Employee Relations Specialist / HR Specialist

Title: HR Specialist

Location: Abbott Park, Illinois, 100% Onsite

Duration: 3+ months (Possibility to extend)

Responsibilities:

• Participate in a variety of employee relations activities to minimize the negative impact of individual employee grievances or collective labor disputes.
• Executes the delivery of services to provide a single point of contact for efficiently providing highly accessible expert Employee Relations.
• Interfaces across multiple businesses and or countries and ensures compliance with all relevant country laws, regulations, policies and practices.
• Interpret and administer the organization's collective agreements and individual employment contracts so that they are applied in accordance with relevant regulations, laws, and the organization's employment policies and standards.
• Conduct research and analysis on employee relations issues so that other managers, legal counsel, mediators, and external consultants are well-prepared for bargaining, negotiation, and dispute resolution procedures.
• Participate in negotiations and dispute resolution procedures with employees, unions, employer bodies, government agencies, labor relations authorities, and other relevant agencies so that the organization's interests are protected.
• Keep up-to-date with the employee relations climate in the organization and the industry and with proposed and actual changes in employee relations regulations, so that the organizations employee relations policies remain current and relevant.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
• Provides expert consultative and problem solving services to managers, employees and other HR functions regarding HR policies and practices.
• Ensures compliance with all relevant country laws, regulations, policies and practices.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or Employee Relations related field.

Qualifications:

• 2 - 4 years prior HR experience
• Familiar with conflict resolution, organization, & relatable experience with having difficult conversations.
• Experience with Zendesk & Workday
• Effectively communicates and negotiates with customers to define service levels.
• Worked for a large corporation.

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs