Labour Relations (lr) Associate

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Job Summary

The Labour Relations (LR) Associateis responsible forcollaborating with leaders toidentifyand prepare arguments to defend the company’s position on LR issues. The roleestablishes, maintains, and develops a solid working relationship with union representatives, colleagues, and clients to promote a co-operative and effective LR climate.

Main Responsibilities

Labour Relations

· Support the maintenance ofgood workingrelationships with union representatives to promote a co-operative and effective labour relations climate

· Attend union and management meetings, record decisions and conduct follow ups to ensureappropriate actionsare taken

· Input and update grievancerecords ina grievance management system

· Utilize the grievance management system to pull trend reports and analyze data

· Identify grievance trends and work with leaders on action plans to reduce grievances

· Coach Front Line Supervisors (FLS) and middle Managers on key collective agreement issues, responding to grievances, and other LR concerns

· Support FLS on employee issues, including collective agreement interpretation, discipline, attendance management, application of the Canada Labour Code and other employer obligations, such as the duty to accommodate

· Assist the Labour Relations Manager with preparing for joint conference or labour-management meetings

· Hold meetings with union representatives to resolve grievances beforeproceedingto arbitration

· Prepare and present grievances at arbitration

Working Conditions

The role has standard working conditions in an office environment in the railyard with a regular workweek from Monday to Friday. Due to the nature of the role, the incumbent must be able to meet tight deadlines, handlepressureand stress. The role requires minimal monthly travel (10%).

Requirements

Experience

Labour Relations

· Minimum 2 years of labour relations experience in a unionized environment, or equivalent

o Experience interpreting and applying collective agreements and relevant federal employment legislation

o Experience building strong and positive relationships with stakeholders

Education/Certification/Designation

· Bachelor’s orAssociates Degreein Labour, Industrial Relations, or equivalent, or minimum 5 years of experience working in a rail or industrial environment

Competencies

· Applies critical thinking

· Knows the business and stays current on industry needs

· Demonstrates agility and drives change

· Sets direction and inspires others

· Solves problems to create value

· Communicates with impact

· Develops self and others

· Collaborates with others and shares information

· Demonstrates active listening

· Fluently bilingual both written and verbal (English, French), (geographic specific)

Technical Skills/Knowledge

· Ability to prepareconsolidatedmaterial to be presented to a third party

· Ability to assess and analyze business issues and make recommendations

· Ability to understand and apply key concepts and best practices in LR

· Strong computer skills

· Excellent organizational and analytical skills