The director of the Department of Human Resources and Risk Management oversees the divisions of Human Resources, Risk Management/Safety, and Risk Management/Insurance.

Divisions

Human Resources

Human Resources strives to attract and provide equitable and rewarding opportunities for all employees of the Parish Government. The team works diligently on recruitment, orientation, education and training, and employee services for nearly 1,000 employees. Additionally, they maintain the Parish classification and salary plans, administer the retirement system, monitor the Parish drug testing policy, and ensure compliance with all State and Federal employment related laws.

HR also works with all other Parish departments with employment-related matters and the Personnel Policy Manual, which was completely rewritten in 2022.

Risk Management Safety and Insurance

Risk Management works continually to identify, reduce, transfer, and assume risk exposures for the Parish Government. Additionally, they work to retain risk through self insurance, participate in risk through various deductible policies, and transfer risk through various legal agreements and with insurance carriers. The Parish Government's coverages are broad in scope and cover most insurable exposures as previously stated.

Risk Management is also responsible for Group Benefits for our over 800 plus current and retired employees. This encompasses all benefits including future medical benefits for our retired employees. This program is administered through an outside administrator and the catastrophic risk is transferred to insurance carriers. Most of the program is self-funded which requires TPCG to accrue these liabilities on its balance sheet.