Employee Relations Business Partner (Corporate)

Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced, and how we think. We believe including everyone and providing an inclusive environment is necessary to embody our values, and deliver products that serve everyone.

Key Qualifications

10+ years related HR experience
7+ years experience leading investigation and resolution of sensitive and complicated employee relations issues
Knowledge of local, state, and federal employment law and regulations
Superb communication skills including effective listening, clear and concise writing and presentation
Proven interpersonal skills to negotiate, influence, and resolve issues at all levels in the organization and in collaboration with dynamic partners
Strong time management and prioritizing ability to balance multiple urgent assignments simultaneously
Consistently exhibits levels of discretion, integrity and confidentiality

Description

Apple is looking for an Employee Relations Business Partner who will conduct sophisticated investigations, provide advice and direction regarding employee relations (ER) matters to executives, managers, and employees across the organization. Key objectives for this team include ensuring legal compliance and adherence to Apple policies is met in a consistent, objective and fair fashion. To meet these objectives, this recognized employee relations authority will partner closely with the People partners, management, Employee Relations Leaders, as well as Employment counsel in working sophisticated employee relations cases.

- Handle complex investigations (i.e. advanced, high risk/profile, critical impact, numerous parties)

- Advise and inform senior leaders/partners (e.g. the business, People, Legal) in investigating and resolving assigned cases

- Address executive escalations as assigned

- Conduct sophisticated Decision Reviews

- Maintain accurate case entry practices

- Own/participate in ER projects as assigned

- Drive ER activity for business initiatives as assigned

- Partner with ER Leaders to provide training and mentoring for ER Business Partners

- Participate in calibration dialog to ensure consistency of practices

Role Number: 200494107