- To provide professional, balanced and expert advice and support to line managers at all levels within the business. This will include:
- ACAS guidelines
- Performance Management
- Disciplinary Process, incl. case analysis
- Grievances, incl. resignation in haste/complaints
- Whistleblowing, incl. management of our international case management system
- Appeals
- ACAS Early Conciliation
- Tribunal case preparation and management
- To have expert knowledge of our various people policies and guides, to provide advice and support on the following:
- Maternity/Adoption/Paternity/Shared Parental Leave/Parental Leave
- Compassionate Leave / Dependency Leave / Force Majeure Leave
- Equality & Diversity
- Attendance Management:
- To have expert knowledge of our attendance policy, alongside the ability to apply sound judgement on the following:
- Unauthorised Absence & Some Other Substantial Reason (SOSR)
- Absence Without Leave (AWOL)
- Short-Term Absence incl. Intermittent absence
- Long-Term Absence incl. Occupational Health case management
- Reasonable Adjustments
- Ill-health Terminations
- To have an excellent knowledge of the regulations relating to checking right to work in the UK and to provide support on the following:
- Completing checks on eligibility to Work in the UK, Ireland and Guernsey
- Visa renewals & appeals
- Employer sponsorship visas
- Training line managers on RTW validation using Right-check
- To have a good understanding of the General Data Protection Regulations to support the following areas:
- Subject Access Requests (SARS)
- Right to be Forgotten requests
- Personal Details Correction
- Privileged communications
- Data Protection policies
- ICO contact
- Data breaches
- To be able to support front line managers with employment issues relating to:
- Working Time Regulations, incl. Child & Young Workers
- Fixed term contracts
- Probation periods
- Hour's consultations
- Redundancy consultations
- Flexible working
- Up-to-date knowledge of HR legislation and best practice
- Great listener
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Good administrative and IT skills
- Experience in letter writing
- Ability to build key working relationships and influence colleagues at all levels
- CIPD Qualified
- Experience of working in HR Function or Operations with a strong ER record
Employee Relations Specialist - Birmingham, United Kingdom - SSP Group
Description
About the Role
Providing professional front-line employee relations advice and support to Management Teams on all aspects of employee relations, colleague welfare, performance management, people policies, data protection & right to work legislation.
What you'll be Doing:
A Specialist will either have existing experience or will be trained in the following areas. Training is ongoing based on the need to adapt our policies and processes to changing regulations. Specialists will be expected to network and review latest legal updates to ensure their knowledge remains current.
Employee Relations
People Policies:
Right to Work in the UK:
Data Protection:
Employment Legislation:
To be Successful in this role you will need:
Essential:
Desirable: