Office of Human Resources - Benefits Design & Management


The Benefits Office designs and manages a comprehensive benefits and retirement package. Their purpose is:

  • To deliver a comprehensive and competitive benefits and retirement package to recruit and retain diverse, high-quality ASU faculty and staff.
  • To improve customer satisfaction through high-quality benefits and retirement counseling, leaves and disability management, and plan design and administration while continuously improving programs, processes and technology.
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Assistant Director
SHEREE BARRON
480.965.7878

Employee Services | 480.965.2701

Faculty Services | 480.727.9900

Email: HRESC@asu.edu

                   

The HR Benefits Management Unit administers the benefits and retirement programs/systems and provides consultation to departments on benefits, retirement, disability and leave programs. Employees also can make appointments to discuss complex benefits, retirement and leaves issues.

Benefits Program & Leaves Management
LINDA HAMEL, Team Lead
JOANNA SURVEYOR | SUSAN SIDDALL
RACHEL MONTOYA (1/2)

Retirement Program Management
NANCY ATTWELL, Team Lead
MELISSA BOESEN
RACHEL MONTOYA (1/2)

 Benefits & Retirement
Data Management
LORETTA COATES, Team Lead
ISABEL GUTTIEREZ | CAROLE TAYLOR
  • Administration – Benefits & Leaves Programs
  • Appeals – Benefits
  • Business-Related Leaves & Holds
  • Consultation - Health, Life, & Voluntary Benefits
  • Consultation – Short-term and Long-term Disability Claims
    & Non-Occupational Leaves of Absence
  • Employee & Faculty Communications & Orientation
  • Employee, Faculty, & Department Training
  • Performance Measures & Metrics
  • Vendor Management
  • Administration – Retirement Programs
  • Appeals - Retirement
  • Consultation – Mandatory & Voluntary Retirement Benefits
  • Employee & Faculty Communications & Orientation
  • Employee, Faculty, & Department Training
  • New-Hire/Pre-Retirement Counseling
  • Performance Measures & Metrics
  • Vendor Management
  • Employee Enrollments & Changes
  • Employee Deductions
  • HRIS Benefits Admin Processing
  • Vendor Interfaces & Data Integrity
The HR Benefits Design & Compliance Unit designs and communicates benefits,disability, leaves, and retirement programs and systems and ensures legislative and plan compliance.  This team provides consultative services on plan/program design and compliance, conducts research and analysis to improve programs, and designs and documents new plans, systems, employee communications, websites, and presentations.

CAROL UTTON, Benefits Consultant
TBD, Benefits Consultant

JAMES MURRAY
Disability Compliance Consultant

CONFIDENTIAL FAXES 
Benefits & Leaves
(including Disability Compliance)
480.993.0007

Retirement
480.993.0008

FOR HR LIAISONS AND DEPARTMENTS ONLY
ADA & Workers’ Compensation Consultant
Call extension 7.8695
HRLeavesandDisability

Benefits & Leaves Team
 Call extension 2.1748
HRBenefits
HRLeavesandDisability 

Retirement Team
 Call extension 2-1745
HRRetirement
Benefits, Leaves, Retirement
and Systems Design 		ADA, FMLA, HIPAA, and
Workers’ Compensation Compliance
  • Employee Presentations & Seminars Design
  • Federal & State Legislation & Compliance
  • HRIS Benefits Systems & Website Design
  • Plan Design & Documentation
  • Policy Revisions
  • Project Management – Programs & Systems
  • Research, Analysis, & Reporting
  • Vendor Management
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance
  • Consultation – ADA Compliance & Investigations
  • Consultation – Workers’ Compensation Claims &
    Occupational Leaves of Absence
  • Department Training
  • Disability Compliance -
    Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA),
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
    Act (HIPAA), & Protected Medical Information
  • Performance Measures & Metrics
  • Reasonable Accommodations Requests