Human Resources Generalist

The HR Generalist will perform a variety of HR duties with an emphasis on personnel management, benefits administration, payroll support, and talent acquisition. The HR Generalist is a critical part of our team and works to ensure employee engagement and productivity is enhanced due to the level of excellence and consistency in personnel support. The HR Generalist will work closely with site leadership and the HR Manager to ensure the human resource needs are met. This role will assist with new hire onboarding, labor reporting, maintenance of employee records and additional HR specific projects. This position reports directly to the Human Resources Manager.

Core Responsibilities: 

General

• Drive positive employee relations to provide a positive employee experience and work environment
• Assist company policy/procedure development contributing to a positive and effective culture
• Maintain corporate employee records to ensure accuracy; maintain HRIS information to ensure accurate and current data
• Contribute to HR dashboard and metric achievement
• Respond to outside requests such as: subpoenas, VOE’s, garnishments, unemployment claims etc.
• Conduct new-hire orientations and onboarding activities for employees
• Working knowledge of current federal/state/local employment labor law and relevant regulations to ensure compliance at all times
• Collaborate with site supervisors and managers to identify and manage recruiting needs
• Manage the talent acquisition efforts, including job descriptions, job postings, prescreening interviews, offer letters, and new-hire onboarding

• Administer employee benefits programs, including medical, dental, vision, COBRA, life insurance disability, 401K, PTO, company perk and wellness programs
• Manage leaves of absences (FMLA, Military, STD, LTD, PLOA, etc.) including requests, approvals, tracking, coordinating, and benefit billing
• Ensure adherence to COBRA, ERISA, ACA, FMLA, CFRA, PFL, and ADA regulations
• Troubleshoot issues and resolve problems related to the plans, eligibility, enrollment, systems, etc.; work with internal departments to resolve issues (Payroll, HR, IT, etc.)
• Assist in the coordination of annual open enrollment and educational meetings
• Administer benefit changes, including enrollments, life events, terminations, COBRA, beneficiaries, disability, accident and death claims.
• Manage HRIS with all relevant employee updates, including new hires, terminations and status changes

• In collaboration with the site leadership, review and ensure approval of bi-weekly time sheets and payroll for both exempt and non-exempt, full time and part time employees ensuring the accuracy of data entry and ensuring multi-state compliance.

• Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies
• Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records; pull requested HRIS/payroll reports, as needed
• Process correct garnishment calculations and compliance
• Ownership of the HRIS and data entry/reporting accuracy

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Management, or related field is strongly preferred; the equivalent combination of education and experience will be accepted
• Minimum 5 years of progressive HR experience in an HR Manager or HR Generalist role with a thorough understanding of local/state/federal employment law and practices
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communications sills
• Strong employee relations skills with a commitment to employee engagement and continuous improvement
• Excellent organizational skills and demonstrated ability to drive results
• Proficiency in administration of HRIS systems; knowledge of Paycom HRIS a plus
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with an emphasis in Excel and PowerPoint
• HR certification (HRCI or SHRM) strongly preferred
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

Frequently required to stand; walk; use of hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; and to talk; or hear. Ability to lift and/ or move more than 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color and depth vision. Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock or vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to occasionally loud. Exposure to allergens such as Soy, Wheat, Tree Nuts, Milk/Dairy, eggs etc.

At Honeyville, Inc., career development is a shared responsibility in which all employees are encouraged to develop, improve, and enhance their skills and professional growth to support our business objectives.