Function
Employee Relations
| Staff Member | Expertise |
|---|
| Dir. HR Services | 30 years investigating employee relations matters including 20 years as the permanent chair of a university's grievance committee. |
| Asst. Dir. HR Disability Service | 23 years investigating alleged violations of regulations/procedures, including sexual harassment, making recommendations and monitoring for results. |
| Benefits Specialist HR Specialist HR Service Rep. | None |
| None |
| 5 years investigating internal affairs types of matters as well as sexual harassment allegations. |
The Benefits Specialist primary focus is employee benefits.
The HR Specialist primary focus is records maintenance in both hard and soft formats. The HR Service Representative is a part time employee primarily responsible for receiving and routing applicant materials although she has conducted employee relations investigations for KSU.
Utilizing the analysis outlined in the book “Auditing Your Human Resources Department,” {McConnell, J.H. (2011). Auditing Your Human Resources Department. New York, NY: American Management Association (AMACOM)} a thorough, in-depth review of all Human Resources functions at Kentucky State University is being initiated by the Director of HR with a timeline that covers July 27 – September 25, 2015. In summary, the review will include a four step process:
Information Gathering
Evaluation
Analysis
Action Planning
Based on the findings, an implementation schedule will be drafted for approval and adoption by the VP of Business Affairs/President and then executed by the HR department.
NOTE: A formal supervisory skills training program has not been implemented. As a partial substitution for the absence of a formal program, Human Resources staff work with supervisors on a one-on-one basis as needed.
The following table summarizes key activities that occurred in Human Resources during the second quarter of 2015 (April, May and June).
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