There shall be a Department of Human Resources (as provided in Section 5-7 of the Charter) which shall be responsible for all personnel and employee-related functions and activities of the City and for the supervision and coordination of all activities of all City agencies in relation to any personnel or employee-related function or activity.
The Department of Human Resources shall be responsible for and
shall include the following functions:
A.
Study, establish and coordinate uniform personnel practices and procedures
for City departments.
B.
Provide advice and assistance to individual employees on all personnel
matters.
C.
Develop and administer a recruitment and placement program designed
to fill vacant positions in the City with the best qualified persons.
D.
Provide advice and assistance to the Mayor, department heads, supervisors
and elected and appointed officials on all personnel matters, including
position classifications, pay administration, recruitment and placement,
employee relations, performance evaluation, disciplinary action, employee
grievances and employee training.
E.
Develop a position classification system, which shall include the
assignment and utilization of personnel in all departments; make recommendations
to such departments for changes which may be necessary to effect the
proper classification and assignment of personnel in such duties which
will permit the City to receive maximum benefits from the skills and
capabilities of such personnel.
F.
Administer the position classification program providing for the
classification of all positions, other than those filled by popular
elections, into groups and classes doing substantially similar work
or having substantially equal responsibilities so as to ensure the
payment of equitable compensation.
G.
Provide advice and assistance to supervisory personnel of all levels
in planning, developing and conducting training programs.
H.
Standardize forms and records to be used in the City's personnel
administration program other than those forms and records whose format
is regulated by statute or by state agency or agencies authorized,
by law, to exercise oversight over specific elements of personnel
management.
I.
Provide guidance to appointing authorities on civil service law,
furnish information regarding civil service examinations, render assistance
to all departments in civil service matters, and perform liaison duties
between City departments and the Office of Personnel Administration
of the commonwealth.
J.
Assist and participate (to the extent requested by the Mayor) in
the negotiation, implementation, and administration of the City's
collective bargaining agreements.
K.
Recommend to the Mayor and City Council the enactment of such ordinances
as are considered necessary to implement and administer the City's
personnel administration program.
L.
Maintain a centralized, secure location for the individual personnel
records of all City employees. Said records shall contain all the
vital statistics and other pertinent data for each and every person
employed by the City. It shall be the duty of each department head
and every other supervisory person to provide to the Personnel Director
such records and reports as the Personnel Director may require.
M.
Study, develop, establish and coordinate an occupational safety program
for the City as required by state and federal laws.
N.
Implement and coordinate an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment
Program for the City.
