2000 Annual Report Page 12

Pat Clute
Employee and Labor Relations Manager

The Human Resources Department is comprised of three divisions: Risk Management, Training and Development and Employee Labor Relations. These three divisions combine to provide St. Lucie County with a comprehensive package of employment and risk management services that is aligned with the defined business goals of the Board of County Commissioners.

Joe Finnegan
Human Resources
Risk Manager

The Human Resources Department assures St. Lucie County’s compliance with applicable employment and risk management law; recommends employment and risk management policy; establishes employment and risk management procedures; works with county departments on employment and risk management issues; assists the county’s work force with employment and risk management matters; and interacts with persons seeking employment with the county or information regarding the county’s employment or risk management services.

Approximately 2,000 county employees enjoy the annual employee picnic. May, 2000.

The Human Resources Department serves a work force of 1,000+ (approximately 700 full-time employees and 300 part-time contractual, seasonal and temporary workers).

The Human Resources Department also represents the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners as a spokesperson in collective bargaining, and provides risk management services to an additional 200+ personnel employed by St. Lucie County’s other elected officials and a collection of other administrative agencies.

The major programs the department has undertaken in 2000 are the development and introduction of a comprehensive supervisory training program; a employee climate survey; the Safety Handbook and Health Insurance Handbook; a compensation and classification study; successful negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement; streamlined claim reporting and follow-up on exposure to losses.

The Department is committed to provide the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners with employment and Risk Management services that are professional, responsive to business and operational needs, and cost effective.