Employee Relations Specialist

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🏄 California – Remote

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

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🏄 California – Remote 🌽 Illinois – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $55.3k - $65k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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Cushman & Wakefield

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Real Estate • Enterprise • Logistics

Cushman & Wakefield is a global leader in commercial real estate services, providing a wide range of services including agency leasing, asset services, capital markets, global occupier services, project and development services, tenant representation, and valuation and advisory for various industries such as logistics and industrial, multifamily, retail, life sciences, data centers, and healthcare. The company is committed to driving forward for clients, colleagues, and communities with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as environmental, social, and governance principles. Operating in over 60 countries with 52,000 professionals, Cushman & Wakefield consistently delivers insights and research, such as market reports and sustainability efforts.

10,000+ employees

Founded 1917

🏠 Real Estate

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• Responsible for the delivery of Employee Relations consulting services to dedicated client groups on standard to complex ER matters. • Work with employees and their managers to understand perspectives and to guide toward resolution of conflict or issues. • Investigate internal employee complaints, recommend solutions to management and People Partners, including consistent corrective action or termination, based on company policies, weighing legal risk factors to the organization. • Document investigation, recommendations and resolution for the complaint. • Consult and coach managers on performance management best practices, including progressive performance management, performance improvement plans, exit strategies, and involuntary separations. • Investigate, review, consult, and provide recommendations to managers on employee misconduct issues. • Make recommendations regarding appropriate level of corrective action or termination to People Partners and management based on company policies and laws. • Consult on escalated leave of absence and job accommodation requests. Provide recommendations, resolution and influence management on recommendations based on company policies and laws. Ensure appropriate documentation to support decision. • Support and consult with HRBPs and managers with position elimination activities; coordinate approved business cases with aligned HRBP, ER COE, and the HR Operations team to ensure a seamless and thoughtful process for affected employees and non-affected managers and employees. • Provide change management support to management and HRPBs. Partner with dedicated HRBP on issues that are highly complex or present significant risk to the business or company. • Utilize Case Management tools to document and effectively manage ER matters and investigations; will become the Subject Matter Expert and Super User of the Case Management tool, generating reports and tracking trends. • Provide input and insight on holistic intervention and engagement efforts and remedies. • May assist in the creation and refinement of company-wide HR policies; collaborate and consult on non-HR policies. • Develop of training, tools, templates, processes and reference materials, or other projects in support of the ER COE function. • May participate in project work that supports the ER COE, the HR team, or other functions. • Occasional travel to other C&W locations to participate in investigations and meetings.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in HR or related area • 0-5 years years of progressive ER or HR Generalist experience • PHR or SPHR designation preferred • Spanish language skills strongly preferred • Superior diagnostic and analytical skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Solid business intelligence • Ability to influence leaders and colleagues; skilled counselor, consultant and facilitator • Strong organization skills and project management skills

🏖️ Benefits

• health, vision, and dental insurance • flexible spending accounts • health savings accounts • retirement savings plans • life and disability insurance programs • paid and unpaid time away from work