Leave Administrator

Specific Job Functions:

• Educate employees on leave of absence policies, procedures, and available resources.
• Review, evaluate, determine eligibility, and administer requests under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
• Review medical documentation and approve or deny leave requests.
• Document, track, and input and process accurate employee leave of absence information in UKG Pro, and UKG Workforce Management Leave of Absence Module, UKG Document Manager and other applicable systems.
• Prepare and distribute required leave notices, designation notices, correspondence, and other communications related to employee leave of absence.
• Communicate leave requests, approvals, extensions, and return-to-work information to department managers.
• Generate leave of absence analytics on a monthly basis.
• Review employee eligibility, coverage, effective date, premium payment responsibility for enrolled employees including qualifying events, address/name/beneficiary changes in the benefits administration system.
• Resolve employee concerns regarding their leave of absence in a timely manner, by thoroughly researching and investigating the issue/s and reporting the finding back to the employee.
• Ensure documents are properly uploaded into Employee Files.
• Maintain confidentiality with all matters within the department.
• Perform all duties as deemed necessary for the success of the department.

Qualifactions

• Three years of experience in Human Resources preferred.
• One year of leave management and benefits experience preferred.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of Family Medical Leave Act and other types of leave of absence.
• Knowledge of computer programs, including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Must be detail-oriented.
• Proactively problem solve.
• Ability to manage time and priorities to complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Ability to compile, research, and analyze information.
• Willingness and ability to learn new skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Professional appearance and demeanor a must.
• Communicate effectively in both verbally and written form.
• Bi-lingual preferred (spanish).