Employee Relations Specialist

Description:

The Job:

• Management and oversight of all people investigations
• Carry out investigations into any formal grievances raised by staff, including bullying, harassment, discrimination etc
• Manage all Code of Conduct compliant investigations working closing with the global Staff Relations teams and legal team
• Respond to any legal letters received from external lawyers raising issues or complaints on behalf of staff
• Management of all disciplinary investigations including establishing investigating teams and disciplinary committee and ensuring all processes and documentation are compliant and in line with legal procedures
• Act as a key advisor to leaders on correct process and procedures for dealing with grievance and disciplinary investigations
• Management of any subsequent appeals processes.
• Union Relations- Coordination of union meetings and action taking.
• Develop and maintain all company polices and procedure relating to these matters.
• Partner with external legal counsel and legal team on any complex cases requiring escalation.
• Partner with Occupational Health on management of long term absence or LOA cases.
• Work with company insurer on applications for long term disability
• Act as advisor to leaders on performance management cases and the established of formal PIPs
• Advisor on any GDPR or Data Privacy related questions arising from business leaders or the security team or other who manage data systems, access systems or CCTV systems at ADL.
• Any other activities as directed by HRBP team and Assoc Dir Human resources for ADL
• Data Analytics/Metrics and CI Champion

Have you:

• University Degree in Human Resources, Law, Business, or similar degree.
• Experience in HR in the areas of employment law, HR policies and procedures, managing investigations.
• Previous experience in supporting formal investigations at a site level.
• Previous experience of developing HR policies in line with changes to employment law.
• Understanding of working in a unionized environment
• The knowledge and skills necessary to perform the duties of this position are typically acquired through the following combination of education, experience and knowledge or the equivalent
• In depth knowledge of HR industry practices and employment legislation
• Business acumen and subject matter expertise.