HR Benefit & Labour Law manager

Air Liquide; Brussel; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Air Liquide in Belgium seeks an HR Benefit & Labor Law Manager to lead employee relations, ensure compliance with labor laws, and maintain a respectful, confidential workplace. You will partner with managers to shape social dialogue and implement fair policy across Benelux.

Key focus areas include simplifying compensation and benefits, updating policies, and guiding stakeholders through social consultations, with a strong emphasis on ethics, discretion, and cross-country collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in employee relations and social law.
• Experience in an international matrix organisation.
• Experience and knowledge of Compensation & Benefits topics at Benelux level.
• In-depth knowledge of local labor and fiscal laws and regulations at Benelux level.
• Languages: Working knowledge of Dutch, French & English.

Responsabilités

• Participate in HR projects where social consultation or the socio-legal context is important.
• Partner with managers and HR Business Partners to renovate social dialogue and local social industrial strategy.
• Support organization and smooth running of formal and informal social consultations (works council and union delegation).
• Guide stakeholders on social consultation and ensure preparation, negotiation, and implementation of company collective labor agreements and employment regulations.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve employee morale and engagement during business transformations.
• Provide guidance and develop policy for disciplinary processes, ensuring fairness and consistency.
• Advise management on legal and regulatory employment issues and provide benchmarking insights.

Connaissances

Communication

Discretion

Multinational experience

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Stakeholder influence

Business understanding

Description du poste

The HR Benefit & Labor Law Manager is a key member of the Human Resources team, managing employee relations matters, ensuring compliance with all applicable labor laws and regulations, and fostering a positive and productive work environment. This role requires excellent communication and problem-solving skills, deep understanding of labor law, and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Employee Relations:

• You participate in (HR) projects where the impact on social consultation or the socio-legal context is important.

• You become a key HR partner for the managers & HR Business Partners bringing a new eyes and capacity to renovate the social dialogue and the local social industrial strategy

• You help with the organization and smooth running of formal & informal social consultation (works council and union delegation) and you guide business stakeholders with regard to social consultation

• You ensure the preparation, negotiation & implementation of company collective labor agreements, employment regulations and agreements

• You develop and implement strategies to improve employee morale and engagement , in a context of important business , cultural and HR organisation, process and tools transformations

• You provide guidance and develop policy for the disciplinary process, ensuring fairness and consistency.

• You understand our business lines and have a genuine interest in the targets and ambitions of the business and understand how you can positively contribute to their achievement

Social and Fiscal Law Expertise and Employee Benefits:

• Lead initiatives to simplify our compensation & benefits offer in order to reduce our payroll complexity

• You stay up-to-date with all changes in local labor& fiscal laws and regulations thanks to an activity watch activity in the both geographies ( Bel and NL)

Policy Development and Implementation:

• Develop and update HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance and best practices.

• Communicate and educate employees on HR policies and procedures.

• Ensure consistent application of HR policies across the organization.

• You ensure company policies and practices are compliant with legal requirements.

• You advise the management & HR team on legal and regulatory issues related to employment and thanks to your local network brings continuous benchmark insights

• You manage and respond to legal inquiries and claims related to employment.

• You conduct internal audits to ensure compliance.

• You design, implement and administer Benefits projects that deliver an optimal employee experience

• You evaluate and recommend changes to benefit plans based on employee needs, market trends, and cost analysis.

Are you a MATCH?

Management & behavior skills

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.

• Ability to adapt work style in several countries (Benelux) and with corporate level

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Ability to influence stakeholders and steer behaviour to achieve objectives , thanks to robust listener skills and capacity to create truth

• You understand our business lines and have a genuine interest in the targets and ambitions of the business and understand how you can positively contribute to their achievement

Knowledge:

• Strong experience in employee relations and social law.

• Experience of working in an international matrix organisation

• Experience and knowledge of Compensation & Benefits topics at Benelux level

• In-depth knowledge of local labor & fiscal laws and regulations at Benelux level

• Languages: Working knowledge of Dutch, French & English

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.