HR Generalist

At Morris Furniture Company, our values represent our distinctive core beliefs - the Morris way of doing business. Our Mission is “Making Homes Great”, and we bring our mission to life through our values of: Professionalism, Quality, Ownership, Collaboration, Integrity, and Fun. Purpose: The Human Resources Generalist is responsible for supporting the day-to-day administration of Human Resources programs, policies, and practices while promoting a positive employee experience and ensuring compliance with applicable employment laws and company policies. This position serves as a resource to employees and leaders by providing guidance on employee relations, recruitment, onboarding, performance management, benefits administration, leave management, workers' compensation, training coordination, and policy interpretation. The Human Resources Generalist provides support to Morris Furniture Co. team members and leaders throughout the Greater Columbus, Greater Dayton, and Greater Cincinnati markets. This position works closely with the Director of Human Resources, Talent Management Team, Recruiting, Training, Sales Leadership, and Operational Leadership to support staffing, employee relations, compliance, employee development, and workforce administration activities. General Description of duties: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Employee Relations & Compliance Administer and support Human Resources policies, programs, and procedures while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. Respond to employee and manager questions regarding company policies, attendance, performance, workplace concerns, leave administration, benefits, and other Human Resources matters. Conduct and support investigations involving employee complaints, policy violations, harassment, discrimination, misconduct, and workplace concerns. Interpret and consistently apply company policies while maintaining confidentiality and exercising sound judgment. Assist leaders with performance management, corrective action documentation, coaching plans, and employee development discussions. Maintain personnel files, employee records, and HRIS data to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance. Recruiting, Onboarding & Employee Support Coordinate and support recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, promotion, transfer, and offboarding activities. Facilitate and support Talent Team training initiatives to promote effective processes, policies, and best practices. Conduct new hire orientation and partner with Recruiting and Training teams to support successful employee integration and development. Monitor and track completion of required training, policy acknowledgements, certifications, and performance evaluations. Support employee engagement initiatives and programs designed to promote retention, communication, and workplace satisfaction. Serve as a resource to employees throughout the employment lifecycle by providing timely responses and support regarding Human Resources programs and services. Benefits, Leave Administration & Workers' Compensation Assist with administration of employee benefits programs and enrollment activities. Manage and support leave of absence processes, including FMLA, ADA accommodations, personal leaves, and other protected leave programs. Coordinate workers' compensation claims, injury reporting, return-to-work efforts, documentation, and employee communication. Maintain required records and documentation associated with leave administration, accommodations, and workplace injuries. Provide Human Resources support to site retail sales leaders and team members by assisting with staffing, onboarding, employee relations, policy administration, and performance management. Partner with sales leadership to address attendance, conduct, performance, and employee development concerns through consistent application of company policies and Human Resources practices. Assist retail leadership with coaching documentation, corrective actions, performance reviews, and employee development planning. Monitor compliance-related activities for retail locations, including training completion, policy acknowledgements, and required employment documentation. Build and maintain positive working relationships with site retail leaders and team members to support an effective and productive work environment. Reporting & Organizational Support Prepare and distribute Human Resources reports, metrics, standard operating procedures, work instructions, training materials and workforce-related information as requested. Participate in Human Resources, Talent Management, Safety, and operational meetings as needed. Support workplace safety initiatives and serve as an active participant on safety committees. Assist with Human Resources projects, audits, compliance reviews, and special assignments. As an exempt position, the employee is expected to work the hours necessary to effectively perform all essential functions of the position, complete assignments, and meet established deadlines and business needs. Qualifications: An appetite for exceeding expectations and creating wow within the business & HR organization. Hunger for understanding and promoting the organization's retail strategy. Ability to cultivate robust & meaningful relationships to serve as a trusted HR expert. Demonstrates a high degree of emotional intelligence. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Exceptional communicator and influencer. Ability to adjust styles of communication to varying situations to effectively communicate. A passion to work with people across a variety of backgrounds with the desire to support team development. Manage and assist with multiple, on-going, and high-priority assignments at the same time. Demonstrated ability to work independently. Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills. Excellent organizational skills with a starter finisher mentality with meticulous attention to detail. Highly skilled in utilizing data & technology to drive business performance and organization efficiency. Requirements: Preferred Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Organization Development, Communications, or Business; or equivalent combination of experience and education. 3 - 5 years of focused Human Resources experience, including employee relations, recruiting, onboarding, training, and compliance activities. Two (2) or more years of human resource business partnership, employee engagement and/or managing employee relations investigations experience. Intermediate to advanced skill level in Microsoft Suite Office software. Experience using HRIS, ERP and/or Operations Software systems. Preferred PHR or SHRM-CP certified. Ability to travel to retail locations up to 20% of time. Work Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, bend, twist, use hand to finger, talk and hear. Specific visual abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. Employee is occasionally required to lift, push, pull and/or move up to 25 pounds. This job description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employees. The company reserves the right to revise or update this job description at any time without advance notice. #J-18808-Ljbffr Morris Furniture Co.