The County of Riverside Human Resources (HR) Department has a centralized staff of 350 members providing support services to all County departments and agencies. The HR Department’s teams serve the public and the County’s 19,000 employees in each of the following specialized areas (detailed information about each specialized area can be found on www.rc-hr.com).
Human Resources Service Teams: Provide direct support services to the 40 departments and agencies of the County. Team members serve as liaisons to the leaders, managers, employees, and the public of Riverside County. They coordinate a variety of tasks, including recruiting and testing for employment, employee relations, employment policy administration, and training.
Benefits: Administers employee health care and benefit transactions, including employee changes, deferred compensation enrollments, and retirement-related issues. Benefit programs are designed to attract and retain talented employees.
Temporary Assignment Program (TAP) and Medical Assistance Program (MAP): Provide an in-house registry of temporary and per diem workers to County departments as needed.
Employee Services: Processes all personnel transactions, including new hires, terminations, transfers, and promotions for all County employees.
Employee Relations: Conducts labor negotiations and advises departments on contract and disciplinary matters, with the goal of ensuring consistent and fair application throughout the County.
Safety Office: Strives to ensure that employees have a safe and secure place to work. This office also provides ergonomic assessments and safety training for County employees.
Workers’ Compensation: Ensures that injured workers receive the amount and type of care to which they are entitled, and assists them in returning to work.
Risk Management: Provides insurance to meet the required needs of the County; handles claims management, policies, procedures, risk identification, and analysis and treatment.
Return-to-Work Program: Seeks to bring employees back to work after an injury or illness (work-related or non-work-related) that physically restricts them from performing their regular duties. The Return-to-Work team partners with physicians, the injured employee, and Workers’ Compensation, and assists departments in identifying and designing transitional/modified assignments to help during the recovery period.
Occupational Health: Performs pre-employment physical examinations for all County employees, annual physical examinations for employees in designated positions, and administers employee health and wellness programs.
Exclusive Care: Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO) health plan owned and operated by the County of Riverside, providing quality health care at a lower cost for employees and their families.
Leadership Initiative/Center for Government Excellence: Seeks to identify, train, develop, mentor, and shape future leaders. The ultimate goal is to develop a work culture that encourages and supports innovation, service, teamwork, and a quality government while growing our own leaders within the existing workforce.