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Full Job Description
Salary Range: USD $57,000.00/Yr. – USD $65,000.00/Yr. Overview:
Job Summary
The HR Leave Administrator provides management oversight of FMLA, Personal Leaves, and ADA accommodations, ensuring compliance with state and federal requirements and policies of Natural Grocers.
Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities include the following essential functions, but are not limited to:
Consults with management and employees to ensure understanding and compliance with FMLA leaves, Personal Leaves, return to work integration, ADA accommodations and work modification.
Partners with employees and management to complete required leave paperwork; reviews and approves completed paperwork while ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations.
Provides technical expertise to employees and management by explaining leave policies, procedures, and timelines and resolving problems or issues.
Manages multiple leave cases daily including tracking and maintaining electronic data and files.
Coordinates with the Benefits and Payroll departments ensuring compensation transactions are complete and accurate.
Makes recommendations for new and/or revised policies and procedures for leave administration and implements all approved changes.
Provides backup and/or assistance in Workers Compensation and Safety areas
Manages Federal and State Employment law postings for all locations ensuring compliance
Administrates the 360 reviews utilizing LMS.
Attends continuing education related to both current and new regulations in regards to FMLA and ADA administration.
Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
Although this is a general outline of job responsibilities all employees are expected to be ”hands on” and do whatever it takes to get the job done and make the company thrive.
Qualifications:
Education, Skills & Experience
Bachelor’s degree preferred with 2-3 years of experience administering FMLA, Leaves of Absence, ADA claims, and Short/Long term disability claims.
Strong facilitation and conflict management skills while maintaining strong customer service orientation
Able to communicate clearly by phone, email or in person often under stressful and emotional conditions
Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Ability to manage several complex projects simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines.
Computer proficiency and technical aptitude utilizing MS Office products, UltiPro, and Learning Management System.
Ability to skillfully manage multiple, competing priorities concurrently.
This job description is not an employment contract. It does not guarantee a job or that the above listed duties are the limit of responsibilities. The job and job description are subject to change with and without notice. Employees are required to accomplish any and all tasks assigned to him/her by their Manager and/or other Home Office managers that my not be listed in this job description.
Benefits:
Here’s an overview of the benefits we offer our good4u Crew to help ensure the health and wellbeing of you and your family, now and well into the future:
All Crew Members
Birthday Bonus Pay
Vitamin Bucks (up to $2,080 earned as store credit annually)
Holiday Pay for 5 Holidays – Stores Closed
Paid Time Off (sick days and vacation) that Increases with Tenure
Paid Nutrition Education
good4u Crew Member Discount
{N}power Program (customer appreciation and rewards program)
Regular, Scheduled Pay Increases
Advancement Opportunities and Career Development
Health and Wellness Program
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee Referral Program
Full-Time Crew Members (30+ hours/week)
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Medical Leave (through company paid short-term disability insurance)
Company Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance
Company Paid Life Insurance
Voluntary Benefits Including Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, Term Life Insurance
Retirement Savings Plan (401k) with discretionary Company Match
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA) with Company Match
Diversity Statement
At the heart of Natural Grocers’ commitment to our community and crew is this belief: All people should be empowered to experience health and wellbeing! We cannot be true to this conviction without honoring diversity and cultivating inclusion throughout every aspect of our organization.
At Natural Grocers, we honor our differences, embrace diversity, and cultivate inclusion because both individual and societal health are rooted in these principles. Our Crew is diverse not only in gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, abilities, and age but also in cultural backgrounds, thoughts, and ideas. Celebrating our diversity refreshes, expands, and shapes our perspective, energizing our mission of equitable access to health and wellness for all. We welcome everyone who would like to join us in this mission, with gratitude for the unique life experience each person brings to the table. We’re committed to nurturing an ecosystem of diversity and inclusion in which our Crew can continue to thrive.
