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Brigham Young University. Human Resource Services

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1990-

Administrative History

Human Resource Services is a department at Brigham Young University that deals with employment and was founded in 1990.

In 1990, University Personnel Services became Human Resource Services (HR). HR was run by Assistant Administrative Vice Presidents, who included: Carolyn P. Lloyd (1990-1994), R. Blair Condie (1996-1997), Carolyn Lloyd Henrie (1997-1999), R. Blair Condie (1999-2005), and Forrest L. Flake (2005- ).

Human Resource Services is the department that takes care of employment at Brigham Young University (BYU). The mission of the Brigham Young University Human Resource Services is to lead in building an environment that engenders excellence from all who work at BYU. Under the direction of the Administrative Vice President, the Assistant Administrative Vice President-Human Resource Services has responsibility for university human resource programs. This responsibility includes recruiting and hiring staff and administrative employees, maintaining personnel records, providing employment assistance for students, implementing and maintaining benefits programs, overseeing employee compensation, human resource development, organization development/consulting services, unemployment compensation, and service awards.

The Assistant Administrative Vice President-Human Resource Services has responsibility for Area HR Consultants, Compensation and Temple Eligibility Program, Employment Services, Equal Opportunity/Employee Relations and Benefit Services, Human Resource Development, and Human Resource Information Systems. As of 2011, the Assistant Administrative Vice President-Human Resource Services is Forrest Flake.

Within the Human Resource Services are many departments including Area HR Consultants, Awards & Recognition, Benefits, Student Employment, Equal Opportunity, HR Information Systems, Compensation, Ecclesiastical Clearance, Employee Relations, Human Resource Development, Office of the Assistant Administrative Vice President-Human Resource Services, and Staff & Administrative Employment.

Citation:
Human Resource Services records, 1955-2005 (Brigham Young University, Human Resource Services)

BYU organizational history project, via WWW, Nov. 28, 2012 (Human Resource Services; Human Resources; est. 1990, previously known as University Personnel Services; oversees all departments and offices dealing with university employment, such as benefits, compensation, safety; reports to university administration)

BYU Human Resource Services website, viewed Apr. 7, 2010 (Employment, mission to build an environment that engenders excellence; Assistant Administrative Vice President-Human Resource Services; Consultants, Compensation and Temple Eligibility Program, Employment Services, Equal Opportunity/Employee Relations and Benefit Services, Human Resource Development, and Human Resource Information Systems; Assistant Administrative Vice President-Human Resource Services, Forrest Flake, 2011; departments: Area HR Consultants, Awards & Recognistion, Benefits, Student Employment, Equal Opportunity, HR Information Systems, Compensation, Ecclesiastical Clearance, Employee Relations, Human Resource Development, Office of the Assistant Administrative Vice President - Human Resource Services, and Staff & Administrative Employment)

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Human Resource Services academic and administrative department records, 1982-2007

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5437 Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains financial records, charts, budget reports, memoranda, and other records concerning academic and administrative departments on the Brigham Young University campus. Dated from 1982 to 2007.

Dates: 1982-2007

Human Resource Services administrative documents, 1985-2005

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5437 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative level documents from the Administrative Advisory Vice President (AAVP) office, including minutes concerning the Administrative Advisory group, benefits review, campus safety, chemical hygiene, motor vehicles, the Office Professionals Advisory Committee (OPAC), position classification, student life, physical facilities, and radiation safety. Dated from 1985 to 2005.

Dates: 1985-2005

Human Resource Services benefits records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5358
Scope and Contents

Contains reports, minutes, pamphlets, and letters dated 1970-2009. Materials pertain to the benefits available for faculty members of Brigham Young University.

Dates: 1970-2009

Human Resource Services committee meeting minutes, 1989-2007

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5437 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains meeting minutes for the Human Resource Committee (HRC), President's Council, Office Technology and Administration Committee, Violence in the Workplace Committee, Women's Concerns Committee, Personnel/ Payroll Committee, Position Classification Oversight Committee, University Drug Advisory Committee, Tax Committee, and other meetings, as well as amendments and training reports. Dated from 1989-2007.

Dates: 1989-2007

Human Resource Services compensation records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5436
Scope and Contents

Contains reports, corporate minutes, and surveys from associated with employee compensation. The reports include self-study, annual, and salary reports related to faculty performance and income. The corporate minutes come from committees within the department. Surveys pertain to university staff, graduating students, and private and government corporations.

Dates: 1957-2003

Human Resource Services correspondence with administration and law firms, 1967-1990

 Series — Carton 17: Series 10 [Barcode: 31197233262861]
Identifier: UA 5437 Series 10
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondences with the university administration, as well as legal correspondences with the law firms of Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker and with Prince, Yeates, Ward, Miller & Geldzahler, and the legal correspondence deals with legislation on hiring and compensation. Dated from 1967 and 1990.

Dates: 1967-1990

Human Resource Services meeting minutes, 1991-2005

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5437 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains minutes of the Office Professionals Advisory Committee (OPAC), Brad W. Farnsworth, Administrative Advisory group (AA), Human Resource Center (HRC) meetings, and Human Resource Services (HRS) meetings; letterbooks; HRS personnel minutes; and HRS newsletters. Dated from 1991 to 2005.

Dates: 1991-2005

Human Resource Services minutes and correspondence, 1974-1985

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1289 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains minutes and correspondence of the Brigham Young University Employee Relations/Equal Employment Opportunity Office from 1974-1985.

Dates: Other: 1974-1985

Human Resource Services personnel committee minutes

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: 31197239242073]
Identifier: UA 898
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the meetings of the Personnel Committee.

Dates: 1980-1989

Human Resource Services records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5437
Scope and Contents

Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, self-study reports, rosters, handbooks, and other administrative records and reports concerning Human Resource Services from 1955 to 2007.

Dates: 1955-2007