People Relations Specialist - 1 Year Project

H&M•Secaucus, NJ

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

For this People Relations Specialist project, your focus will be to guide and enhance the relationship between the leaders and employees within the US Sales Market. Your role is crucial in fostering a positive work environment, resolving conflicts, and ensuring that employment policies and practices align with legal requirements. Understanding the broader business goals in your Sales Market and how people relations strategies align with and contribute to achieving those objectives. Equip HR Business Line and Business Leaders with the appropriate training, tools, and access to relevant information to be proactive in managing risk and People Relations related topics/cases. This hybrid role reports into our People Relations Manager, US and is based out of an US Support Office location (Secaucus, New Jersey).

Requirements

At least two years Employee/People Relations experience (may consider equivalent HR education + ER experience)
Some knowledge of federal, state, local US employment laws and regulations
Proven track record in developing, revising, and implementing HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations
Demonstrated commitment to human rights advocacy within the workplace.
Proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing comprehensive occupational health and safety programs

Responsibilities

Focus on day-to-day people relations activities, supporting the HR Business Line in handling issues of conflict resolution, investigations, and policy interpretation
Handle escalated investigations and matters where a conflict exists for the HR Business Partner
Drive implementation plan of new and/or updated H&M Group social policies, guidelines or framework
Deliver on local people relations plans and prios aligned with global strategy and priorities
Act on local legally needed adaptations of policies and standards
Provide strategic and operational advice to local management and HR Business Line
Keep up to date on employment law to ensure compliance
Govern and follow up on compliance for entire Sales Market
Ensure local grievance process that is in line with the Global grievance policy and handle grievance investigations
Ensure the respect for freedom of associations for all colleagues connected to our business
Create a trustful relationship with employee representatives
Secure that Managers are fully aware of their responsibilities and have a proactive internal dialogue
Drive risk assessments as a tool to identify hazards in the physical and psychosocial work environment
Participate in risk assessments to analyze and understand events which might lead to crisis and uncertainty in the organization e.g., internal controls or geopolitics context
Secure that crisis is handled in accordance with Our General People Principles - In times of crisis
Expectation to contribute to People Relations Network