jana pastena

human resources director and business partner, in-house counsel

About

Experienced Human Resources Director and attorney with a demonstrated history of building human resource departments from the ground up. For the last 6 years I have been a one-person human resources department managing human resources for 165 team members. I am a skilled policy and strategic partner as well as human resources generalist. I work daily in people management, crafting and drafting policies and procedures, payroll and benefits administration, worker's compensation, investigations, reporting, team member communication, research, and continuing HR and legal education.

Country

united states

City

oakland

Industry

restaurants

Skill

outlook, legal writing, public speaking, research, editing, legal research, human resources, employee benefits design, benefits administration, compensation, workers' compensation claims, workers compensation, payroll, payroll processing, people management, people development, diversity and inclusion, cultural diversity, internal investigations, policy analysis, policy writing, strategic policy development, strategic human resource planning, strategic human resources leadership, legal assistance, mediation, microsoft office, recruiting, management, employee relations, leadership, performance management, customer service, onboarding, organizational development