What are the responsibilities and job description for the Leave and Benefits Coordinator position at Port of Houston Recruitment?
Leave and Benefits Coordinator
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Position Summary :
Responsible for overseeing and administering the day-to-day case management for qualified employee leaves of absence under the Family / Medical Leave Act (FML), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Paid Parental Leave (PPL), short-term and long-term disability programs, and Return to Work requests. Coordinates the leave process and advises employees throughout their leave, applies appropriate benefits, responds to questions, and evaluates and ensures records, documentation, and systems comply with established laws and regulations while providing training and guidance.
Responsibilities / Duties :
- Serves as a subject matter expert to interpret and guide employees and management on compliance and administration of leave program and practices.
- Administer and ensure compliance with all applicable federal and state employment laws and regulations (FMLA, ADA, USERRA, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, etc.) as well as company programs such as personal leaves of absence, disabilities, return to work, and Parental Leave requests.
- Coordinates and administers all aspects of leave programs. Provides extensive case management handling the administrative aspects of the cases and claims, including tracking of FML hours, documentation and communications. Open, manage, and create follow-up tasks for new leave of absence claims.
- Confirms eligibility of absence as a qualifying event and provides formal notification to affected parties. Ensures documentation is completed and in compliance with federal timelines. Assists with resolving misunderstandings regarding leave issues.
- Independently approves and / or denies leave cases based on relevant medical information. Coordinates and organizes all medical information and ensures that HIPAA and Employee Privacy guidelines are closely monitored and effectively executed.
- Ensures adherence to the claim process by employee and management.
- Works with Payroll to ensure employee benefits and hours are processed correctly and under guidelines or regulations.
- Completes return to work process to ensure employee's timely and successful return to
work and closes the case. Provides return to work status information to supervisors.
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Work Environment :
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but due to open office environment noise level may occasionally be high. To apply, please go to porthouston.com / careers. Only applications submitted through the Port Houston Careers website will be acknowledged. Port Houston is an equal opportunity employer and participates in the E-Verify program supervised by the U.S. Government.
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Disclaimer :
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
