Human resource assistant Jobs in Ontario, CA

Responsibilities

: Retention and New Associate Experience • Administer and facilitate the District’s New Associate Experience onboarding program. • Lead, coach, and support the onboarding Ambassadors throughout the district. • Support and train managers to ensure the new associates are provided the appropriate support during their onboarding experience. • Identify trends and areas for improvement with information gained from the onboarding program, exit interviews, associate feedback, etc. • Identify and propose solutions to address local retention challenges in collaboration with your Area Human Resources Manager and District Manager. Talent Management • Guide District team development through coaching leaders in people management, process, and functional associate development. • Coach supervisors and managers on the creation and follow through of impactful development plans and discussions for their associates. • Monitor development plans to ensure progress and escalate to District Manager if course correction is needed. • Prepare documents and reports for district-level succession planning and quarterly talent review discussions. • Execute on the Area training plan - Partner with location leaders to ensure associates receive and complete functional training. - Deliver new supervisor/manager onboarding to role training. - Facilitate just-in-time training and coaching of leaders during mid-year check-ins, annual performance reviews, and merit process. - Ensure technical training occurs consistently across the workforce. Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning • Collaborate with all departments to identify and propose appropriate staffing levels based on analysis of growth trends, and workforce planning tools. • Provides staffing support to leadership by collaborating on recruiting efforts, including building local technical school, University & College partnerships. • Create a connection between the field recruiters and the District Manager to create and plan a recruiting strategy and prioritize efforts. Associate and Labor Relations • Proactively build relationships at locations that help support a positive culture and engaging environment. • Develop and sustain a workplace that mirrors our Employee Value Proposition through the following: - Advise associates and management on the interpretation of human resources policies, programs, procedures, and collective bargaining agreements. - Participate in investigations of associates concerns, prepare summaries, and collaborate with Area HR Manager on recommendations. • Support Area HR Managers in partnering with Labor Relations, conducting location risk assessments, and reinforcing the goals of Positive Associate Relations training. HR Expertise & Compliance • Remain aware of employment laws applicable to locations, including but not limited to state and local paid sick leave laws. • Effectively communicate and follow up to maintain required legal compliance through regular analysis and ensure consistent practices are followed according to Penske policies. • Focus on compensation parity, wage-hour, I-9 and Associate Handbook acknowledgment compliance. • Ensures all company and legally mandated training obligations are met including Harassment Prevention, Reasonable Suspicion and Workplace Violence. • Escalate compensation issues to the Area HR Manager and work with centralized compensation to enact plans to address. • Partner with specialized, dedicated corporate resources for issues such as diversity & inclusion, leave of absence, accommodations, benefits, unemployment, workers compensation, and safety. Acquisitions & New Business Opportunities: • Leads the integration, execution and follow-up needed to successfully assimilate new associates into our culture. • Provide ongoing support of the integration process with consistent onsite meetings, onboarding, staffing, training, etc. Other projects and tasks as assigned by supervisor.