The Human Resources office oversees and provides direction regarding Employment Services, Employee Relations, and Workforce Development.
Employment Services
The Employment Services office electronically processes and approves data concerning payroll and administers employee benefit programs and other related items for the Division of Natural Resources through the statewide WVOASIS system. The benefit programs include unemployment, workers’ compensation, retirement, and insurance. Other responsibilities include WVOASIS transactions for payroll, fund transfers pertaining to payroll, retirement, insurance programs, and maintaining personnel, activity and payroll related information on all parks seasonal and temporary hourly employees.
Employee Relations
The Employment Relations office is responsible for creating and maintaining a positive relationship between employees and management often serving as a liaison between parties. Other duties include Workers’ Compensation claims, coordination of all policy and procedure development and implementation, employee performance management, employee performance appraisal compliance monitoring, performance improvement and attendance improvement plans and conflict resolutions.
Workforce Development
Workforce Development office provides statewide oversight and direction in recruitment, retention, training, onboarding and orientation of the agency. WFD oversees numerous functions that monitor and improve efficiencies and effectiveness to ensure that the organization has the highest quality workforce.