In my role, I ensure all assigned facilities maintain compliance with federal and state regulations concerning employee relations, including ADA, EEO, EEOC, FMLA, FLSA, OFCCP, and SCA. With day-to-day oversight responsibilities, I direct union / non-union employee relations, managing labor relations activities as they relate to the prevailing collective bargaining agreements. I work to establish and maintain positive working relationships with the bargaining unit workforce, local management, and union officials, and provide contract interpretation and union grievance resolution. I also assist with salaried and union employees’ daily transactional processes and procedural development. I manage compensation and benefits, internal investigations, disciplinary actions, regulatory compliance, organizational development, affirmative action, training, transactional processes, performance evaluations, career development and succession planning, procedure development, and employment equity programs. I also serve as liaison between project management staffs and employees, ensuring personnel policy remains consistent with corporate strategic direction. By partnering with department managers to understand key business unit challenges and organization needs, I develop strategies to deliver programs to meet these needs.

I managed all non-union policies and union contract grievances and unemployment hearings and addressed salaried employees’ issues. I developed and maintained effective relationships with front line managers and business leaders and throughout the enterprise to deliver desired results. I also directed human resources and recruiting efforts (2009 – 2010), providing daily HR leadership to all levels management and functional business units.

In this role, I managed organizational and career development for 800 non-union employees, focusing on employee relations, succession planning, policy and procedures. I also oversaw salary and pay policies systems, evaluations, recruitment and selection, staffing, benefits and healthcare administration, internal investigations, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), complaints resolution, unemployment hearings, annual budget, training, regulatory compliance issues, and HR Business objectives. I managed day-to-day Human Resources operations with HR Assistants, and Field Representatives. Examples of my efforts were: * Resolved issues using Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process and an open door policy for a significant number of employees who were classified as “disgruntled.” These efforts increased morale, attendance and production, ultimately achieving a 100% rating in the Employee Satisfaction Survey.* Successfully applied for a $200,000 Federal Grant to train new employees thereby implementing new training programs that increased new hire productivity by 10% first year. * Partnered with business leaders to defeat Union Campaign; won by a vote of 4:1 (savings estimated at $3M). * Increased employee retention and productivity by implementing new policies and processes: --Implemented salary and compensation policies in line with Fair Labor Standards Act and competitive with local industry, equating to $3-4M annual savings. --Implemented new absenteeism policy, decreasing lost work hours by 22%.* Analyzed and reorganized staffing at the facility to decrease labor costs by over $400,000.* Successfully renegotiated EAP (Employees Assistant Program) and identified online programs for intervention; increasing attendance and productivity by 30%, a significant increase in productivity.

I provided counsel and assistance to employees and all levels of management in employee or labor management issues guided by company’s labor relations / employee relations policies and labor-law legislation. I oversaw functions in Fort Worth, TX (2,000 employee, union shop) and Camden, AR (800 employees, non-union shop). I managed all aspects of Employee Relations and Labor Relations, including recruitment, hiring, training, career and organizational development, ADR, collective bargaining, succession planning, and regulatory compliance. I directed and supervised the activities of the Site Security Force, Employee Relations Representatives, HR Generalist, Benefits Manager, and Safety Department on non-union facility. In this role, I had the opportunity to: * Assume responsibility as the Number 2 seat in Labor Negotiations.* Partner with business leaders to restructure hourly work processes, increasing productivity approximately 17% and decreasing costs $1.5M.* Implement a safety program that reduced accidents 10% and saved approximately $200K in Workers Compensation costs.* Successfully defend a Union Arbitration case in Ft. Worth, TX.* Hold regular Voice-of-the-Customer meetings with plant employees, leading to changing several plant procedures that reduced costs, streamlined processes and implemented better business requirements.