Labour Relations Manager

Employment rights expert with many years of professional and project experience in human resources and good know how in working with works councils, combined with extensive specialist knowledge and a courteous personality

Broad experience in employment law, business mediation, change management, strategic personnel planning and organizational development

Experienced in downsizing and closing of companies, management of difficult business transformation projects, labour relations management and negotiations with works councils and unions across multiple interim mandates

Manage moderately complex ER cases independently and with HRBPs, ER leadership, Legal, and stakeholders, including high-risk and senior-level matters; assess risk and align on resolution approach

Conduct confidential investigations into serious misconduct (e.g., harassment, discrimination, policy breaches), including interviews, evidence gathering, analysis, and documentation

Handle Compliance Hotline/Speak Up cases end-to-end, ensuring timely investigation, resolution, and documentation

Support termination processes, including documentation and meetings

Advise leaders on ER policies and best practices to ensure fair treatment and risk mitigation

Influence managers in sensitive cases to drive alignment and outcomes while maintaining relationships

Support ER training and programs with L&D

Partner with Legal to ensure compliance, risk-aware case handling and escalation

Implement and steer staff reduction programs in various subsidiaries

Advising Managing Directors on HR management issues

Point-of-contact to the Employment Agency

Ensure legal rules for notification of redundancies and applying for transfer measures to Employment Agency

Involvement of employee representatives

Personnel management of the ramp-up and ramp-down for the outsourcing of services Control of the speech program

Advising HR business partners on general employment law issues

Revision of the labour law templates and labour contracts in accordance with the Evidence Act

Contact person for C-Level Management for Labour Law questions

Advising the English and German team on the takeover and integration of a German marketing agency

Conducting negotiations with works councils of the acquired company to ensure rapid integration

Project management of the German workforce team and member of the European project teams

HR related consulting in conception of workforce management in the European subsidiaries

Identify coordination areas between time management and personnel deployment planning for personnel scheduling software

Delineate processes and responsibilities in the organization

Prepare necessary technical and operational decisions (e.g., attendance/absence or surcharge calculation)

Standardization / harmonization of necessary master data for workforce management planning

Prepare and accompany consultations with the works council

Avoid taking over the historical complexities in time management

Consultancy regarding organizational transformations

Negotiations with works councils for balance of interest and social plan with a new approach reg. social plan incl. being employer’s representative in arbitration board

Negotiations with works councils for new working time models for external sales (arbitration board)

Negotiations on variable remuneration