HR Compliance and Labor Relations Manager

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HR Compliance and Labor Relations Manager

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SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES

• Monitor new federal, state, and local employment-related laws, regulations, and codes, and provide Legal and HR with regular updates regarding new legislation and rulemaking.
• Review and assess current HR compliance practices with relevant federal, state, and local employment-related laws, regulations, and codes.
• Develop and perform regularly scheduled internal assessments and present data-driven findings to company stakeholders, including Legal and HR.
• Manage HR compliance and supporting team to assure compliance projects, audits, laws, etc. are completed/updated.
• Perform regularly scheduled internal audits on cannabis compliance regulations.
• Assist HR and Legal in developing action plans for remediation and implementation of new compliance requirements.
• Research regulatory changes and analyze new or revised employment laws against current Trulieve policies determine impact on company.
• Respond to external requests for compliance-related data, including information requests from federal and state agencies.
• Research, compile, and analyze data for use in litigation or agency proceedings.
• Other related duties as assigned. Coordinating and auditing monthly employee withholding authorizations to ensure employee initiation fees and dues are being properly withheld and paid to the union.
• Auditing/approving employee worked hours for calculating our contribution to the UFCW's national workforce development fund.
• Auditing of payments to UFCW for fees and dues from 2022-present.
• Auditing in HRIS for all union employee's benefits and union status.
• Communicating with Union about new hires and administrative questions about billing, inactive employees, etc.
• Assisting and supporting field HR as a third-party nonbiased resource for employee relations and investigations.
• Assisting in developing internal union training for statutory supervisors; coordinate and track union training (pre-petition and CBA compliance).
• Responding to all grievances.
• Managing the completion of employee relations projects and initiatives by working with the field HR team.
• Assisting and coordinating response to petitions, campaign, and election needs.
• Negotiating minor amendments to CBAs, assist management in resolving union-related issues w/RIFs, disciplinary actions, shift changes, etc. -- topics that require bargaining
• Monitoring and reporting on compliance with LPAs - in particular, headcounts.
• Creating SOPs on the reporting process and auditing.
• Internal HRM rep. for bargaining committee in CBA contract negotiations.
• Tracking and monitoring contract dates for CBAs and LPAs, notifying legal ahead of time regarding negotiations and expirations to resign.
• Point of contact for internal communications to determine which locations to exclude or include, i.e. employee engagement survey, discount changes, policy changes, etc.
• Point of contact, or subject matter expert, for all union related matters and issues within and for the HR team.
• Responsible for HRBP union relations trainings, developing, administering, and tracking.
• Responsible for developing and implementing the company's mitigation and employee relations strategies.
• Traveling to locations for any employee relations matters that arise.
• Responsible for training, mentoring, introducing, etc. for any new HRBP/HRM that oversees any unionized location.
• Managing and updating the union relations project tracker.
• Following up on legal requests to HR field team and manages the requests.
• Misc. duties as needed per legal's request.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's Degree in or equivalent in Human Resources or related field.
• At least five (5) years' experience in Human Resources compliance or related Human Resources experience.
• One year of employee or union relations experience or equivalent through training and/or education required.
• Leadership experience managing a team.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Familiarity with state, union, and federal employment laws, regulations, and agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and review significant amounts of data while working within multiple systems.
• Thorough understanding of state and federal laws concerning labor relations, employment laws, EEOC, ADA, and any others.
• Excellent planning, problem-solving, and collaborative skills
• Ability to research, understand and communicate complex and sometimes cumbersome employment regulations
• Superb analytical and critical thinking skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Collaborative and supportive mindset; ability to cater to various audiences at multiple levels within the organization
• Working understanding of attorney-client privilege; understanding of how to handle sensitive information

TRAVEL REQUIRED

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• Frequent travel to different locations within a specific geographic area.

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