Employee Labor Relations Specialist

HBH New Halsted
3501 N Halsted St
Chicago, IL 60657, USA

Howard Brown Health is a nationally recognized leader in LGBTQ+ health and wellness. Our commitment to inclusive and affirming care has made us a cornerstone of the Chicago community. At Howard Brown, we believe in providing holistic, patient-centered care that empowers individuals and enriches lives.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to health equity and social justice.
• Work in a supportive, inclusive, and culturally competent environment.
• Access to continuous learning opportunities and professional development.
• Contribute to groundbreaking health initiatives and research.
• Employer-sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance with two PPO plans and an HMO plan.
  • BCBS HMO, PPO, and PPO Select Plans
  • BCBS Dental
• BCBS Vision
• Paid Time Off:
• 3-weeks paid vacation and 1-week of personal time
• 12 accrued sick days per year
• PTO Exchange allows employees to turn unused PTO into liquid assets
• 401k program with up to 5% employer match after 90 days
• Employer-paid basic life insurance valued at one times the annual salary
• Voluntary Life and AD&D, and Short-term and Long-term disability
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefit account
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Forgiveness Programs; NHSC & PSLF
• Employee Assistance Program with 5 employer-paid counseling sessions
• 50% off at Brown Elephant Resale Shops and discounts at local businesses

Functional Operating Excellence/Compliance/Reporting

• Supports the execution of established Employee & Labor Relations functional goals in alignment with HR department and organizational strategic plans and priorities
• Supports the design, development and introduction of SOPs toward ensuring alignment to organizational policies, cross-departmental relevance and alignment with collective bargaining agreements
• Reviews and evaluates application of policies and procedures ensuring consistency in delivery and administration as well as assists with crafting policies focused on employee and labor relations practices where applicable
• Ensures the timely receipt, acknowledgment, review and assigning of employee relations matters triaged to the HR department via HBH’s compliance management technology (Compliatric)
• Routinely monitors HBH’s compliance management technology (Compliatric) activity and notifies Manager, Employee & Labor Relations of outstanding matters requiring follow-up
• Introduces, monitors and manages a sustainable record keeping and file maintenance approach to all employee and labor relations matters
• Ensures the drafting, finalization and memorialization of relevant and employee/labor relations process flows for continuous improvements
• Provides relevant historical data/content relative to employee complaints and investigations in support of matter progression and/or matter next steps
• Produces routine and ad hoc metric reports as assigned and/or required

Employee Relations

• Provides guidance and interpretation support to Business Partners on policies and procedures (policy manual and CBA) related to simple employment matters, escalating complex matters to the Sr. Manager, Employee Labor Relations
• In collaboration with Sr. Manager, Employee Labor Relations, assists with designing, developing and facilitating various organization-level training topics focused on promoting positive employee and labor relations

Labor Relations

• In collaboration with Sr. Manager, identifies ways to continuously bridge the employee: manager relationship focused on a unionized workforce
• Ensures timely and accurate process execution focused on initial and follow up notices and other communication to bargaining unit members
• Ensures adherence to all relevant…