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About the Role
Manage the employee leave of absence process and workers’ compensation self-insured program.
Responsibilities
- Manages the employee leave of absence and workers’ compensation processes for the Agency.
- Manages all New York State Disability claims, NYSPFL claims, long-term disability, no-fault, and supplemental short-term disability claims.
- Manages the agency’s workers’ compensation program and exercises independent judgment in determining compensability of claims and assisting claims adjusters to resolve claims.
- Responsible for logging workers’ compensation recorded only, medical only and/or medical and lost time staff injuries, tracking, accident follow up and analyzing claims experience.
- Effectively communicates with employees regarding agency policies, their leave and expiration of their leave, supervisors, claims adjusters, medical providers, case managers, and legal counsel.
- Manages process related to work restrictions and transitional duty return to work program.
- Provides the Payroll team with accurate PTO and Health Reserve payment information for employees on leave of absence and workers’ compensation.
- Provides workers’ compensation injury data to the safety committee to help identify trends and develop loss control initiatives with a goal of reducing worksite injuries and or accidents.
- Coordinates sharps container process.
- Annual OSHA reporting.
- Manages the PTO buyback process.
- Complies with all Agency policies and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 1 year of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Excellent computer and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Detail oriented.
- Ability to interact with all levels of personnel.
- Knowledge of all pertinent federal and state regulations, and compliance requirements: NYS Workers’ Compensation/ Disability, ADA, FMLA, PFL and HIPAA.
Skills
- Computer skills
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Organizational skills
- Detail oriented
- NYS Workers’ Compensation/ Disability knowledge
- ADA knowledge
- FMLA knowledge
- PFL knowledge
- HIPAA knowledge
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1 year of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree
Salary/Compensations
- $25-$27.43 per hour
Benefits
- Generous PTO
- PTO buyback
- Affordable insurances
- Tuition reimbursement
- Career mentoring
- Shift incentives
- On-demand pay access
About the Company
- People Inc. is the regions most experienced provider of programs for people with developmental disabilities and other special needs.