practitioner who understands their organization's history, culture, and goals.

Rosemarie's flat-fee pricing model was a deliberate choice: it reflects the transparency and fairness that define every aspect of how DES operates. You always know what you're investing and what you're getting in return.