Description
Directs the planning and administration of the various employee benefit programs, including but not limited to life, health, and disability insurance, as well as pension, profit-sharing, and related retirement programs. Recommends new and/or improved employee benefit plans and cost-saving measures. Ensures compliance with all legal requirements of various employee benefit programs and prepares and files required legal reports. Usually responsible for HRIS systems and for selection and supervision of benefits consultants, brokers, trustees, and necessary legal assistants. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, incumbents in this position meet the criteria for exempt status.