Employee and Labor Relations Specialist

About the role

The Employee and Labor Relations Specialist serves as the initial contact and liaison for intake and assessment of employee concerns, investigations, grievances, and performance improvement. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

Responsibilities

• Manages employee and labor relations inquiries related to policies, procedures, and collective bargaining agreements; refers complex matters to appropriate HR Business Partner.
• Conducts interviews and gathers information for employee relations matters such as harassment allegations, work complaints, investigations, counseling, grievances, compliance investigations, social media investigations, terminations, or other concerns; informs appropriate HR staff when additional investigation is required and recommends solutions to HRBP’s, including possible corrective action and/or termination based on legal risk factors to the organization.
• Ensures relevant documentation is completed and maintained.
• Assists with reductions in force and union bumping process during reorganizations.
• Consult and provide guidance to managers to effectively manage and improve the performance of their staff and teams and build better self-sufficiency including reviewing performance improvement documentation, witnessing counseling meetings as needed, providing termination and unemployment claim support as needed.
• Manage grievance procedures in partnership with HRBP.
• Resource for managers to escal