COORDINATOR, BENEFITS & SAFETY

People•Buffalo, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for managing the employee leave of absence process and workers’ compensation self-insured program. This role involves managing various disability claims, the agency's workers' compensation program, and communicating effectively with employees, supervisors, and external parties. The coordinator also handles work restrictions, transitional duty, PTO information for payroll, and provides data for the safety committee. Additional duties include coordinating the sharps container process, annual OSHA reporting, and managing the PTO buyback process, all while complying with agency policies and procedures.

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.

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.