Michelle R. Bernal

• Supporing HR compliance for 30+ clients in various industries across the U.S., delivering tailored support to meet federal, state, and local legal requirements
• Creating and customizing HR infrastructure tools, including but not limited to job descriptions, compensation ranges, onboarding and termination packages, and employee handbooks
• Building and configuring e-onboarding for clients in isolved, ensuring process alignment and compliance.
• Collaborating with the Team Lead in the customization and delivery of tailored management trainings
• Generating isolved reports to evaluate compensation pratices and HDRP training recrods, ensuring compliance with state and local regulations
• Auditing isolved configurations and payroll details to ensure accurate paystubs, proper documentation and pay of meal periods, and compliance with overtime rules
• Ensuring labor poster compliance by facilitating Poster Elite implementation and maintaining accurate records of wage order postings
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of evolving compliance requirements and proactively communicating relevant updates to clients
• Fostering client trust and engagement through consistent communication, ongoing support with systems developments, build-outs, and successful implementation of HR processes
• Supporting department goals by tracking project workflows and hours by staying proactive on upcoming tasks using Loop, Excel, and Smartsheet

• Served as the main point of contact for staffing agencies assisting in identifying candidates, refining job descriptions by collaborating with hiring managers, and scheduling interviews
• Assisted in the recruitment life cycle from sourcing to on-boarding
• Conducted new hire orientation sessions for both temporary workers and direct hires by organizing tours and preparing new hire packets including i9 process
• Maintained confidentiality in handling highly sensitive information
• Prepared and processed paperwork for leave of absences and conducting exit interviews
• Assisted in employee relations and provided employee-manager coaching/feedback
• Updated and maintained records in benefits, candidate tracking, contingent worker status, and trainings in HRIS System (Workday)
• Prepared reports on new hire metrics and payroll such as time-to-fill, time-to-hire, turnover, wage analysis's, and overtime using excel
• Assisted the department in communicating various human resource programs, policies, and procedures to all employees
• Served as main point of contact for HR department handling all employee requests regarding human resource issues, rules, and regulations or routing to the proper manager
• Performed administrative tasks such as assisting in organizing events such as holiday parties and organizational meetings, replenishing products, mailing, and other clerical functions

Temporary assignment

• Supported high volume recruiting in parks across the United States by using ModernHire
• Performed basic screening of applicants over the phone to ascertain whether they meet the requirements of an open position
• Organized and managed new hires' data (scheduled trainings, background checks, and orientation) in internal databases
• Prepared and submitted job offer letters using TeamHire

• Planned and coordinated bi-monthly new hire orientation sessions
• Managed on-boarding process for all new hires including both internal and external communications via phone and email, coordinating all pre-hire medical screenings, licenses and background checks
• Prepared and processed all new hire paperwork including I-9 e-verify process
• Entered and maintained all employee information in HRIS (Paylocity) including personnel data, compensation, benefits, and other HR related matters
• Interacted with and supplied information to on-boarding applicants, employees, and management
• Creating and maintaining all employee personnel files and records
• Updated Homecare Homebase (medical charting system) with necessary employee information and compensation methods
• Designed, developed, and distributed monthly newsletters using Canva