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Attachment 2 Outcomes Benefits • Will let the Benefits Manager focus time on one-on-one assistance, follow up and counseling with employees, particularly those with more complex needs and issues such as disability, major illness, retirement, health insurance problems and the like. • Will permit the Benefits Manager to address needed updates on benefits programs such as voluntary insurance programs and life insurance, Leave • Will improve monitoring and follow up with employees and supervisors dealing with extended leave, disability and workers compensation situations, better addressing both department and employee needs. Recruitment • Will allow more time to recruit Hispanic/Latino candidates and individuals with disabilities for County employment through more aggressive outreach and recruitment, Employee Relations • Will let the Employee Relations Officer focus time on working one on one with supervisors in assessing and addressing specific employee and work unit issues to improve employee and work team effectiveness. • Will be able to assess and make recommendations to the Manager and the Board on family friendly work policies, • Will allow updating of personnel policies to take account of changes in federal and state requirements and the County's needs. This includes needed revisions far disciplinary procedure, sexual/workplace harassment, workers compensation, military leave, wage hour, workplace violence and comprehensive updating of leave policies, Training • Will allow follow through on Commissioners' and Manager training initiatives such as customer service and building cultural awareness skills to bring these into day-to-day application in the work environment. General Operations • Will allow timely, quality follow up and response to employees and supervisors on personnel issues, needs and questions, assuring most day to day questions are addressed within 24 hours or less. • Will provide critical back up for payroll and benefits functions and assure payroll and benefits transactions are implemented on time and accurately in case of illness or other staff emergency. • Will allow use of new MIJNIS technology to address employee and department needs, such as through development and deployment of the Munis employee service module. Organizational Initiatives • Will allow the Personnel Director to provide greater focus to Commissioners' and management initiatives such as the animal services process, mental health reform/transition and organizational needs such as capacity building/succession planning.