Where does wellbeing and benefits fit? - HR Qualifications and studying - Careers Clinic

1 Where does wellbeing and benefits fit?

30 May, 2019 14:50

Right now I am working as an Office Manager and look after HR as part of it. The bits I enjoy is looking after the wellbeing of employees (including H&S, absence management, office culture, employee duty of care), onboarding, leavers and managing the benefits and payroll. I don't want to be a generalist, I want to specialise in these parts. But what part of HR does that fall into? Employee Relations?

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Keith | 0 Posts

31 May, 2019 07:19

It will vary from organisation to organisation. In smaller orgs it will all be in the hands of one person or one small team. And this can continue into medium sized businesses where there is less opportunity to specialise.

In larger orgs H&S is often a separate function outside of HR. Payroll can be a separate function ( and there are technical reasons why this maybe a good thing) or is a specialist role in HR and in that case may also include administration of benefits. Design of benefits in larger orgs tends to be a comp & Ben function.

The wellness areas are more scattered. Generalist, An Engagement Function, sometimes a Policy function. ER tends to be harder edged where there actually is a specialist function.

So it’s all a bit mixed.
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