Job ID#32124 - Labour Relations Officer

City Of Hamilton; Hamilton; Sur place; CAD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The City of Hamilton is seeking an experienced Labour Relations professional to provide comprehensive labour/staff relations expertise for assigned departments. Reporting to the Manager, Labour Relations, you will help develop policies, interpret collective agreements, and support the city’s employment statutes.

You will advise senior managers on strategy, assist in collective agreement negotiations, and guide grievance processes, mediation, and arbitration preparation to protect City interests.

Responsabilités

• Develop and implement fair and proactive labour relations policies.
• Provide advice to senior managers on effective strategies, best practices and application of collective agreements/employment related statutes.
• Assist in the negotiation of collective agreements for the City of Hamilton.
• Develop and maintain interest-based grievance resolution procedures and processes.
• Prepare and present or assist legal counsel with cases for mediation and or arbitration, including interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence.
• Prepare and present or assist legal counsel with cases before administrative tribunals (e.g. Ontario Labour Relations Board, WCB/Appeals Tribunal, Employment Standards Board).
• Provide specialist advice on suspensions, investigation and discipline, contract administration, negotiations, policies, grievances, and union relations.
• Interpret and apply collective agreements, the Labour Relations Act, Employment Standards Act, and the Ontario Human Rights Code.
• Analyze and formulate the City's response to changes in legislation or collective agreements.
• Plan for and manage legal or illegal job actions by City employees.
• Arrange and carry out alternative dispute resolution processes to resolve grievances and disputes.

Description du poste

Reporting to the Manager, Labour Relations, the position is responsible for providing a full range of labour/staff relations expertise for assigned departments.

GENERAL DUTIES

• Develop and implement fair and proactive labour relations policies.
• Provide advice to senior managers on effective strategies, best practices and application of collective agreements/employment related statutes.
• Assist in the negotiation of collective agreements for the City of Hamilton.
• Develop and maintain interest-based grievance resolution procedures and processes.
• Prepare and present or assist legal counsel with cases for mediation and or arbitration, including the interviewing of witnesses, gathering evidence, assessing the City's interests and formulating arguments.
• Prepare and present or assist legal counsel with cases before administrative tribunals (e.g. Ontario Labour Relations Board, Workers Compensation Board/Appeals Tribunal, Employment Standards Board).
• Provide specialist advice and/or direction to human resources practitioners, managers, supervisors and employees on a wide variety of labour/staff relations matters such as suspensions, investigation and discipline, collective agreement administration, negotiations, application of City policies, grievance handling, case law application and union relations.
• Interpret and apply collective agreements, The Labour Relations Act, Employment Standards Act, Ontario Human Rights Code and any other relevant statutes.
• Analyze and formulate the City's response to changes in legislation or collective agreements.
• Plan for and manage legal or illegal job actions by City employees.
• Arrange and carry out alternative dispute resolution processes (e.g. RBO's, mediation, med-arb etc.) to resolve grievances and other disputes.