TAD PGS, Inc. Jobs

We have an outstanding career opportunity for aHearing Officerto join a leading Company located in theChicago, ILsurrounding area.

Acts as a liaison on behalf of management, serving as hearing officer or mediator for union grievance hearings, resolution meetings, and other labor/management activities. Aids Labor Counsel on matters related to arbitrations and other labor-related litigation. Research information from past grievance files, personnel records, salary grades of specific union job classifications and previous union labor agreement information.

Job Responsibilities:

• Acts as the hearing officer in connection with union grievances, schedules grievance hearings, coordinates hearings with necessary parties, interprets collective bargaining agreements and work force policies, and issues decisions.

• Acts as a mediator in grievance resolution meetings to resolve third step grievances prior to arbitration, coordinates and conducts labor management meetings, interprets collective bargaining agreements, and makes recommendations for resolution.

• Serves as an informational resource for union contract negotiations by conducting research and furnishing reference documents and statistical data to the management negotiating team.

• Analyzes trends in labor relations and other workforce data to proactively identify work environment concerns, risks, and training opportunities, as well as make recommendations for changes to collective bargaining agreements and policies.

• Supports supervisors with labor-related matters, including interpretation of collective bargaining agreements and policies, and assists with implementation.

• Analyzes data concerning discipline and grievances and consults with labor relations management staff to determine management and supervisory training needs regarding labor relations.

• May prepare statistical reports related to the grievance procedure.

• Assists the Senior Labor & Employment Legal Counsel on matters related to arbitrations and other labor-related litigation by researching past grievances, collecting documents, and corresponding with potential witnesses.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Maintains and ensures a high degree of confidentiality in all the above matters.

  Basic Hiring Criteria:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Juris Doctorate degree , PLUS a minimum of five (5) years of experience in Labor or Industrial Relations.

• Skill in interpreting and applying collective bargaining agreement provisions, Personnel Rules, and departmental rules and policies.

• Knowledge of or ability to grasp and utilize policies, protocols and technical vernacular used throughout each union labor agreement for the quickly and effectively.

• Knowledge of labor relations functions, principles, techniques, contract terminology, office practices, and procedures. Thorough knowledge of business communication principles and techniques , contract terminology, office practices, and procedures relative to labor relations.

• Skill in resolving labor grievances.

• Skill in presiding over third-step grievance hearings and issuing well-reasoned decisions on the same .

• Skill in analyzing text of contractual labor agreements.

• Skill in the use of the art of diplomacy and confidentiality with arbitrators, attorneys, employees, managerial personnel and union representatives.

• Ability to communicate effectively with tact and courtesy, to conduct oneself in a professional manner .

• Good communication skills: ability to gather information from others and make inquiries; ability to convey information and explain or describe policy and procedure to others in person or by telephone.

• Must possess critical thinking skills, including the ability to evaluate and distinguish important facts from large amounts of complex information.

  Desired Qualifications:

• Seven (7) years' experience in Labor or Industrial Relations.

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