Labour & Employee Relations Manager

Role & responsibilities

Responsible for overseeing and managing labour relations activities for FC India. This includes overseeing and negotiating labour contracts, resolving labour disputes, creating, and implementing L&ER policies, and providing guidance and training to managers and supervisors. This position often works closely with union representatives (internal and external) for healthy industrial relations, statutory and local governing bodies, factory supervisory staff to ensure compliance with employment and other applicable laws. Will also work closely with other plant HR Teams (internal and external), sharing and benchmarking Labour & Employee Relations practices.

Preferred candidate profile

Strategic IR

• Prepare briefings for executive management on various labour relations issues.
• Contribute with inputs to strategize on workforce reduction by planning major downsizing exercises or complex individual cases and by preparing costing reviews, various downsizing scenarios and consulting legal services for complex cases.
• Strategize on Staff Augmentation initiatives to improve flexibility and productivity enhancement.
• Develop and maintain an expertise on various working conditions in similar organizations, trends, jurisprudence, etc. by keeping up to date on labour relations literature, developing a network and participating in various interdepartmental/agency committees.

Union Management and LTS

• Managing relationship with unions and Participate in Long-Term Wage Settlements
• Along with the Plant Manager is an integral member of the team representing management in the negotiation.
• Prepare strategies and review drafts of collective agreements, ensuring that negotiations are properly documented.
• Educate plant management on negotiated contract changes and assist with implementation where required.
• Coordinate the operations of the Labour-Management Consultative Committee, including preparation of the agenda on behalf of management and documentation of discussions. Actively contribute to the establishment of a positive relationship with the union.
• Work closely with Legal Counsel and Management towards preparation for the potential mediation or arbitration and ensure settlements or court orders are followed/implemented correctly.
• Drafting / and certification of Standing Orders