HR/ IR Head - Baramati - Manufacturing

• Possess comprehensive knowledge and experience of relevant statutes and compliance requirements.
• Hands-on experience in managing grievance procedures, conducting enquiries, and overseeing disciplinary actions.
• Lead training and development initiatives to cultivate a learning culture and enhance associates' skills. Implement scheduled training interventions.
• Manage relationships with labour unions and key stakeholders to proactively address potential issues.
• Drive the plant culture calendar to foster positive change and motivation among employees. Implement engagement activities and initiatives to strengthen organizational culture.
• Appraise officers and managers on employee relations matters, offering guidance on best practices and risk mitigation.
• Ensure adherence to compliance calendars, assist in filing returns, maintaining registers, and tracking amendments under various acts. Collaborate with the team on compliance priorities and liaison activities.
• Take ownership of employee recognition programs to promote a positive work environment.
• Maintain manpower schedules, sourcing, and onboarding processes to meet manpower requirement.
• Monitor daily attendance, absenteeism, and overtime, supporting interventions to improve workforce management.
• Assist in managing the lifecycle of NAPS/NATS/Apprentices, WILP and L&E in compliance with applicable norms.
• Maintain procedures and documentation in accordance with OHSAS, IMS, and other relevant standards

This is Generalist ER Profile and with major responsibility of legal. He is responsible for following areas:

• Employee Relations Management:

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• Candidate must have had at least one stint in manufacturing in an IR role.
• Union Management
• Conflict Resolution and Grievance Management
• Policy and Legal Compliance-Ensure the organization adheres to employment laws, regulations, and internal policies, providing guidance to managers and employees on these matters.
• Act as a BER of Production Unit (PU)
• Implement capability building and employee engagement initiatives in PU
• Ensuring employee raised disputes in courts are handled sensitively while protecting the companys interest.
• Engaging with senior stakeholders and acting as an advisor on course of action.
• Monitoring and tracking changes in the external industrial relations environment.
• Act in an advisory capacity to identify and help employee relation managers
• Ensure peaceful and disciplined industrial relations in the Company
• Implementation of drives for Vigilance and Improving the connect with employees
• Maintaining discipline and Maintaining Industrial Peace & Harmony
• Engagement Initiatives for Cell Members
• Ensuring shop floor Discipline & Disciplinary Management

• Court Cases and Legal matters:

• To assist company Advocates by providing them the data & information.
• Preparing various Replies
• Ground work to minimize the litigations
• Reporting of employee cases to senior management and conducting due diligence in closure of pending cases.
• Ensuring employee raised disputes in courts are handled sensitively while protecting the company’s interest.

• Contract Labour Management :

• Contract labour management and risk mitigation
• Reduction of contractual manpower
• Cost Neutral LTS of contractual labour
• Grievance handling of contract labours

• Disciplinary Action

• Examination of employee accountability in disciplinary cases and advising on appropriate course of action.
• Management Rep. in all Domestic enquiries
• All enquiry related correspondence
• Execution of disciplinary process of various nature (including employee misconduct and fraud etc)

• Statutory Compliances

• Liaison with Government officials like Labour department, DISH, PF,ESIC, etc
• Ensure 100% statutory compliances other than time office related compliances.
• Monthly compliance audit of all contractors
• Ensuring labour law compliances across the organization.

Job Requirements

Experience

15 years & above

Industry Preferred

• Should have relevant experience in IR functions in manufacturing company

Qualification

MLS / MSW – Preferred.

Personality Traits

Competencies

1. Strong knowledge about labour laws and regulations

2. Excellent analytical and logical abilities

3. Excellent communication and negotiation skills

4. Must be able to work under high stress and protect company from legal difficulties

5. Must be well organized, and accurate in work

6. Must be able to maintain confidentiality about all legal matters

7. Should be conversant with Hindi, Marathi and English languages

8. Should have good legal knowledge of court procedures preferably in Nagpur / Vidarbha region