Lea Aragon
Redlands,CA
Summary
Multi-talented Human Resources Executive successful at streamlining costs and maximizing company profile in job market. Versed in EEOC and other relevant compliance statutes. Excellent organizational and time management skills coupled with task prioritization.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner
Aragon Human Resources Consulting
06.2011 - Current
- Offer integrated and cost-effective human resource (HR) administration services in benefits, safety, team building and business compliance.
Human Resources Manager
Bass Pro Shops
12.2021 - 10.2022
- Workday HR systems, administer employee relations, ensuring compliance with regulations, assessing staffing needs and recruitment, on-boarding employees. 300+ employees.
- Guide management and employees on all training courses
- Insuring safety and compliance in all departments including restaurant and tracker boat's off-site location.
Director of Human Resources
Garner Holt Productions & Garner Holt Education through Imagination
12.2018 - 12.2021
- Overseeing HR systems, handling employee relations, ensuring compliance with regulations, assessing staffing needs, hiring employees, designing training programs, and developing compensation plans
- Guides management and employee actions by researching, developing, writing, and updating policies, procedures, methods, and guidelines; communicating and enforcing organization values.
HR Manager (temp)
City of Redlands
11.2017 - 07.2018
- Planning, development, implementation, administration, and coordination of activities and operations including recruitment, selection, performance evaluation, training, staff development, classification, job evaluation, discipline, legislation compliance and compensation; and provides highly responsible and complex administrative support to the Assistant Director, HR/Risk Management
- Working closely with unions and negotiations.
HR Generalist
Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino
04.2013 - 11.2017
- Administers Agency employee benefit program by conducting benefit enrollment, reviewing, and processing monthly billings and coordination of benefit communications and open enrollment activities
- Build and maintain Human Resources Information System database incompliance with all Federal, State, and local laws, including updating data to reflect employee information changes
- Recruitment and selection by placing ads, reviewing applications, testing applicants, and conducting interviews, etc.
- Coordinates new hire orientations and exit processes with supervisors and Human Resources staff to ensure smooth and effective employee transitions.
- Manages all activity related to workplace leaves of absence, such as FMLA, CFRA, PDL and Workers Compensation.
HR / Benefits Analyst (temp)
University of Redlands
07.2012 - 04.2013
- Conduct new hire orientation biweekly for all faculty and staff new hires
- Ensure new employees are enrolled in benefit plans on a timely basis; follow-up as needed
- Maintain
- ADP database to ensure additions, changes, and terminations
- Coordinate wellness programs
- Assist with Workers Comp and unemployment claims, including unemployment claims
- Using Report Smith to prepare, print and create reports Fill out wage/employment verifications as needed.
Director of Human Resources
Ark Restaurant Corporation
04.2008 - 04.2011
- Managed overall provision of Human Resources services, policies, procedures, and programs
- Manage major areas are recruiting and staffing; organizational; performance management and improvement systems; employment and compliance to regulatory concerns; employee orientation, development, and training; policy development and documentation; employee relations; company-wide committee facilitation; company employee and community communication; compensation and benefits administration, employee safety, welfare, wellness, and health; charitable giving; and employee counseling
- All federal and state laws, programs, and LOA: FMLA, and ADA, USERRA.
Employee Relations Manager
Credit One Bank
08.2006 - 04.2008
- Conducted employee counseling for both personal and work-related problems, for non-exempt personnel and exempt personnel to resolve problems and facilitate internal communications
- Conducted exit interviews and employee turnover analysis to ensure management is proactive responding to employee concerns and trends
- Review all terminations to ensure compliance with
- Company policies and procedures, state, and federal legal requirements
- Coordinate, represent and defend Company in equal employment discrimination cases and unemployment hearings
- In charge of all employment evaluation training
- Review performance evaluations to ensure objective feedback, and communication of development goals
- Oversee all payroll functions
Human Resources Manager
Clark County Collections
05.2004 - 08.2006
- Responsible for all employee relations, including payroll, benefits, COBRA, and workers compensation
- Coordinates implementation of Services, policies, and programs through Human
- Resources staff
- Originates and leads Human Resources practices and objectives that will provide an employee oriented, high-performance culture that emphasize empowerment, quality, productivity and standards, goal attainment, and recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce.
Education
SPHR -
Society For Human Resource Management
OnlineBachelor of Arts - Business Administration
Cal Baptist California
Riverside, CA2024
Associates - Business, Human Resources
University of Phoenix
Online2016
Skills
- HRIS and Payroll software expertise including Microsoft Office, ADP, HR-B, Workday, Paycom, Paychex, Paylocity and Ease for benefits
- eTIME, , eVerify CalPERS's benefits and pension Union collaboration
- Microsoft Office Proficiency
- Compensation and Benefits
- HR Legal Compliance
- Labor Negotiations
- Benefits Programs
- HR Policies
- Human Resources Management Systems (HRMS)
- Employee Support
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- New Employee Orientation
- Payroll Oversight
Affiliations
Member since 1995 - Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Timeline
Human Resources Manager
Bass Pro Shops
12.2021 - 10.2022
Director of Human Resources
Garner Holt Productions & Garner Holt Education through Imagination
12.2018 - 12.2021
HR Manager (temp)
City of Redlands
11.2017 - 07.2018
HR Generalist
Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino
04.2013 - 11.2017
HR / Benefits Analyst (temp)
University of Redlands
07.2012 - 04.2013
Owner
Aragon Human Resources Consulting
06.2011 - Current
Director of Human Resources
Ark Restaurant Corporation
04.2008 - 04.2011
Employee Relations Manager
Credit One Bank
08.2006 - 04.2008
Human Resources Manager
Clark County Collections
05.2004 - 08.2006
SPHR -
Society For Human Resource Management
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
Cal Baptist California
Associates - Business, Human Resources
University of Phoenix
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