Employee Relations Consultant Senior | Hybrid

Allianz Insurance•Saint Louis Park, MN

14d•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for providing consultative, coaching and mentoring support to managers and employees, conducting investigations, resolving issues, concerns, and grievances, and guiding management in handling employee relations according to legal requirements and Allianz Life core values to ensure a safe, healthy and productive work environment. You will report to the Senior Manager Employee Relations. Address Employee Relations Needs: Responsible for assisting managers and employees with employee relations issues and questions. Researches issues regarding employee relations matters such as harassment, discrimination and Ethics Hotline claims. Under minimal supervision, provide comprehensive employee relations support to managers and employees by having a thorough understanding of legal regulations, HR policies and procedures, and Allianz Life core values, educating and counseling to ensure fair treatment of staff and compliance with federal and state employment laws. Advise HR partners, managers, and employees on issues that are often not covered by standard policy or procedure. Provide guidance and coach managers on management and employee relation issues, such as providing effective feedback, addressing performance and employee relations issues, creating performance improvement plans, career development, etc. Advise managers concerning issues that have legal ramifications such as harassment complaints and complex involuntary terminations. Provide guidance and recommendations to the development and maintenance of HR policies and procedures. Measure Employee Relations Outcomes: Collaborate with the business to identify critical success factors related to employee relations issues. Provide HR leadership with analysis on results and trends in the areas related to employee relations such as turnover, retention, career development, etc. Design methodology to assess impact of employee relations interventions at individual, BU/Division, and/or organizational level. Respond to management inquiries regarding the effectiveness of employee relations resolutions and develop plans to ensure customer expectations are met. Utilization of artificial intelligence tools and resources (e.g. generative AI).

Requirements

4+ years of experience required
Four year degree required or equivalent experience.
You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes holders of H-1B, H4, L-1, L-2, TN, OPT, CPT, and other nonimmigrant visas.

Responsibilities

Assisting managers and employees with employee relations issues and questions.
Researching issues regarding employee relations matters such as harassment, discrimination and Ethics Hotline claims.
Providing comprehensive employee relations support to managers and employees by having a thorough understanding of legal regulations, HR policies and procedures, and Allianz Life core values, educating and counseling to ensure fair treatment of staff and compliance with federal and state employment laws.
Advising HR partners, managers, and employees on issues that are often not covered by standard policy or procedure.
Providing guidance and coach managers on management and employee relation issues, such as providing effective feedback, addressing performance and employee relations issues, creating performance improvement plans, career development, etc.
Advising managers concerning issues that have legal ramifications such as harassment complaints and complex involuntary terminations.
Providing guidance and recommendations to the development and maintenance of HR policies and procedures.
Collaborating with the business to identify critical success factors related to employee relations issues.
Providing HR leadership with analysis on results and trends in the areas related to employee relations such as turnover, retention, career development, etc.
Designing methodology to assess impact of employee relations interventions at individual, BU/Division, and/or organizational level.
Responding to management inquiries regarding the effectiveness of employee relations resolutions and develop plans to ensure customer expectations are met.
Utilization of artificial intelligence tools and resources (e.g. generative AI).