Renee Labourdette, SPHR

Human Resources Consultant

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) applying diverse work experience to ensure my clients are ready to manage any employee related initiative legally. By project or retainer, I build, update, or manage within the Human Resources operation to maintain legal compliance. Experience includes strategic HR leadership for startup/growth-oriented companies, recruitment, managing all functional areas supporting the employee lifecycle, and running corporate HR programs and projects. If you are ready to create or update the Human Resources functions in your company, or simply need some extra help with a Human Resources initiative – contact me! [email protected]. • Advise, coach, or mentor for compliant strategic human resources and risk management. • Conduct human resources infrastructure review to determine project list, scope, and/or services. • Create customized Employee Handbooks compliant to federal, state, & local ordinances with payroll integration. Include checklists and templates for easy policy reinforcement. • Determine if roles should be salary or hourly paid, conduct compensation analysis, create wage bands, ensure internal pay equity. • Create/update Job Descriptions with tiering for career growth. • Provide recruitment services to include candidate sourcing, customize interview questionnaires and assist with selection. • Process creation & training for effective Onboarding, Talent Management, Offboarding Separation. • Provide customized training. • Employee Relations management with engagement initiatives, surveys, conducting investigations, documentation, and coaching for legally sound separations. • Assist with annual benefit renewals, open enrollment, and rewards. • Leave of Absence training and paperwork with payroll and benefits integration. • Safety compliance- Illness, Injury, Prevention, Plan (IIPP), OSHA, and Workers Compensation practices. • Affirmative Action compliance and audit management (50+ employees & government contracts).

Experience

  • Human Resources Consultant at Small to medium size private clients
    2022 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

  • Corporate Human Resources Manager at Recology
    2018 - 2021 · 3 yrs

    Led Human Resources projects and programs to align field HR Business Partners across three states ensuring continuity of service, compliance, and controls. Maintained Employee Handbooks in California, Oregon, & Washington including compliance to city mandates. Created reference guides, process documents, and checklist for ease of use. Managed job descriptions including FLSA compliance and systems mapping. Contributed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy and programs. Managed Affirmative Action Program organization wide, led OFCCP audits with successful outcomes. Performed recruitment, training, coaching, performance management, and employee relations for corporate office employees.

  • Human Resources Consultant at Small to medium size private clients
    Jan 2017 - Oct 2017 · 10 mos

    • Project Open Hand (Interim Vice President Human Resources) • BACO Realty (Interim Director Human Resources)

  • Human Resources Manager in People and Culture at Grant Thornton, LLP
    2014 - 2017 · 3 yrs

    Trusted HR partner to Audit, Tax, Advisory Partners and Internal Client Service teams for Greater Bay Area offices. Facilitated Talent Review processes, goal planning, and compensation to sustain a high-performance work force. Led field pilot programs to support a new Manager Leadership Academy and Talent Management system. Implemented national policies, procedures, and practices across service lines and locations to include onboarding, performance management, training, employee relations, employment law compliance, AAP / EEO, federal and California leave of absence (to include FMLA, CRFA, Disability), San Francisco ordinances, workers compensation, work visas and green card processing, benefits administration and file management.

  • Human Resources Consultant at Small to medium size private clients
    2012 - 2014 · 2 yrs

    • San Francisco Health Plan & Truex Métier Staffing (Recruiter) • Virgin America Airlines (Employee Relations Specialist)