Provided support, direction, and advice to department managers on HR policies, procedures, and employment law. Performed HR generalist functions including benefits administration, compensation, recruitment, hiring, termination, employee relations, and the updating and development of policies and procedures in accordance with company policy and compliance with employment law.

• Responsible for employee relations for multi-sites.• Advise management on coaching, disciplinary issues up to and including termination, legal issues, and policy interpretation. • Participate in policy and procedure recommendation, administration, and communication. • Conduct employee investigations, make recommendations, and draw conclusions.• Present Human Resources topics of interest and/or importance including, policy and procedure to management.• Administer and provide guidance on federal and state leaves of absence, personal leaves, worker’s compensation, unemployment hearings, and assist with benefits administration including open enrollment.

• Administer health, dental, disability insurance, worker’s compensation, life, 401(k), FMLA, ADA, personal leaves, unemployment insurance, and safety for multi-sites.• Advise management on employee relations, legal issues, and policy interpretation.• Responsible for new hire orientation, open enrollment, and exit interviews.

• Successfully managed the conversion of a manual to an on-line open enrollment initiative.• Created hardship and benefits analyses/reports and designed cost/benefit comparison worksheets.• Designed, developed, and implemented the severance/COBRA process and revised the termination process.• Proposed guidelines for an over-the-counter medication policy that was adopted by management.• Assisted with policy interpretation, legal compliance, and with the writing/reviewing of summary plan descriptions.• Formalized the FMLA and disability processes.• Managed all benefits billing and wires for four company locations.• Administered company benefits including 401k, retirement, self-insured, voluntary, flexible spending programs, and facilitated the implementation of new company benefits including communications.• Assisted in the development of and managed initial communications for wellness program.