Labor Relations Manager- Skills: negotiations, team building

KENNETH L. AKINS

**** ****** ****., ***** ***, P.O. Box 586, Elk Grove, CA 95758, *********@*******.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Principal Consultant with over thirty years of successful experience in employee relations and investigations. Recognized for excellent performance and contributions to success in the Human Resources industry. Strengths include labor negotiations, advocacy in administrative hearings, and problem-solving backed by training in Organizational Development and practical experience at the bargaining table and the confines of the caucus. Talented owner with excellent marketing, customer service, and facility oversight skills. Highly effective and comfortable working with individuals at all levels in the organization.

SKILLS

Labor Negotiations Problem-Solving

Investigations Team Building

Collaborative Decision-Making Advocacy

WORK HISTORY

07/0/1967 to 06/30/1977 Deputy Probation Officer

County of Sacramento

Investigations for the Sacramento Superior Courts

Supervised specialized caseloads

Developed and implemented the “Own Recognizance” program

Organized and developed the “Internal Affairs” unit

Modified and decertified the AFSME bargaining unit and established

the Sacramento County Probation Association

Formed the “United Front” a consortium of eleven (11) bargaining units

in the county developed to facilitate joint bargaining

07/01/1977 to 11/01/2000 Founder, Owner, and Principal Consultant

University Research & Associates

Developed collective bargaining strategies for clients Negotiated and /or supervised the negotiations of over four

hundred (400) collective bargaining Agreements

Conducted over eighty (80) arbitration hearings Testified in over forty (40) interest arbitration hearings as a

compensation and classification expert

Drafted proposals and conducted compensation analysis on behalf

of clients

Developed key operational initiatives to drive, maintain and grow our

client base

Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, targeted

current business practices, and implement changes

04/18/2022 to 08/19/2022 Employee & Labor Relations, Senior Consultant

Stanford Health Care

Investigated employee conduct

Served as advisor and resource to various departments

Conducted training for newly hired managers

EDUCATION

01/31/1978 Master’s Degree Public Administration

University of Southern California

06/07/1968 Bachelor’s Degree Government/Economics

California State University, Sacramento

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Testified in several Superior Court hearings as a compensation expert,

including the city of Vallejo’s bankruptcy

Founded and headed a very successful consulting firm for over thirty (30)

years with a staff of six, four professionals and two support staff and an annual payroll of just under $1m

Taught conflict resolution, organizational development, and principals of

collective bargaining at the Federal Executive Institute (FEI)

Guest lecturer at graduate seminars for various institutions of higher

learning: the University of Southern California, University of the

Pacific’, California State Universities at Sacramento, San Francisco,

Hayward, and Fullerton

Guest speaker, California Public Employer’s Labor Relations

Association

Conducted seminars: Discipline & Discharge, Preparing for and

conducting administrative hearings and compensation studies

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