Employee Relations, Senior Associate

About the role

Join us and play a vital role in making New York Life an employer of choice for generations to come. The Senior Associate, Employee Relations will join a great team of HR professionals responsible for providing guidance on and directly handling employee relations matters with a focus on balancing business need and organizational risk.

Responsibilities

• Advise and support managers in performance management, corrective action, attendance, and disciplinary matters, including reviewing termination recommendations.
• Support and conduct internal investigations into employee complaints submitted directly to HR or through the Company’s Ethics Hotline.
• Lead investigations of basic workplace disputes and assist in investigations of more sensitive matters.
• Partner with Leave Coordinators, third-party leave administrator and HRBPs on leaves and accommodations issues and serve as subject matter expert/escalation point on more complex matters.
• Calculate severance payments for job eliminations and work with Legal and Benefits to prepare packages for notification discussions.
• Design and enhance employee related policies that are compliant with federal, state and local laws.
• Update the Employee Handbook as needed.
• Ensure cases are entered in ER case management tool timely, prepare quarterly reports for compliance and train HRBPs on the system as needed.
• Act as key point person to respond to policy questions, provide clarification on ER processes, and communicate policy updates to the appropriate audience.
• Handle special projects as needed.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience working in Human Resources as a business partner or with a specific focus in Employee Relations or commensurate law firm/legal experience.
• Strong knowledge of employment law (EEO, FMLA, ADA, etc.).
• Experience developing and writing HR policy.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, J.D. and/or Masters a plus.
• Strong PC skills.