Employee Relations Officer Jobs

The employee relations officer jobs work at both a strategic and operational level to manage various personnel policies that affect people at work. These issues include working conditions, performance management, equal opportunities, maternity/paternity leave, absence management and grievance procedures.

Employee relations officer jobs will work with groups of employees, union representatives and line managers across a variety of tasks including designing new policies; acting as a consultant to line managers on the implementation of policies; assisting in the resolution of specific disciplinary or grievance cases, including acting as an arbiter between the employee and line manager and carrying out formal consultation procedures on a variety of issues as required by law.

The employee relations officer jobs will also be involved in negotiating with trade unions on issues relating to pay and working conditions; providing accurate advice on issues arising from employment contracts and legislation; preparing staff handbooks to ensure that the workforce is aware of company policies and ensuring that grievance handling and disciplinary proceedings are carried out in line with company policy and national legislation.