Experience

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  Path (People Acting To Help)

  • Employee Relations Director

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  PATH (People Acting to Help), Inc.

  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

  • Employee Relations Director

    • Aug 2022 - Present
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

    Responsible for overseeing all employee relations activities and ensuring that equitable treatment is applied in all HR activities. Maintaining Affirmative action efforts in accordance with EEOC policies. Responding to any Human Relations/EEOC complaints and attending the hearings, as necessary. Conducting HR investigations and making recommendations for actions. Consulting with over 80 agency supervisors and reviewing all disciplinary actions and employee relations issues. Responding to problematic employee evaluation issues. Acting as primary liaison to agency legal counsel in all disciplinary actions. Continuing to save Path approximately an average of $450,000 per year in monitoring unemployment claims and attending UC hearings, with an approximate 90% hearing win-rate, averaging 10 to 12 hearings per year. Monitoring all worker's compensation claims and saving Path significant money each year by challenging a few questionable claims prior to accepting them and attending worker's compensation hearings. Processing and reviewing OSHA 300A reports annually. Overseeing the maintenance of automated shop history of disciplinary actions and making recommendations on appropriate coding and assigning levels of discipline for the offenses. Training employees on various HR processes. Tracking, processing and monitoring all leaves of absence. Monitoring all agency grievances to ensure our agency procedure is followed and to ensure appropriate resolution. Responding to candidates for hire when issues in hiring are discovered, including issuing adverse action letters. Conducting Exit Interviews and New Hire Interviews and analyzing any issues or trends identified by the information and addressing these issues with the program. Working on various special projects, such as Staff Recognition events.

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  Path, Inc.

  • 8220 Castor Avenue, Phila., Pa., 19152

  • Human Resources Director

    • Nov 1988 - Aug 2022
    • 8220 Castor Avenue, Phila., Pa., 19152

    Provide supervisory training sessions for new agency supervisors on HR related topics:(Interviewing, Sexual Harassment, Performance Evaluations, etc.) Consult with over 80 agency supervisors on all labor relations issues. Monitor all agency grievances and saving the agency significant money in legal fees by resolving employee relations problems and by the training of supervisors. Reviewing, monitoring and completing reports on all unemployment claims and attending hearings as necessary. I have saved the agency an average of approximately $450,000 per year, over the last 9 years, in our costs under Unemployment Compensation. I also have approximately a 90%-win rate in attending UC Hearings which I have attended on my own. Reviewing, monitoring and ensuring processing of all worker's compensation claims and attending hearings, as necessary. I have saved the agency significant money by challenging approximately 3 or 4 questionable WC claims every year. I have attended worker's comp hearings and have a more than 60 % win-rate, teaming with attorneys. Responding to any Human Relations/EEOC complaints and attending the hearings. We had an 8-year period of not receiving one Human Relations/ EEOC complaint. Reviewing and approving all applications for hire. Overseeing Recruitment. Overseeing Orientation. Reviewing all disciplinary actions for consistency with shop history. Acting as primary liaison to legal counsel in all disciplinary actions. Trained as a State Certified Investigator. Conducting benefits administration. Processing and Monitoring all Leaves of Absence. Analyzing Exit interviews and New Hires Interviews Data to see any trends and to resolve issues. Conducting Special Projects, such as planning Staff Recognition Events. Assisting in changes made to the Employee Handbook and the implementation of a Supervisory Handbook.

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  Southwark Metal Manufacturing Company

  • 16th Street and Washington Ave., Phila., Pa. 19146

  • Personnel Manager

    • Jan 1984 - Aug 1987
    • 16th Street and Washington Ave., Phila., Pa. 19146

    Resolving Employee Relations issues and grievances with union. Supervisory training. Payroll processing. Recruitment for all positions. Handling all disciplinary actions. Handling worker's compensation and unemployment compensation claims and attending hearings. Benefits administration.

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  Philadelphia County Assistance Office

  • Broad and Springarden Streets,Phila., Pa.

  • Personnel Analyst

    • Sep 1980 - Apr 1983
    • Broad and Springarden Streets,Phila., Pa.

    Present agency orientation sessions, Attend unemployment compensation hearings, Monitor employee benefits, Handling Employee Relations issues, Grievances, Disciplinary actions, Interviewing candidates for employment, Review Job Descriptions and conduct audits.