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Sticker Sales Attendant, a summer Circulation Report of the Assistant for the Library, and Waterway Assistants. : Human Resources Human Resources administered entry-level Department exams for both the Police Department and Fire & Rescue Department. As a result, we hired four police , To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the officers,two firefighters and one firefighter/paramedic. Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Other Department activities included consulting The Human Resources Department is committed with department heads on employment issues,assisting to serving the Town of Mashpee employees in the most with problem resolution and mediation, and being a efficient and effective way possible. Our services contact for reporting of discrimination or harassment. include recruitment, compensation and benefits management, payroll, staff training and development, We tracked performance appraisals and employee relations and human resource management. probationary reports, tracked leave of absences, Additionally,the department deals with a wide variety assisted with budget information, prepared the town's of issues relative to quality of life in the workplace and unfunded liability report, processed and checked seeks to improve the effectiveness of town services by employee change of status forms, coordinated entry- recruiting responsible, qualified, and a diversified level and annual physicals and drug and alcohol testing workforce, and by retaining and developing staff. under the Department of Transportation Laws,attended grievance hearings, Safety Meetings, American With We are a resource department that provides Disabilities Act Committee Meetings, Department assistance and support to all managers and employees Head Meetings, Town Meetings, and the annual Cape Cod Municipal Health Group Benefits Meeting. on personnel matters. Our department is designed to P P g• help managers and employees do their jobs more efficiently and effectively. New rate schedules and contract updates were also prepared through this department and contractual Recruitment is a very important and time- rate changes were verified and implemented. consuming area. This year,we assisted with the hiring of the following: The Human Resources Department staff is responsible for the management of new employee New Hires: orientation and benefit enrollment; administering and coordinating open enrollment and on-going 19 Full-Time Personnel communication with employees and vendors for the Town's health insurance, life insurance and dental 38 Part-Time Personnel (Includes Year-Round, Temporary and Kids Klub positions) insurance programs, retirement and 457 plans, short- term disability plans,and pre-tax plans,and an eye med 9 Full-Time Promotional Hires program. We provide information about the Town's Employee Assistance Program. We also assist with The department handled personnel transactions providing information for unemployment claims, relating to vacancy postings and advertising, attend hearings and prepare the filing for the Town's interviewing, selection, enrollment and orientation of seasonal designation with the Mass. Division of � new employees,promotions,transfers,retirements,and Unemployment. We processed employment a r' resignations. verification requests and provided statistical information for State and Federal EEO reports. Human Resources processed the retirement of nine employees this year and five resignations. The Payroll Administrator is instrumental in utilizing and updating the functionality of the payroll We coordinated the hiring for fifty-three seasonal system in order to be as efficient and accurate when employees for the Recreation Beach and Summer extracting salary and benefit data and when processing Camp Staff, Boat Ramp Attendants, the D.P.W. the bi-weekly School and Town payrolls. The accuracy Seasonal Laborers and Custodians, the Town Clerk's of the salary and benefit data is crucial in regards to 99 o