Employee & Labor Relations

Employee & Labor Relations

1. Legal & Regulatory

   • WARN, Title VII, NLRA,LMRA, LMRDA

2. SPHR Only

   • Union Avoidance Strategies

3. EE Communication & Feedback

   • Focus groups, surveys, staff meetings
   • Conduct Exit Interviews
   • Dispute resolution & grievance procedures
   • Investigate employee complaints: internal investigations, with legal counsel, via arbitrators or mediators.
   • Establish & maintain communication tools: employee handbook, reference guides, SOP's

4. Manage the EE Relationship

   • Special Events
   • Recognition programs
   • Asess climate through surveys and operational indications such as turnover rates

5. Manage the Union Relationship

   • The Organizing Process
   • Unfair Labor Practices
   • Collective Bargaining: contract negotiation, costing & administration

6. Discipline & Terminations

   • RIF, layoffs, policy violations, poor performers
   • Discipline policy, code of conduct