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Initiated open enrollment program including benefits information meetings. Evaluated benefits broker alternatives annually. Established HR Department goal to excel at providing staff support, finding ways to meet staff needs and improving staff morale. Revived program orientation program for new staff. Assigned Associate Director to work with Profession Standards Committee to create local orientation procedure. Implemented and chaired labor-management committees to evaluate health benefit changes, review and selection of retirement plan, updating non-exempt job descriptions and performance evaluation forms. Worked with union to resolve issues through the grievance procedure. Instituted recruitment program and hiring procedures. Led preparation, documentation and coordination for management collective bargaining negotiating team. Wrote summaries for Board and managers and implemented changes for each new bargaining agreement. Initiated intern recruitment procedures to create pipeline for attorney recruitment. Trained managers on evaluation process, progressive discipline, hiring procedures and labor relations. Successfully mediated personnel conflicts in field offices. Rewrote and updated Personnel Manual. Wrote Injury and Illness Prevention Plan and created implementation procedures. Worked with Board to establish procedure for Executive Director’s Evaluation. Wrote Executive Director succession plan. Wrote sexual harassment complaint process and trained managers and staff on preventing sexual harassment. Coordinated three Annual Staff Training Conferences, the first for CRLA staff, the last two including other California legal aid staff. Participated in Strategic Planning Process and wrote newsletter to keep staff and Board informed. Worked with Information Systems Director to build up and stabilize the IT department. Instructed Director to work with legal aid peers through MIE networking and to reestablish the CRLA Technology Committee.Specialties: Union grievances, mediation of staff conflicts, writing policies and procedures, working with senior managers, benefits training