- Administer company benefits, including short-term and long-term disability, along with FMLA. Provide day-to-day benefit administration and assist employees with any claim-related issues.- Handle the FMLA leave administration process from the employee’s initial notice of the need for leave to the return to work. This includes gathering and completing all required paperwork, determining leave eligibility, designating leave as FMLA-qualifying, requesting medical certifications as needed, and accounting for intermittent and reduced schedule leave use.- Maintain communication with the employee on leave to facilitate a smooth and timely return to work and complete documentation needed for payroll in regards to premiums owed during an employee’s leave.- Advise managers and employees on the interaction of leave laws with PTO, Workers' Comp, and STD/LTD.- Update, maintain, and lead new hire orientation for non-physician employees, plus lead new hire benefit meetings for physician employees. Implement new hire experience surveys to gather insights and feedback, enhancing and refining the overall onboarding process.- Administer and monitor the process of all benefits documentation to ensure compliance with policy, procedure, and regulatory requirements.- Create and configure new benefit plans; Initiate and manage benefit open enrollment on the ADP platform.- Assist HR director in EDI feed implementation for benefit vendors; maintain accuracy of benefit coverage with individual vendor updates and manual changes.

- Coordinate selection processes for hourly positions including communication with authorized staffing agencies; ensure interviews are compliant with corporate guidelines; conduct pre-employment assessments and reference checks; maintain all recruiting files.- Ensure the facility maintains full compliance with all aspects required of a federal contractor.Maintains the accuracy and security of all HR-related files in accordance with the records retention policy including employee personnel files, medical files, and I-9’s.- Maintains logs for disciplinary action, separations, grievances, etc. Maintains the accuracy of these files.- Ensures timely and accurate processing of human resource-related forms; researches and furnishes employee information to authorized persons as appropriate; and handles human resource-related questions.- Manage the interface with SAP and the plant hourly payroll system (WorkBrain). Ensuring all information is kept up-to-date and reflects accurately.- Complete hourly attendance tracking, initiate disciplinary action when needed, communicate issues, and prepare attendance reports.- Process all unemployment-related claims and support processes related to FMLA, disabilities, and return to work- Surfaces employee concerns and improvements; recommends alternatives for resolution of problems as appropriate; acts as a liaison between the individual employee, facility managers, Human Resource Manager, and company or community resources in maintaining a highly engaged, union work environment.- Serve as the payroll backup for the finance accountant.- Coordinate facility functions including employee recognition and service awards. While also sitting on the employee engagement committee to organize additional employee recognition events and quarterly events.

- Coordinate temporary employees- handling their time and attendance, tracking DNR’s, time badge retrieval, and serving as point of contact for additional needs and/or issues.- Co-chairman of Event Planning Committee- research ideas, execute bookings, create posters and place orders for monthly and quarterly events- Assess candidate’s through initial phone interviews and schedule on-site interviews for hiring managers.- Conduct an onboarding process for new hires by creating and extending offer letters, adding profiles for time and attendance in Paycom, coordinating first day orientation, and processing information through E-Verify and GHRR.- Conduct Exit Interviews for employees, pulling personnel files for storage, and pulling E-verify paperwork according to company policy.- Run payroll through Paycom ensuring it is accurate with any necessary adjustments- Monitor time and attendance for hourly employees, ensure PTO policies are being followed, and coach employees/supervisors on issues that arise within Paycom- Approve invoices from benefit vendors, temporary employment agencies and more for Accounts Payable, ensuring any discrepancies are addressed and ultimately corrected.- Assist with internal investigations, write-ups, and workman comp claims- Ensure SOPs are up to date for processes I oversee- Handle various non-HR related tasks

-Demonstrated flexibility by learning company-specific technology applications quickly and training coworkers-Worked independently and with management to finish daily to-do lists including replenishing stock biweekly-Provided extraordinary customer service and increase Carepass enrollment-Processed payments for merchandise

-Completed a market analysis of current employees’ salary and determined job experience at hire based on the job position description-Assisted HR team during orientation meetings, conflict/resolution discussions, etc.-Worked independently on tasks given to me by supervisors with little direct supervision while confidentiality was kept-Demonstrated initiative by handling all job postings for the university and trained employees to use isolved hire process-Created quarterly HR newsletter on Sendgrid distributed to faculty and staff- Helped coordinate and execute yearly Employee Recognition event

-Demonstrated initiative in mailroom by creating new ways to increase efficiency-Scanned and sorted packages up to 100 packages daily-Answered phone calls and take messages-Solved problems in supervisor’s absence-Worked closely and communicated clearly with supervisor and coworkers to increase time management

-Worked with internal technological systems for updating customer information/insurance and color-coding floor plans-Created spreadsheets on Microsoft Excel to share information seamlessly with other team members-Assisted direct supervisor with coordinating materials-Assisted team members (0n-site & remote) with insurance and customer job quotes

-Learned how to operate new technological equipment-Worked independently to finish daily to-do lists-Trained new customer service employees-Assisted coworkers in finishing of tasks

-Learned time management skills and multitasking-Managed cash register and merchandise-Cleaned and organized the store-Created attractive displays in a timely manner-Practiced teamwork with coworkers to finish tasks-Went the extra mile to provide extraordinary customer experience