Employee & Labour Relations Business Partner
Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands
Corporate Functions
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The Employee & Labour Relations Business Partner (ERBP) provides consulting and direction regarding employee and labour relations matters to managers and employees throughout the organisation. The ERBP helps ensure legal compliance, and adherence to consistent application of Apple policies and practices across all lines of business.
In this role, you will provide policy interpretations, advising on misconduct and performance issues, investigations, and decision reviews. You will also participate to meetings, and negotiations involving social partners (Works Council, Trade unions, Health & Safety committees, etc.). Your scope will be the Retail stores in The Netherlands and Belgium.
Key Qualifications
- Proven hands-on experience related to employee and labour relations
- Strong knowledge of and experience with employee relations cases
- Strong knowledge of and experience with Netherlands and Belgium labour relations system
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Able to work successfully within ambiguity and within a complex, fast pace and challenging business environment
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt flexibly to different situations
- A demonstrated ability to partner effectively with key internal stakeholders including senior business managers
- Strong communication skills including effective listening, writing and presentation.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Fluency in Dutch and English is required, French will be appreciated as well.
Description
• Applying Apple values to support leaders and People team colleagues to resolve people challenges, including performance management, policy interpretation, business conduct issues, and terminations.
• Conducting independent and timely investigations into alleged workplace misconduct and policy breaches, including interviewing employees, creating concise investigation reports, making recommendations to leadership.
• Developing training and local policies, when applicable, and communicating and implementing company-wide programs, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinating and leading Work Council, including any consent, advice, information or consultation process • Identifying and supporting development of strategy to mitigate labour relations risks including monitoring the external environment.
• Coordinating and leading responses to government audits, information requests and inspections.
• Using metrics with key stakeholders to highlight trends and developing strategies to cultivate positive employee relations in the business and to mitigate risk.
• Maintaining accurate case entry practices in ER case management systems.
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
- There will be some travel required to stores in The Netherlands and in Belgium, and to Apple office in Paris.