Senior Employee Relations & Labor Standards Lead, Philippines

A.P. Moller - Maersk; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk is seeking an Employee/Labor Relations Specialist in Quezon City, Philippines, to deliver expert employee and labour relations support across Contract Logistics and other operational environments. This strategic, hands-on role partners with leaders and People Partners to ensure business continuity and manage workforce risks.

You will lead engagements with unions and employee representatives, guide investigations, and coach managers on best practices in employee relations, while supporting

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years’ experience in Employee Relations, Labor Relations, Employment Law, or Industrial Relations.
• Strong knowledge of local employment and labour law.
• Experience working with unions, works councils, and employee representative bodies.
• Experience supporting frontline, operational, blue-collar, or site-based workforces within logistics, warehousing, manufacturing, transportation, or similarly labour-intensive industries.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and communication skills.
• Ability to balance legal, operational, people, and commercial considerations in a fast-paced business environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance on complex employee and labor relations matters, employment law, investigations, grievances, disciplinary cases, and disputes.
• Partner with business leaders to identify and mitigate workforce and labour relations risks.
• Lead engagement with unions, works councils, and employee representatives, supporting consultations, negotiations, and collective bargaining activities.
• Support organisational change, restructures, start-ups, site expansions, and workforce transformation initiatives.
• Build leadership capability by coaching managers on employee relations best practices, conflict resolution, and workforce engagement.
• Drive responsible labour standards and governance across both directly employed and third‑party labour populations.

Skills

Employee relations

Labor relations

Labor law knowledge

Stakeholder management

Union relations

Job description

Maersk is seeking an Employee/Labor Relations Specialist in Quezon City, Philippines, to deliver expert employee and labour relations support across Contract Logistics and other operational environments. This strategic, hands-on role partners with leaders and People Partners to ensure business continuity and manage workforce risks.

You will lead engagements with unions and employee representatives, guide investigations, and coach managers on best practices in employee relations, while supporting