Manager, Human Resources

Summary/Objective

The Human Resources Site Manager (HRM) is directly responsible for supporting the overall administration and coordination of HR functional areas and related activities, programs and policies as they apply to employment law, safety, employee relations, recruitment, employee development and engagement.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Maintains working knowledge of and supports compliance with California and federal employment laws and regulations, including FEHA, CFRA, FMLA, pregnancy disability leave, wage-and-hour requirements, paid sick leave, reasonable accommodation, workers' compensation, employee privacy, and applicable local employment requirements.
• Advises management regarding California-specific employment practices and requirements and escalates complex or potentially contentious matters to appropriate HR leadership and/or legal counsel.
• Monitors changes in California employment legislation and regulations and assists with implementation of required policy, process, training, and communication changes.
• Leads or participates in employee relations matters, including workplace complaints, performance concerns, disciplinary actions, conflict resolution, and terminations.
• Conducts and/or coordinates workplace investigations involving allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, workplace misconduct, and policy violations; maintains appropriate documentation and confidentiality.
• Provides guidance to managers regarding performance management, corrective action, documentation, and consistent application of company policies.
• Identifies and escalates potential employee-relations and employment-law risks to HR leadership and/or legal counsel.
• Facilitates employee onboarding, new hire orientation and employee exit processes including employee international transfers;
• Maintains high standards of confidentiality;
• Supports talent acquisition processes and initiatives;
• Administers and monitors federal and California protected leaves, including FMLA, CFRA, Pregnancy Disability Leave, California Paid Sick Leave, and other applicable statutory and company leaves.
• Coordinates the interactive process and reasonable accommodation process for employees with disabilities and pregnancy-related limitations in accordance with applicable law.
• Maintains appropriate confidentiality of medical and accommodation-related information and ensures such information is maintained separately from general personnel records.
• Partners with managers, employees, benefits providers, and HR leadership to ensure timely and consistent administration of leave and accommodation requests.
• Maintains and ensures U.S. employment authorization compliance;
• Supports timekeeping and payroll processes and conducts periodic audits of wage-and-hour practices, including timekeeping, overtime, meal and rest periods, employee classifications, and required wage and employment notices.
• Partners with Payroll and Finance to identify, investigate, and resolve potential wage-and-hour compliance issues.
• Maintains current knowledge of applicable California wage-and-hour requirements and applicable local minimum wage and employment requirements.
• Maintains management guidelines and standards in employee status changes, reporting and record-keeping
• Coordinates and monitors required California workplace training, including sexual harassment and abusive-conduct prevention training, and maintains appropriate training records.
• Ensures required federal, state, and local employment-related notices and postings are maintained and distributed in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Coordinates required employee communications regarding changes to employment laws, policies, benefits, and workplace requirements.
• Supports compliance with California occupational safety and health requirements, workers' compensation requirements, injury reporting, and workplace safety policies.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and confidential employee records in accordance with applicable federal and California recordkeeping and privacy requirements.
• Ensures appropriate handling, access, retention, and disclosure of personnel, medical, immigration, compensation, and other confidential employee information.
• Responds to employee personnel-record requests in accordance with applicable California requirements.
• Maintains appropriate safeguards for employee personal information and partners with appropriate functions regarding applicable privacy requirements.
• Maintains compliance with federal employment authorization requirements, including Form I-9 and E-Verify processes where applicable, while protecting employee privacy and confidentiality.

Required Education ·

• Bachelor’s degree in human resource management, business, or related discipline, or equivalent education, training and experience required

Preferred Education and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of progressive Human Resources experience, preferably including experience supporting employees and managers in California.
• Strong business acumen
• Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience partnering collaboratively across the HR and other organizational functions
• Systems focus thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to liaise and report out across the organization at all levels
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks appropriately
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others

Preferred Qualifications

• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or other recognized HR certification.
• California-specific employment-law or HR compliance experience.
• Experience conducting workplace investigations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Travel is expected for this position TBD

Other Duties

Please note this Job Profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

CONECTIV IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Conectiv complies with all Federal, State and Local law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, medical condition (including genetic characteristics), mental and/or physical disability or handicap, marital status, sex, age, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, political party preference, political belief, socioeconomic status, familial status, registered domestic partner status, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions and any other characteristic or activity protected by federal, state or local law.