Employee Relations Specialist - Experienced
At a glance
Mid-level Employee Relations & Culture role at Eqtm. Baton Rouge · no salary stated · we estimate $88,725–$130,947 across the United States.
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What you'll do
- Guide managers and employees through performance concerns and workplace disputes, coaching them toward resolution
- Examine potential policy or conduct violations, document your findings, and recommend timely case outcomes
- Run performance improvement plans and progressive discipline, ensuring serious employment actions follow policy and law
- Keep employee-relations records current, study case patterns, and coordinate strategies with HR leaders
- Represent FMOLHS in unemployment claims, hearings, and appeals
What you bring
- At least three years of relevant HR generalist experience, including employee relations work
- A bachelor’s degree is required for this role
- Know applicable state and federal employment rules, including EEOC, DOL, ADA or another listed law
- Use Excel, Word, SharePoint or another listed Microsoft tool with skill
Who this fits
This role suits an HR generalist comfortable handling sensitive cases, writing clear investigative reports, and prioritizing competing work. It is a hybrid position in Baton Rouge.
From the employer
The Human Resources Employee Relations Specialist 2 contributes with both hands-on and strategic support of our managers and team members through performance management and workplace conflict issues to cultivate an innovative, high-performing, and inclusive culture. Responsible for advising on and conducting sensitive investigations of potential policy and/or Code of Conduct violations. The position requires the ability to quickly issue-spot complex employment and ER matters and to develop and implement sound, balanced, and thorough solutions aligned with our cultural values.
- Implements effective, fair and consistent employee relations strategies.
- Provides coaching and consultation on conflict resolution, facilitates problem solving, administers performance improvement plans and progressive discipline procedures.
- Ensures adverse employment actions (discipline, suspension, termination) comply with policy, regulations, and laws, in addition to being aligned with company mission & values.
- Conducts HR investigations; documents findings and makes recommendations that drive the appropriate actions to close cases in a timely manner.
- Maintains ER data & ensures tracking system is updated accurately.
- Tracks, trends & analyzes ER data and develops strategies in collaboration with HRBP and HR Leaders to address ER trends.
- Represents FMOLHS in unemployment filings, hearings, and appeals.
- Partners with legal, risk, compliance, HR Business Partners and HR Centers of Excellence as needed.
- 3 years human resources of relevant generalist experience with emphasis on employee relations, employment law, customer service/or and training and development
- Bachelors Degree
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, able to juggle and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously while delivering on commitments; Skill in writing concise, clear, relevant and persuasive documents, including correspondence, case analyses, investigative reports; Excellent public speaking, training, and/or leadership communication skills; Ability to quickly connect with people across a wide variety of backgrounds; Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and able to manage through ambiguity and change; Skilled in MS Excel, Word, SharePoint & PowerPoint; Knowledge of applicable state and federal laws to ensure legal compliance (EEOC, DOL, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, HIPPA)
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