Employee Relations Specialist – Leave & Compliance

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $70k - $92.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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MDpanel

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2023

🏥 Healthcare

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

Healthcare • SaaS • B2B

MDpanel is a technology-enabled healthcare marketplace and services platform that delivers independent medical opinions and evaluations nationwide across the United States and Canada. The company coordinates IME, QME, AME, medical expert witness work, fitness-for-duty and disability evaluations, peer review, and related medico-legal services while removing administrative burden from physicians. MDpanel operates an AI-powered, end-to-end platform (MDpanel OASIS) and training arm (MDpanel University/Studio) to train physicians, manage appointments, ensure HIPAA-compliant workflows, and connect carriers, TPAs, attorneys, governments, and other stakeholders with a curated panel of clinicians. The platform emphasizes quality, defensibility of opinions, and national coverage with local familiarity, supporting hundreds of thousands of medical opinion deliveries annually.

📋 Description

• Serve as first point of intake for employee relations matters • Conduct initial assessments and routine investigations, maintain documentation, and partner with the Director of People Operations on complex or high-risk matters • Advise managers on performance conversations, attendance, accommodations, and policy application • Administer leaves of absence end-to-end across all states of operation, including FMLA, CFRA, PDL, and state paid leave programs • Coordinate leave administration with payroll and benefits vendors • Manage the interactive process for workplace accommodations • Own the multi-state compliance calendar, including postings, state registrations, new-hire reporting, wage and hour requirements, EEO-1, and California pay data reporting • Monitor legislative and regulatory changes and translate them into policy and process updates • Maintain audit-ready I-9 records and personnel file standards • Own onboarding and offboarding execution • Serve as backup to the payroll administrator • Maintain HRIS data integrity and reporting, including headcount, turnover, and compliance metrics • Operate, test, and maintain automated people workflows across the HRIS and adjacent tools • Support new workflow builds and identify manual processes for automation • Maintain the employee handbook and policy library, partnering with the Director on updates and rollouts

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent work experience) • At least 4 years of progressive HR generalist experience, including direct ownership of employee relations intake and leave administration • Demonstrated multi-state HR experience with strong working knowledge of California employment law, including wage and hour, protected leaves, and accommodation requirements • Experience administering HRIS platforms and building reporting from them • Comfort working inside configured workflows, rules, and integrations, with aptitude to learn new systems quickly • Evidence of improving a manual or repetitive process through better use of systems • Proven ability to handle highly sensitive matters with discretion, sound judgment, and complete documentation • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Ability to manage concurrent deadlines across compliance, leave, and employee relations workstreams • Valid work authorization for the country in which applying • PHR, SHRM-CP, or equivalent HR certification (nice to have) • Experience in healthcare, medical-legal services, or another regulated multi-state environment (nice to have) • Experience with Rippling or workflow automation tools beyond core HRIS functionality (nice to have)

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work • Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace • Accommodations during the application or interview process • Exposure to benefits administration and open enrollment support (nice to have/role experience)