People Relations Specialist - 1 Year Project

Job Description

• For this People Relations Specialist project, your focus will be to guide and enhance the relationship between the leaders and employees within the US Sales Market.
• Your role is crucial in fostering a positive work environment, resolving conflicts, and ensuring that employment policies and practices align with legal requirements.
• Understanding the broader business goals in your Sales Market and how people relations strategies align with and contribute to achieving those objectives.
• Equip HR Business Line and Business Leaders with the appropriate training, tools, and access to relevant information to be proactive in managing risk and People Relations related topics/cases.
• This hybrid role reports into our People Relations Manager, US and is based out of an US Support Office location (Secaucus, New Jersey).

A Day in the Life

Working at H&M means no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will include the following responsibilities*

• Focus on day-to-day people relations activities, supporting the HR Business Line in handling issues of conflict resolution, investigations, and policy interpretation
• Handle escalated investigations and matters where a conflict exists for the HR Business Partner
• Drive implementation plan of new and/or updated H&M Group social policies, guidelines or framework
• Deliver on local people relations plans and prios aligned with global strategy and

priorities

• Act on local legally needed adaptations of policies and standards
• Provide strategic and operational advice to local management and HR Business Line
• Keep up to date on employment law to ensure compliance
• Govern and follow up on compliance for entire Sales Market
• Ensure local grievance process that is in line with the Global grievance policy and handle grievance investigations
• Ensure the respect for freedom of associations for all colleagues connected to our business
• Create a trustful relationship with employee representatives
• Secure that Managers are fully aware of their

responsibilities

and have a proactive internal dialogue

• Drive risk assessments as a tool to identify hazards in the physical and psychosocial work environment
• Participate in risk assessments to analyze and understand events which might lead to crisis and uncertainty in the organization e.g., internal controls or geopolitics context
• Secure that crisis is handled in accordance with Our General People Principles - In times of crisis
• Expectation to contribute to People Relations Network​
• Occasional domestic and international travel may be required

Qualifications

Who You Are

• At least two years Employee/People Relations experience (may consider equivalent HR education + ER experience)
• Some knowledge of federal, state, local US employment laws and regulations
• Proven track record in developing, revising, and implementing HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations
• Demonstrated commitment to human rights advocacy within the workplace.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing comprehensive occupational health and safety programs

Additional Information

Why You'll Love Working at H&M

• We value diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and disability
• We pride ourselves on being a values-driven organization, guided by our 7 unique values that have been part of our success story for over 75 years
• You'll have access to our Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) to find community and networking opportunities among colleagues
• We are an inclusive company where you're encouraged to be yourself at work
• You will have access to a large global talent community, where career growth and aspirations have no limits
• We believe in supporting your overall wellbeing and offer comprehensive benefits inclusive of health insurance, wellness and family support programs, company match 401k, paid leave programs, and paid time off, including a community day to serve your local community
• You'll be able to express your personal style with our employee discount at H&M, & Other Stories, and COS

*This job posting highlights the most critical

responsibilities

requirements

of the job and is not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, and

responsibilities

assigned for this job at the company's discretion.

**H&M, in good faith, has assessed this posted range of compensation as the accurate range for this role and location at the time of this posting. H&M may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.