Rochester Regional Health · 6 hours ago
Labor Relations Manager
Rochester, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$85K/yr - $110K/yr
5+ years expRochester Regional Health is focused on enhancing employee relations and labor management within their organization. The Manager of Labor Relations is responsible for establishing trusted relationships and managing the administration of labor relations strategies, collective bargaining agreements, and grievance procedures.
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Responsibilities
Primary contact for labor relations matters, including labor union discussions, contract compliance, and team member grievance management
Prepares grievances for arbitration and assists presenting attorney
Participates as a member of the bargaining team in labor contract negotiations
Provides practical, compliant, and strategic advice related to the collective bargaining agreements, employment law, National Labor Relations Act, and system policies and procedures
Research, interpret, and apply arbitration awards, memoranda or letters of agreement or understanding and grievance settlements related to specific entity or labor contract
Translates complex information and provides highly specialized advice in a specific Human Resources discipline
Partners with Operations, Employee Relations, and unions on issues related to Labor Relations, including investigations and disciplines, collective bargaining agreement, HR policies and applicable laws
Partners with HR Strategy and Employee Relations to advise and assist business units with restructurings and reductions in force to determine impact on any union members
Develops and recommends labor relations practices necessary to establish a positive employer-team member relationship and promote a high level of team member morale, motivation, and engagement
Proposes remedial action based on investigation findings, recommending appropriate actions to correct concerns based on assessing risks and minimizing liability
Supports other internal projects/initiatives as needed
Escalates issues and matters to Vice President of Employee and Labor Relations with recommendations as appropriate
Conducts investigations of highly complex and sensitive labor relations matters, including conducting claimant, witness, and accused team member interviews; analyzing data from various internal systems; composing investigation reports
Consults and collaborate with HR Strategy, the ER team, and Legal on highly complex unionized team member investigations
Analyzes casework trends to produce strategic, proactive recommendations to HR and the business to proactively address and mitigate systemic issues
Establishes reporting for various data sources related to labor and employee relations metrics and makes appropriate recommendations for continuous improvements
Provides coaching and training to Operations, HR Strategy, Employee Relations and other partners in carrying out their responsibilities on labor relations matters
Responsible for preparing, coordinating and/or performing union avoidance risk assessments, defining remedial actions and ensuring implementation of initiatives to mitigate any unionization exposure in our union free facilities
Managers Labor Relations team members
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
PHR/SPHR or a similarly recognized certification related to Human Resources
Five years of progressive experience in Human Resources, which includes at least two years of employee relations, labor relations and/or employee investigations experience
Company
Rochester Regional Health
Rochester Regional Health provides integrated health services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$15.6MKey Investors
New York State Department of HealthMother Cabrini
2025-12-12Grant· $15M
2024-02-27Grant· $0.6M
Leadership Team
Richard Davis
CEO
Recent News
Rochester Business Journal
2025-12-25
Rochester Business Journal
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