Labour and Employee Relations Lead DACH region

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Requirements:

• University degree (undergraduate degree required, graduate degree preferred) in Law (Labour/Industrial relations), Labour Relations, Business, Human Resources, or another related field.
• 10+ years of combined human resources, employee relations, labor relations, and/or L&E legal experience in a law firm or company.
• Subject matter expertise and solid technical knowledge of fundamental labour and employment laws and labour and employee relations landscape in Germany (Austria, Switzerland Europe generally would be a plus).
• Experience managing, handling, and executing complex employee investigations.
• Proven track record of successful works council engagement and negotiation, including execution of complex business change, restructuring, policy and project deployment.
• Must be able to apply LER expertise with a pragmatic and proactive approach, balance collaborative workplace partnerships and business interests, and influence and lead stakeholders.
• Experience developing and implementing process-oriented solutions to drive consistent LER practice and outcomes.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite including Excel and use of LER Case Management technology platform.
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills (English required plus a language from the add country coverage); able to communicate progress, results, and guidance clearly and concisely to critical stakeholders.
• Able to travel 20%.

Responsibilities:

• Develop trust and collaborative relationships with HRBPs who manage employee representative relationships (including trade unions and Works Councils) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
• Partner with Danaher’s German Working Group Liaison to maintain and leverage a positive and effective relationship to drive enterprise-wide program and system deployments.
• Prepare and review local factory agreements to drive consistency and compliance with LER strategy on enterprise initiatives.
• Handle non-routine core employee relations matters in partnership with OpCo HR business partners that present complexity or higher risk or require policy interpretation, including workplace investigations and determination of root cause.
• Support OpCo HR Business Partners (HRBPs)/HR Generalists on routine core ER processes including workplace investigations, performance management issues, associate employment separations, and performance management issues.
• Provide leadership on enterprise initiatives and projects, including as to associate representative information and consultation requirements.
• Provide mentorship, guidance and advice on works council/union/labour relations matters as appropriate.