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Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
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Oversee the evaluation, classification, and rating of occupations and job positions.
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Contract with vendors to provide employee services, such as food service, transportation, or relocation service.
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Develop, administer, and evaluate applicant tests.
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Conduct exit interviews to identify reasons for employee termination.
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Provide current and prospective employees with information about policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for promotion, and employee benefits.
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Develop or administer special projects in areas such as pay equity, savings bond programs, day care, and employee awards.
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Prepare and follow budgets for personnel operations.
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Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate the personnel, training, or labor relations activities of an organization.
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Advise managers on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.
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Investigate and report on industrial accidents for insurance carriers.
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Provide terminated employees with outplacement or relocation assistance.
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Maintain records and compile statistical reports concerning personnel-related data such as hires, transfers, performance appraisals, and absenteeism rates.
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Analyze statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of organization's personnel policies and practices.
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Study legislation, arbitration decisions, and collective bargaining contracts to assess industry trends.
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Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
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Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
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Allocate human resources, ensuring appropriate matches between personnel.
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Prepare personnel forecast to project employment needs.
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Negotiate bargaining agreements and help interpret labor contracts.
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Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
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Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
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Analyze training needs to design employee development, language training, and health and safety programs.
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Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
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Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview, and select applicants.
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Administer compensation, benefits, and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs.