Senior Employee Relations Manager

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Labcorp is seeking a Senior Employee Relations Manager to join our team in Burlington or Durham NC

Responsibilities

• Works with business managers on particularly complex ER cases that may require commercially acceptable solutions
• Advises on formal processes in accordance with Labcorp policies and appropriate regulatory guidelines. (i.e. attendance issues failure to follow SOPs quality issues investigations and performance matters)
• Acts as a second review/escalation for their team cases; ensuring the ER Labcorp consistency is attained at all times
• Approves all terminations within own business area
• Leads employee relations projects and activities
• Coordinates information with more senior ER team members to ensure compliance with federal state and local requirements
• Ensures their team delivers quality upskilling and publishes an annual development program or upskilling offering for Labcorp leaders globally; may also deliver upskilling themselves
• Works with the metrics team to supply additional intelligence around case numbers for their BU; looking at trends and making business focused recommendations
• Whilst they will be attached to a particular business unit at busy times they are expected to work across the global team if required

Experience required:

• Bachelors Degree in business law human resources or related subject
• 8 or more years experience with Employee Relationsor Human Resource Business Partnering role
• 1 or more years experience leading a team
• 3 or more years experience handling Employee Relations cases

Preferred qualifications

• Appropriate HR Certification (PHR SPHR GPHR CIPD etc.)
• 1 or more years of experience using spreadsheets to analyze reporting data and developing PowerPoint presentations to effectively communicate insights and tell a compelling story.
• Current or prior Labcorp employee

Additional Job Standards

• Sound expert knowledge of relevant employment and labor laws; ideally in more than one country
• Familiarity with Labcorp policies and ability to refer managers and employees to relevant policies tools documents etc.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive issues
• Ability to investigate and to train their team to investigate
• Ability to summarize cases succinctly and give regular case reviews (to peers/legal/ER leaders)
• Ability to prioritize time-sensitive issues
• Awareness of multiple HR disciplines and processes (i.e. compensation benefits talent acquisition).
• Familiarity with case management tools and Microsoft Office
• Proven customer service focus and organizational skills
• Ability to problem solve especially in regard to commercial decisions
• Flexibility and willingness to deal with competing priorities and assist others as needed in a team environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated patience tact and respect; great line manager track record
• Demonstrated exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to adopt a systems thinking approach; looking beyond the immediate issue for the root cause

The Senior Manager Employee Relations serves as a trusted ER leader owning and stewarding strong relationships with leaders and HR Business Partners (HRBPs) to strengthen leader capability and address emerging issues early. Sitting at the intersection of enterprise ER strategy and disciplined execution this role provides consistent practical and legally sound guidance across the full lifecycle of employee concerns while bringing deep operational rigor through oversight escalation support and quality assurance for complex or highrisk matters to ensure alignment with ER standards. The Senior Manager leads and develops ER team members contributes and partners closely with ER leadership to drive insights mitigate risk and continuously improve ER effectiveness across the organization.

Applicants who live within 35 miles of either the Burlington NC or Durham NC location will follow a hybrid schedule. This schedule includes a minimum of three in-office days per week at an assigned location either Burlington or Durham supporting both collaboration and flexibility.

Benefits:Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical Dental Vision Life STD/LTD 401(k) Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO) Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours Casual Intern and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan.Employees who are regularly scheduled toworka 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information pleaseclick here.

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) family or parental status marital civil union or domestic partnership status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression personal appearance age veteran status disability genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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