Expertise Description
I have over 45 years experience in human resources with personnel and industrial relations. My areas of expertise include: Affirmative Action plans, compensation plans, EEO/FEHC claims representation, employee relations, organization structure, personnel systems & forms, supervisor training, worker's compensation, benefits evaluation & selection, diversity, employee handbooks, employment, labor relations, paralegal requirements, safety (OSHA), and unemployment claims. I have more than 15 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.Search other experts with similar areas of expertise.
Expert Witness
My expert witness experience includes: wrongful termination; age discrimination; race discrimination; sex discrimination; sex harassment; employment practices; safety; workers' compensation; Human Resources practices – manufacturing, electronics, computer, retail, hotel, food processing, printing, architecture, accounting, aircraft, scrap metal.
Consulting Experience
My consulting services include: investigating claims; completing responses to agencies and representing clients at administrative hearings (EEOC, FEHC, Cal-OSHA, Unemployment, OFCCP and DOL); developed a complete personnel department from ground up; developed exempt and non-exempt compensation programs including job audits, evaluations, job descriptions, labor grade structures, merit reviews, and performance appraisals.
Relevant Experiences
I perform the California two-year management sex harassment training, advise companies on handling internal claims, perform discipline to violators, have successfully defended/settled a case filed with the EEOC, and advised plaintiff lawyers on a sex harassment lawsuit. My experience is based on California cases.
I have 39 years experience filing and administering workers’ compensation claims from within my clients with the ultimate purpose to reduce a company’s experience modification by moving claims forward and getting them closed ASAP. I work with the injured employee, the insurance company’s claims adjusters, the doctors, the company’s insurance agent and the company’s supervision. Under Governor Schwarzenegger the system changed regarding medical control of cases. It went from the employer only having 30 days control to full control through the insurance company’s MPN (Medical Provider Network) if the company has properly implemented the MPN system.
Education
| Degree | Subject | Institution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.S. | Human Resources | California State University Long Beach | ||
| B.A. | Business Administration | Whittier College | ||
Licenses Certifications
Awards & Affiliation
Primary Affiliation
Forensic Consultants Association of Orange County