Sr. Employee Relations Partner (Hybrid Opportunity)

Quest Diagnostics•Royal Oak, MI
•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Employee Relations Partner serves as a key team member of the Employee Relations Center of Excellence. This dual-focused role supports the company by ensuring that managers are well-equipped to implement people solutions that resolve employee relations matters, administer collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), build a positive employee and labor relations climate, and ensure compliance with relevant employment and labor legislation. The Senior Employee Relations Partner plays a vital role in conducting climate assessments, resolving grievances, and overseeing employee engagement and retention initiatives. This role operates in both a leadership and team capacity to support multiple sites and lines of businesses in a specific geographic region across Quest Diagnostics and its subsidiary companies. Additionally, the Partner serves as a mentor, providing guidance and support to Employee Relations Partners within the Center of Excellence, and collaborates closely with HR Centers of Excellence, Business Leadership, Management, and Legal to foster an optimal work environment. This is a hybrid role, and the Sr. ER Partner will be at a Quest Diagnostics site 3 days per week. Travel may near 25% periodically, as there may be cases across Michigan.

Requirements

  • Experience in employee relations
  • Knowledge of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs)
  • Understanding of employment and labor legislation
  • Experience in conducting climate assessments
  • Experience in resolving grievances
  • Experience in overseeing employee engagement and retention initiatives
  • Ability to support multiple sites and lines of businesses
  • Mentorship capabilities
  • Collaboration skills with HR, Business Leadership, Management, and Legal

Responsibilities

  • Ensure managers are well-equipped to implement people solutions that resolve employee relations matters
  • Administer collective bargaining agreements (CBAs)
  • Build a positive employee and labor relations climate
  • Ensure compliance with relevant employment and labor legislation
  • Conduct climate assessments
  • Resolve grievances
  • Oversee employee engagement and retention initiatives
  • Support multiple sites and lines of businesses in a specific geographic region
  • Serve as a mentor, providing guidance and support to Employee Relations Partners
  • Collaborate closely with HR Centers of Excellence, Business Leadership, Management, and Legal
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