Employee Relations Manager

About This Role

This temporary, hybrid role in NYC is for a seasoned, hands-on Employee Relations professional. The ideal candidate will have spent at least 5 years personally managing complex ER cases and workplace investigations, and will be comfortable independently advising HRBPs and senior leaders on sensitive employee matters.

Responsibilities

• Conduct investigations from intake through findings
• Manage performance and corrective action
• Handle involuntary terminations
• Review and draft sensitive ER documentation
• Manage ER cases and conduct case audits
• Assess employment-law risk
• Use ER data to identify trends and organizational risk

Requirements

• 10+ years of HR experience
• 5+ years focused on Employee Relations
• Hands-on experience with ER cases, not just a general HRBP
• Personally conducted complex workplace investigations
• Experience with employee complaints, misconduct, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation matters
• Strong performance management experience
• Experience with PIPs, written warnings, and corrective actions
• Experience advising on involuntary terminations
• Comfortable coaching and pushing back on managers and senior leaders
• Strong understanding of employment law and ER risk
• Excellent writing and documentation skills
• Written and reviewed investigation reports, case summaries, corrective actions, and termination documentation
• Experience maintaining detailed, audit-ready ER case files
• Can use ER data to identify trends, risks, and problem areas
• Experience working with HRBPs, Legal, Compliance and senior leadership
• Bachelor's degree based on the current minimum qualifications

Nice to have:

• Used HR Acuity or another ER case-management system

Important Details

• Contract: temporary, 1-3 month