India Employee Relations Business Partner

Business Unit:
Cubic Corporation

Company Details:
When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

The India Employee Relations Business Partner is responsible for leading and overseeing all employee/industrial relations case management in India and serve as backup support and escalation point as needed in other countries in the APAC to include, but is not limited to: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore. This is in addition to a deep understanding across all HR disciplines. Responsible for maintaining employee/industrial relations records, project management including developing trainings, policies, procedures and interpretation of data analytics. This position works under the supervision and direction of the Global Employee Relations Manager but will regularly exercise discretion and independent decision-making authority for India.

Job Details:
Job Summary: The India Employee Relations Business Partner is responsible for leading and overseeing all employee/industrial relations case management in India and serving as backup support and escalation point as needed in other countries in the APAC, to include, but is not limited to: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore. This is in addition to a deep understanding across all HR disciplines. Responsible for maintaining employee/industrial relations records, project management, including developing training, policies, procedures, and interpretation of data analytics. This position works under the supervision and direction of the Global Employee Relations Manager but will regularly exercise discretion and independent decision-making authority for India.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

- Effective case management of all people-related issues and adverse employment actions to include, but not limited to, investigations, disciplinary, performance management, grievance, redundancies/reduction in force, leave of absence, adverse actions, flagged new hire background checks, and reasonable accommodations through to conclusion. This work will be carried out independently but may include partnership with HR, Legal, H&S, compliance teams, or other COEs.
- Undertake investigations, prepare reports and documentation, and development of disciplinary action or memos in support of cases, ensuring compliance with local law and regulations. May be required to support legal cases preparation.
- Managing and leading the overall enterprise bargaining and negotiation process with employees, unions, and other bargaining representatives to reach agreement on employment terms to include gathering information, conducting research, and preparing proposals for consideration during negotiations.
- Maintain up-to-date employee relations records electronically written and held on the HRIS system. Responsible for ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations and other record-keeping compliance.
- Monitor trends, collate and analyze data, and prepare presentations to enable business insights and pro-active solutions.
- Responsible for the development of policies, procedures, training, SOP guidelines, templates, and other tools/resources as identified for India.
- Promote a positive employee relations culture within the business through enabling a fair and consistent approach to policies and procedures. May provide training to both employees and managers in support.
- Act as a backup and escalation point to other ER team members as needed.
- Completes additional special projects in accordance with assigned deadlines.

Minimum Job Requirements:

- College degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).
- Eight (8)
- twelve (12) years of experience in Employee/Industrial Relations.
- Extensive understanding of employment/industrial & labor law in India is required; with experience in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore preferred.
- Ability to lead through enterprise bargaining is preferred.
- Prior experience managing investigations and other adverse employment actions is required to include disciplinary and grievances, performance improvement, redundancies/reduction in force, leave of absence, adverse actions, flagged new hire background checks, and reasonable accommodations.
- Experience in data analysis, delivering training or training program development, general project management experience, and policy/procedure development is required.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to communicate effectively and discretely with employees at all levels, including executives.
- Must be detail-oriented and able to perform duties with a