Partners with management and staff to provide consultative advice to optimize employee relations and occasionally support recruitment efforts. Serves as employee advocate and objectively investigates employee relations matters. Maintains strong knowledge of employment law, legislative changes, and legal trends as they impact Human Resources and the organization.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 

• Provides employee relations support for needs such as organizational development, performance management, coaching/counseling, and separations;
• Investigates reported incidents, makes recommendations and conclusions;
• Drafts responses to external third parties when necessary in collaboration with legal counsel;
• Program manages legal aspects of the hiring / background screening process and serves as contact to third party vendor;
• Facilitates management compliance of company hiring and employee relations protocols;
• Provides HR support during acquisition integration;
• Tracks and manages employee relations data for presentation and trend analysis purposes;
• Partners with Compensation and Recruitment teams to generate and review external offers and department transfers;
• Provides consultation and support to other human resource team members administering leaves of absences;
• Supports secondary stage of workers’ compensation which includes return to work program, report analysis, research claims, and correspond with insurance provider and employees;
• Responds to inquiries for outsourced unemployment administrator and attends hearings;
• Tracks and reports department employee relations metrics;
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Three (3) or more years related work experience; HR Generalist experience preferred

SKILLS

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Ability to easily communicate with members of senior management

Strong presentation skills

Ability to work within a team and to foster teamwork

Good problem solving and time management skills

Good planning, organizational and prioritization skills

Ability to successfully mediate and resolve conflict

Proficient in Microsoft Office products

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