William Hempfling

Director, Human Resources & Occupational Medicine Division

Responsible for a staff of approximately 50 professionals who are responsible for the recruitment and retention of diverse and talented staff, administering the Laboratory's compensation and benefit programs, employee relations, management and staff development, employee wellness programs, employee assistance services, occupational medical programs, oversight of the guest information system, human resources information system, and administering the contracts for the 3 on-site unions.

Vision

The Human Resources and Occupational Medicine Division, in partnership with all Laboratory organizations, ensures a diverse, qualified, healthy, and highly motivated workforce focused on achieving the critical outcomes, through the development and administration of cost-effective and results-oriented human resource and occupational medicine programs, policies, services, and practices.

Biographical Information

• B.S. in Marketing from Fairfield University
• Employee Relations Law Certificate from Antioch Law School
• Certificate in Employee and Labor Relations from Cornell University
• Member of American Arbitration Association
• Member of Industrial Relations Research Association
• Labor Arbitrator for New York State Employment Relations Board
• Member of Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution
• Labor Relations Manager at Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1982 to 2000.
• Held a variety of management positions, both staff and line, at Brooklyn Union Gas Company from 1968 until joining the Laboratory as Training & Development Administrator in 1980.  

Last Modified: January 31, 2008

One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE’s Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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