Delica Reduque
HR SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Manager of Employee and Labor Relations
1-43 Fake Address
EDUCATION & WORK
Delica Reduque
AT SHU
- Employee relations and counseling
- Family Medical Leave Act and Americans with Disabilities Act
- Labor relations and contracts
- Employee evaluation and discipline
WORK HISTORY
- Employee and Labor Relations Assistant at Fashion Institute of Technology
- Associate Director of Admissions at Brooklyn Friends School
EDUCATION HISTORY
- Contract Administration Studies Certificate at Cornell University - ILR School
- M.S.Ed. at City University of New York-Baruch College
- Art Education Certificate at Parson's School of Design/Bank Street School of Education
- B.F.A. at Pratt Institute
IMPORTANCE
What is the most important part of your job?
- organization
- adhere to a high ethical standard
- confidentiality
- remember that HR affects people's lives (paychecks, pensions, insurance)
- trustworthy
- believe in the mission
INFORMATION
What are your thoughts on HR and diversity?
- HR leads the way with workshops and trainings
- exclusion took a long time to make so inclusion will take a long time to fix
- diversity is better for business
What is your philosophy regarding HR?
In general, what are your expectations of this office?
- people are an organization's greatest resource
- data driven decision making
- making the workplace enjoyable and pleasant for all employees
Do you have any standard policy practices that you live by?
- union contracts
- SHU policy
- NJ law
- federal law
- employee handbook
- NJ Sick Leave Law (recently changed, 2018)
What are the biggest challenges of working in HR?
- actually making things happen
- making things happen at the pace that it should
- going from an idea to a full execution
HR IN UNIVERSITIES
How is HR in a university different from HR in a corporation?
- mostly similar as far as people go
- universities and charities are similar
- a university is slower than corporations
- always behind
SHARED GOVERNANCE
SHARED GOVERNANCE
- faculty
- administrators
- unions
- board
- government
- they each have opposing ideas
- that is why it takes so long
How do unions affect the workforce?
UNIONS
- contracts are good because they define
- as long as the job gets done correctly, unions are good
- unions are good but are not necessary as long as there is a vision
CREDENTIALS
What is a quality that is more important than credentials?
- understanding the culture of the organization
- understanding people
- being empathetic but still keeping business in mind