Human Resources Training

James M. Griffith

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OBJECTIVE

To obtain a Human Resources Manager or Director position with a company

that will provide an opportunity to utilize my knowledge and managerial

experience in the field of human resources to lead and motivate personnel,

to increase production and to promote the company's values and mission,

while I continue my growth in the field of Human Resource Management and

Employee/Labor Relations.

SUMMARY/QUALIFICATIONS

* Staffing Requirements * Organization Development * HR Policy

Design * HRIS Administration

* Compensation Administration * Workers' Compensation Administration *

Health & Safety * EAP Programs

* Training & Development * Employee/Labor Relations * Team Building *

401 k Plans & Pension Administration

* Employee & Labor Law Training - FMLA/ADA/Sexual Harassment/EEOC & Title

VII

EXPERIENCE

Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority Erie, Pennsylvania 2010 to

2014

Public Transportation - Providing public transportation and Para-transit

Lift transportation, servicing Erie County, PA.

Director, Personnel

. Direct & manage the HR department through, staffing, HRIS systems

administration, HR policy design and managing labor/union relations,

benefits administration, training, pension plan administration and

workers' compensation

. Trained driver/operators in safety, sexual harassment, FMLA issues,

and drug & alcohol policy

. Create forms and reporting guidelines for the submittal of new

employees, changes in job titles, supervisors and departments and

maintain employee personnel and medical files

. Maintain files for audit and write and update the job descriptions

. Develop and manage the contractual disciplinary program and process

for union and non-union, including creating forms for recommendations

of discipline and disciplinary action forms to communicate the

different levels of discipline, from counseling, through to

termination or discharge

. Manage the grievance process, which includes 1st, 2nd & 3rd step

meetings, including providing written answers to the union grievances

relating to discipline, suspension and termination, through

investigation & fact finding to representing the Authority at

arbitration

. Represented the Authority at Unemployment Commission hearings

regarding claims from terminated employees

. Answer all EEOC inquiries and complaints, ULP charges from the union

through the NLRB

. Develop client relationships with brokers and legal representatives in

labor and workers' compensation

A.J. Rose Manufacturing Company, Inc. Avon & Cleveland, Ohio 1994 to

2008

Automotive - Tier 1 - Metal Stamping & Forming of internal & supplemental

engine parts

Human Resources Manager

. Directly responsible for 2-HR generalists, 1-HR specialist, 1-benefits

coordinator and 2-receptionists

. Trained 30 machine operators, including set-up & run and machine

technicians in safety, sexual harassment, FMLA issues, and policy

. Trained 27 supervisors, including some managers in Employment/Labor

law issues, including Union Representation & Weingarten Rights

. Trained 18 supervisors in FMLA, ADA, Title VII and EEOC issues,

including sexual harassment and discrimination

. Responsible for managing the HR department through, staffing, HRIS

systems administration, HR policy design and managing labor/union

relations

. Managed the HRIS system, integrating the information with the company

in-house payroll operation and the IQS system, by keeping the HRIS

system up to date on a daily basis

. Created forms and reporting guidelines for the submittal of new

employees, changes in job titles, supervisors and departments for

inputting into the HRIS system and wrote and updated the job

descriptions

. Developed a disciplinary program and process for union and non-union,

including creating forms for recommendations of discipline and

disciplinary action forms to communicate the different levels of

discipline, from counseling, through to termination or discharge

. Managed the grievance process, which included 1st, 2nd & 3rd step

meetings, including providing written answers to the union grievances

relating to discipline, suspension and termination, through

investigation & fact finding to arbitration

. Answered all EEOC inquiries and complaints, ULP charges from the union

through the NLRB

. Developed client relationships with employment recruitment agencies

and local newspapers, participated in job fairs and developed a

training to work program with a local community college and

internships for engineering students from various in state colleges

and universities

. Managed internal and perimeter security, conducting investigations,

interviews and interface with legal, police & fire

Implementations & Achievements:

. Built and established a functional Human Resources Department and

created standard operations for the company

. Procured and implemented the installation of a new HRIS system,

resulting in employee information integration to in house payroll and

accounting and into the company IQS system to track training and

record keeping and quality training record keeping, reducing time to

process payroll and simplify employee record maintenance

. Implemented performance management system, including creating

performance review forms, resulting in timely, consistent fair and

informed evaluations

. Implemented weekly communication meeting with Steelworker's Union

(USWA) leadership committee, congruent to all steps of the grievance

procedure, reducing grievances from over 200 per year to less than 50

. Implemented HR SOP programs for two plants, which ensured consistency

of HR policies between the plants, providing supervisors & managers

with critical tools to enhance productivity

. Implemented training programs in Title VII, Sexual Harassment, Safety

and Weingarten Rights for supervisors and managers limiting the

company exposure to Federal, State & Labor Law violations

. Investigated and successfully resolved violations of policy, labor law

and federal and state law & regulation, resulting in a savings of

several thousands to a million dollars

. Defended successfully the company in Arbitration, EEOC / OCRC claims,

Unfair Labor Practice charges and Unemployment claims

. Member of negotiating team, successfully negotiating several CBAs with

the USWA, with no labor stoppages

Systems & Equipment:

. Familiar with APQP, TQM, SPC, IQS, Kanban, Kaizen, QS9000, Six Sigma

and Lean Manufacturing

. Experienced with ADP, PC Payroll, HR Profile, Kronos, 5-S and On-

boarding

. Proficient in HRIS systems administration, including Geneva/Impromptu

. Proficient in Employee Relations, including counseling, advising,

Labor Relations administration, including grievance process through

arbitration and negotiating several labor agreements over 14 years

. Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Windows XP

& Vista

. Proficient in Internet Navigation for Federal & State government &

legal & regulatory

Documentation Experience:

. Organizational Chart(s), HR Change Forms (various), EAP Application

Forms, & EEOC Complaint Forms

. Bureau of Workers' Compensation Forms, Unfair Labor Practice Charges

Form & UD Petition from the NLRB

. Unemployment Information Request Forms & Legal Interrogatories

Requests

. Disciplinary Action Forms, Grievance Log Spreadsheet, Disciplinary

Tracking Spreadsheet & Grievance Response Letters

. Collective Bargaining Agreements, Union Request For Information Forms

. Training Schedules, Compensation Analysis Spreadsheets & Performance

Evaluation and Review Forms

. Attendance and Union Charts and Graphs

EDUCATION

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY State College, PA

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science

. GPA 3.80 (major)

CERTIFICATION

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY Cleveland, OH

. Certificate in Labor Relations

TRAINING

. Safety Training for Office Personnel

. Sexual Harassment for Supervisors

. Accident Protocol

. Safety First Video Training

. Drug-Free Workplace Supervisor Training

. OSHA Recording

. TS Awareness Training

. Attendance Policy Training

. ISO 14001 Environmental Policy

. 5 S Training

. Noise & You - Safety Training

. JIT (Future Systems)

. Proper Material Handling

. Introduction to Control Sheets SPC

. ISO / QS Awareness

. Safe Press Operation - Manually Fed Press

. The Art of Precision Metal Forming

. QS Process Control

. QS Non-Conformance

. Document and Data Changes

. Supervisory Skills Training

. Critical Skills for Supervision - Certificate of Accomplishment

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