Leave Administrator

Description

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row.

It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

Any APC Center of Excellence (COE) location

The Leave Administrator coordinates and administers leave requests and workplace accommodations, including those arising under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, state and local leave laws, short-term and long-term disability plans, and other approved leave programs. This position provides comprehensive case management, ensures compliance with applicable employment laws, supports positive and consistent employee experience, assists employees and managers through the leave process, and maintains confidentiality of sensitive employee and medical information.

include the following:

• Serve as the primary subject matter expert and resource for leave of absence, disability, accommodation, and related time-off programs, providing guidance to employees, managers, HR partners, and other stakeholders under the direction of HR leadership and legal counsel.
• Interpret and apply applicable federal, state, and local leave, disability, accommodation, wage and hour, privacy, and employment laws, as well as company policies, including FMLA, ADA, USERRA, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, HIPAA, and related requirements.
• Administer end-to-end leave and accommodation processes, including employee intake, eligibility review, required notices and documentation, medical certification, approval or denial recommendations, leave designation, tracking of intermittent or reduced schedule leave, and return-to-work coordination.
• Communicate with employees throughout the leave and accommodation process to explain responsibilities, documentation requirements, timelines, benefit impacts, pay considerations, and return-to-work expectations while maintaining appropriate confidentiality.
• Calculate, invoice, and collect benefit premiums from employees throughout the leave period, including coordinating arrears balances, repayment schedules, payroll deductions, and benefit continuation tracking.
• Partner with HR, payroll, benefits providers, disability carriers, and legal counsel as needed to coordinate pay, benefits, premium administration, disability claims, accommodations, case strategy, and timely issue resolution.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and confidential case records, including medical documentation, leave usage, case activity, approvals, restrictions, accommodations, and related correspondence in accordance with legal requirements and documentation best practices.
• Maintain accurate leave, benefits, payroll, and case status information in applicable HR information systems, payroll systems, benefit administration platforms, disability carrier portals, and leave management/vendor systems.
• Facilitate the ADA and PWFA interactive processes and other workplace accommodation requests, including gathering appropriate documentation, evaluating restrictions, coordinating manager communication, and supporting legally sound accommodation recommendations under the direction of HR leadership and legal counsel.
• Manage short-term and long-term disability coordination and vendor relationships, ensuring disability claims are appropriately aligned with FMLA, medical leave, accommodation, and return-to-work processes.
• Prepare and present leave, disability, and accommodation reporting, metrics, and analytics; identify trends, compliance concerns, process gaps, and…