COOPERATIVE PERSONNEL SERVICES, DBA CPS HUMAN RESOURCES - 2013

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Proposal to the City of Santa Ana Proposal to Provide a Management Compensation Study Gwen Brew Profile Ms. Brew is a Project Consultant with CPS HR Consulting. She has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of the human resource functions in both the public and private sector with 1000+ employees, both union and non - union. Employment History ■ Consultant, CPS HR consulting ■ HR Manager, City of Wasilla • Compensation & Benefits Manager, General Communication Corp. • Pension & Benefits Analyst, Municipality of Anchorage Professional Experience • Direct the process of organizational planning, evaluate structure, job design and manpower forecasting throughout the company. • Participate in the RIF planning and implementation process; analyzing composition of affected work force, determining layoff criteria, layoff alternatives, constructing timelines, preparing communication materials, severance documents and planning outplacement services. • Establish and maintain position control, write job descriptions and classify positions. • Negotiate labor contracts, mediate and resolve labor relations issues in union and non- union environments. • Recruit, interview, perform reference checks, select and hire all staff levels. ■ Establish wage and salary structure, pay policies and performance appraisal programs; administer bonus, incentive and success sharing programs for all executive, exempt and non - exempt staff. • Conduct and evaluate salary and benefit surveys, evaluate opportunities, current program effectiveness and cost containment and make recommendations to senior management. • Administer compensation, benefit, retirement and health and wellness programs (including, but not limited to, group health, life, disability, FSA, CDHP, defined benefit and defined contribution benefits); analyze program costs, utilization and participation; identify discrepancies or deficiencies and recommend changes or corrective actions. • Negotiate and administer contracts with all benefit carriers and write and evaluate RFP's and ITB's. • Identify legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting Human Resource functions (e.g. EEO, ERISA, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, EEO, COBRA, HIPAA and SOX). Monitor exposure of the company and prepare the information requested or required for compliance. • Conduct employee training, benefits counseling and retirement workshops. • Establish, maintain and update personnel policy and procedure manuals. • Publish employee newsletters. CPS HR r4CONSULTING Page 124