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Rose Ferguson
Associate Vice President, Human Resources
EEO + Affirmative Action Officer
HIPAA Privacy Officer
Ethics Officer

 

  • Employee relations and employee concerns
  • Conflict resolution or mediation assistance
  • Performance management and review assistance
  • Resignations, retirement, discharge/termination
  • Search committee process management
  • Benefit plan design and administration
  • Position needs, vacancies and reorganization assistance
  • Position classification and compensation
  • Personnel policies, employment laws and regulatory compliance
  • Requests for ADA accommodations
  • General questions regarding bargaining agreements
  • VESSA or other emergency leave
  • Contract administration (excluding PT faculty)
  • Employee assistance program
  • Sick leave bank
  • General reduction in force questions
  • Licensed Notary for the State of Illinois
           
    Questions? Ask Rose
 
 

Tana Gundry
Human Resources Assistant

 

  • Employment Opportunities
  • Criminal background checks and reference checks
  • Fingerprint checks for student workers
  • General non-insurance benefit questions
  • YMCA FT Staff Membership
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Family and Medical Leave
  • Change in educational degrees/demographics (excluding PT faculty)
  • Temp agency liaison for temporary help
  • Personnel files
  • General HR process questions
  • Required paperwork for new hires (excluding PT faculty)
  • Unemployment claim responses
  • OSHA Reporting
  • Outside requests for reference on current or past employees
  • Licensed Notary for the State of Illinois

Questions? Ask Tana

 
 

Christie Lewis
Coordinator, Staff Development & HRIS (Human Resources Information Systems)

 

  • Employee development and training
  • Compliance and safety training
  • Training and development resource library
  • New hire orientations
  • Supervisory trainings
  • Position classification and compensation
  • HR web sites
  • HR information reporting, data requests and collection, and custom reports, surveys (relating to HR topics, policies and processes)
  • HR/Payroll system (including Time and Attendance)
  • Wellness program
  • Fingerprint checks for staff/faculty
  • 403(b) administration
  • Back up to payroll and questions regarding payroll

Questions? Ask Christie

 
 

Sandy Johnson
Executive Assistant

 

  • Insurance Benefits (medical, dental, life, long-term disability, wellness program)
  • Flexible Spending Plan
  • Open enrollment periods
  • Change events such as births, spouse, dependent age disqualifications, and beneficiary changes
  • Copy of HCC Policies and Custodial/Maintenance or Faculty Bargaining Agreements

Questions? Ask Sandy

 
 

Renee´ Welch

Payroll Specialist

 

  • Payroll
  • Time sheets
  • Absence tracking (vacation, sick, personal, bereavement)
  • Wage garnishments
  • Payroll files
  • Employment verifications
  • 403b enrollment
  • Direct deposit
  • Demographic changes
  • Deduction questions
  • Tuition waiver eligibility authorization
Questions? Ask Renee
 
 

Laura Robinson

Student Worker - Human Resources/Payroll

 

  • General HR questions and processes
  • Faculty and staff searches
  • Job ad development and postings
  • YMCA memberships
  • Special projects