Reporting to the President. Responsible for recruitment and selection, new employee orientation, safety training, OSHA compliance, benefit orientations and temporary employees. Manages a Human Resource Assistant and an Administrative Assistant.Developed new employee orientation program which reduced turnover of new hires. - Trained human resource staff and supervisors on orientation program for consistency and to ensure success of new hires.Managed benefit programs and enrollment meetings for medical, dental, life, AD&D, 401(k) and disability plans. Served as resource for employee benefit questions.Rewrote employee handbook to reflect FMLA requirements; updatedrevised practices.Developed and conducted monthly safety training programs, safetymeetings and facility inspections. Prepared OSHA log.Researched and purchased automated timekeeping system whichstreamlined payroll process and reduced payroll costs by 25%.Established and wrote bi-weekly company newsletter which enhanced communication with employees.Selected and negotiated contracts with temporary service agencies.Developed "Positive Action Process" which encouraged supervisors to deal with negative behaviors immediately.Researched and implemented on-site drug screeings for all employees which generated significant savings.Represented company at workers compensation and unemployment hearings and investigations; prepared all documentation.

Reporting to the President. Responsible for creating and building Human Resources Department including recordkeeping, recruitment and selection, and updating the employee handbook.Established a recruitment and selection process which ensured legal compliance.Collected job responsibilities from all production and hourly office employees and wrote job descriptions for all positions.Calculated manual timecards and entered hours and dollars into the spreadsheet for payroll processing.Backed up computer system nightly. Key contact with software vendor on software issues. Wrote the first "how to" manual forthe Green Bay Cheese Company software.