HR Compliance Business Partner

The HR Compliance Business Partner is essential in ensuring our company complies with all applicable labor laws, regulations, and internal policies, overseeing leave of absence processes, labor law adherence, annual reporting, workers’ compensation, and other compliance-related responsibilities. This role serves as a key liaison between HR, legal, payroll, and external vendors to maintain the integrity of our HR compliance practices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee state-specific leave plans and administration of time-off plans, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local laws. 
• Prepare and submit annual EEO-1 reports and ensure timely OSHA reporting, including maintaining logs and managing safety and incident reporting.
• Administer the workers' compensation program, ensuring timely claim reporting and resolution.
• Ensure timely completion of annual reporting requirements, including ACA reporting, non-discrimination testing, and benefit reporting, and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations.
• Ensure federal, state, and local labor law posters are current, maintain and update the employee handbook, and monitor changes in labor laws to ensure compliance.
• Partner with payroll to ensure accurate processing of compensation, benefits, time off adjustments, and resolve any payroll compliance issues.
• Manage vendor risk and compliance for HR vendors, including overseeing adherence to compliance standards.
• Ensure FLSA compliance with proper classification of employees and conduct regular reviews and reclassifications as necessary.
• Collaborate with Operations to ensure mandatory compliance training meets required standards.
• Support development and maintenance of compensation plans. 

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in HR compliance or a related role, preferably in a large or multi-state organization.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state labor laws, including FMLA, ADA, FLSA, OSHA, EEO, and workers’ compensation.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to communicate complex compliance requirements clearly and effectively to all levels of the organization.
• Experience working with HRIS systems and other HR compliance systems

Work Environment:

• Office environment.

• Occasional travel may be required.

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

It is the policy of World Acceptance Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, World Acceptance Corporation will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.