Handle recruiting, employee relations and performance management for OMM's Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices. Manage assistants and paralegal staff for both offices (total of 38 employees).

Manage human resources activities for Merrill employees located in California and Washington, supporting approximately four hundred and fifty (450) exempt and non-exempt employees.Provide consultation services to local area management regarding employee performance management, promotions, terminations, and potential employee investigations.Provide human resources-related training to employee populations on an ad hoc basis. Trainings include, but not limited to, Annual Performance Review Process, Customer Service, and Harassment Awareness.Manage and lead all employee investigations, reporting findings and recommended course of action to senior management.Administer all leaves of absence for employee population, working closely with manager and employee to insure leave compliance.Main point of contact for all workers' compensation claims. Responsible for completing initial investigation, reporting claims to carrier, and attending quarterly claim status meeting with carrier.Responsible for reviewing and approving all annual performance reviews in a timely manner.

Managed all human resources activities for three manufacturing facilities located in California and Oregon, supporting approximately two hundred exempt and non-exempt employees.Managed two Associate Employee Relations Representatives. Responsible for goal setting/professional development, monitoring and disciplining, if necessary.Provided consultation and support to managers regarding severance and termination processes, consulting with legal team as needed.Provided individual counseling and consultation to managers and employees regarding identification and application of strengths related to maximizing performance, management/leadership communication styles, performance issues, development opportunities and career planning.Managed the entire recruitment function for all plant (hourly) positions. Served as liaison between corporate staffing and hiring managers for salaried positions.Partnered with corporate Equal Employment Opportunity Manager to create and maintain all Affirmative Action Plans.

Managed the HR Compliance program for San Francisco Medical Center. Approximate number of employees at this medical center is three thousand five hundred.Managed one HR Compliance Specialist and one HR Compliance Analyst. Responsible for goal setting/professional development, mentoring and disciplining, if necessary. HR Compliance lead for all regulatory surveys. Responsible for meeting with surveyors and responding to their questions, providing and explaining documented policies and procedures, and reviewing employee files.Created/managed HR Compliance files for surveyable medical departments. Included educating new managers about their HR Compliance responsibilities, created and documented a monthly file audit process, on-going compliance, and processes for delivery of required documentation to HR Compliance Specialists.Management of San Francisco Medical Center's I-9 process/documentation. Work with recruitment department to insure that employment verifications are completed accurately and in a timely manner.

• Managed the content and results of the HR Compliance Training Program including Harassment Awareness, Diversity Awareness, Insider Training Awareness, Managing within the Law, and Business Ethics.• Member of the Company’s Preventive Law and Ethics Committee. Human resources representative responsible for reporting program’s progress/status at quarterly meetings. • Managed Company’s human resources audit program. Prepared audit program for distribution to all locations, reviewed and communicated results and action plans to senior management. • Managed all human resources’ vendors. Included negotiation of contracts, creation of human resources process documentation, investigation and resolution of issues, yearly vendor audit reviews, and creation of all marketing material delivered to Company personnel.• Managed Company’s domestic relocation program. Point of contact for all relocating employees. Responsible for monthly submission of relocation-related reports to senior management.• Managed Company’s immigration program. Point of contact for all foreign nationals as well as outside immigration legal counsel. Worked in partnership with outside immigration attorney to counsel senior management and foreign nationals on immigration-related issues. Created and managed immigration process documentation.• Member of project team that successfully implemented PeopleSoft Version 8, a web-based human resources program. Created test scripts, participated in end user training, managed change control and future functionality plans.