Employee Relations and Workplace Strategy Partner

Diagnostica Stago•Parsippany, NJ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role serves as a trusted advisor to management, providing expert guidance on people practices, policy interpretation, and employment law to ensure compliance, mitigate organizational risk, and support business priorities. The position proactively identifies and leads initiatives that enhance organizational and employee experience by aligning strategy, structure, people, rewards, metrics, and management practices. It partners with senior leadership to design and implement workforce realignment strategies, ensuring effective deployment of talent and alignment with evolving business needs. The role analyzes talent and workforce data to evaluate program effectiveness and provides insights and recommendations to strengthen employee experience and organizational performance. Additionally, it applies advanced HR judgment to support the resolution of complex workplace issues, providing balanced counsel, practical recommendations, and collaborative problem-solving to employees and leaders. It advises managers on employee development, performance management, and disciplinary matters, identifying risk and recommending fair, compliant, and consistent solutions. The role also serves as a key point of contact for employees, responding to inquiries and concerns, interpreting policies, and resolving workplace issues to ensure a positive and consistent employee experience. It collects and analyzes employee feedback through interviews and engagement discussions to identify trends, assess workplace climate, and recommend targeted experience and culture improvements. The position oversees the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide performance management and appraisal programs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and employee experience principles. It manages the development and maintenance of company-wide job descriptions and employee handbooks, including state-specific versions, ensuring clarity, consistency, and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. The role oversees employee separation processes and represents the organization in unemployment insurance claims, including hearings and appeals, ensuring accurate case management and compliance with regulations. It leads exit interview processes and develops comprehensive turnover and retention analyses to identify trends and inform employee experience and engagement strategies. The position directs personnel records management to ensure accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance with legal and regulatory retention requirements. It manages leave of absence processes by advising employees on eligibility and requirements, coordinating documentation, and ensuring compliance with policy and legal standards while communicating leave status and return-to-work timelines to leadership. The role partners with HR Generalists and the parent organization to manage immigration and expatriate programs, serving as a key resource for employees on visa and travel requirements and coordinating with external counsel to ensure compliant and seamless global mobility experiences. It designs and facilitates management training programs and oversees external learning partnerships, ensuring leadership development initiatives strengthen organizational capability and enhance the employee experience. The position reviews, administers, and oversees company-wide HR training programs to ensure effectiveness, compliance, and alignment with organizational objectives. It manages the review and assessment of employee accommodation requests, partnering with leaders to evaluate feasibility and ensure compliant, equitable workplace solutions that support employee needs and operational requirements. The role develops detailed case analyses and supporting documentation to support consultation with legal counsel on employment matters, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and effective risk mitigation. It assists in new hire and termination activities and participates in projects as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university required
Minimum 5 years related experience in Human Resources
2-5 years employee relations experience required, including workplace investigations, resolving concerns and conflicts and providing advice to management
Knowledge of Human Resource systems
Knowledge of Payroll systems
Knowledge of Spreadsheet software
Knowledge of Word Processing software
Ability to read and interpret documents such as policy and procedure manuals and government publications.
Ability to write reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before employees of organization.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions

Nice To Haves

PHR preferred

Responsibilities

Serves as a trusted advisor to management, providing expert guidance on people practices, policy interpretation, and employment law to ensure compliance, mitigate organizational risk, and support business priorities.
Proactively identifies and leads initiatives that enhance organizational and employee experience by aligning strategy, structure, people, rewards, metrics, and management practices.
Partners with senior leadership to design and implement workforce realignment strategies, ensuring effective deployment of talent and alignment with evolving business needs.
Analyzes talent and workforce data to evaluate program effectiveness and provides insights and recommendations to strengthen employee experience and organizational performance.
Applies advanced HR judgment to support resolution of complex workplace issues, providing balanced counsel, practical recommendations, and collaborative problem-solving to employees and leaders.
Advises managers on employee development, performance management, and disciplinary matters, identifying risk and recommending fair, compliant, and consistent solutions.
Serves as a key point of contact for employees, responding to inquiries and concerns, interpreting policies, and resolving workplace issues to ensure a positive and consistent employee experience.
Collects and analyzes employee feedback through interviews and engagement discussions to identify trends, assess workplace climate, and recommend targeted experience and culture improvements.
Oversees the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide performance management and appraisal programs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and employee experience principles.
Manages the development and maintenance of company-wide job descriptions and employee handbooks, including state-specific versions, ensuring clarity, consistency, and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
Oversees employee separation processes and represents the organization in unemployment insurance claims, including hearings and appeals, ensuring accurate case management and compliance with regulations.
Leads exit interview processes and develops comprehensive turnover and retention analyses to identify trends and inform employee experience and engagement strategies.
Directs personnel records management to ensure accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance with legal and regulatory retention requirements.
Manages leave of absence processes by advising employees on eligibility and requirements, coordinating documentation, and ensuring compliance with policy and legal standards while communicating leave status and return-to-work timelines to leadership.
Partners with HR Generalists and the parent organization to manage immigration and expatriate programs, serving as a key resource for employees on visa and travel requirements and coordinating with external counsel to ensure compliant and seamless global mobility experiences.
Designs and facilitates management training programs and oversees external learning partnerships, ensuring leadership development initiatives strengthen organizational capability and enhance the employee experience.
Reviews, administers, and oversees company-wide HR training programs to ensure effectiveness, compliance, and alignment with organizational objectives.
Manages the review and assessment of employee accommodation requests, partnering with leaders to evaluate feasibility and ensure compliant, equitable workplace solutions that support employee needs and operational requirements.
Develops detailed case analyses and supporting documentation to support consultation with legal counsel on employment matters, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and effective risk mitigation.
Assists in new hire and termination activities.
Participates in projects as assigned.