Employee Relations Manager, Asia

MARSH & MCLENNAN

Marsh & McLennan(NYSE: MMC) is the world's leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. The Company's 76,000 colleagues advise clients in over 130 countries. With annualized revenue approaching$17 billion,Marsh & McLennanhelps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses.Marshadvises individual and commercial clients of all sizes on insurance broking and innovative risk management solutions.Guy Carpenterdevelops advanced risk, reinsurance and capital strategies that help clients grow profitably and pursue emerging opportunities.Mercerdelivers advice and technology-driven solutions that help organizations meet the health, wealth and career needs of a changing workforce.Oliver Wymanserves as a critical strategic, economic and brand advisor to private sector and governmental clients. For more information, visitmmc.com, follow us onLinkedInand Twitter@mmc_globalor subscribe toBRINK.

MARSH & MCLENNAN is seeking candidates for the following position based in the Singapore office:

Employee Relations Manager, Asia

What can you expect?

This position is for a recognized subject matter expert in Employee Relations who is also able to manage large projects and processes and write a variety of policies, guides, templates and other documents. This position provides day-to-day advice and counsel to human resources colleagues in Asia region across all businesses on all types of employee relations issues to ensure uniformity in the treatment of colleagues, to reduce litigation, reputational and financial costs, and to balance the interests of the manager, the colleague and the business. This role ensures compliance with new employment-related law & regulations; writes and updates employee handbooks and other templates (e.g., offer letter, bonuses) for all businesses in each country; writes, updates and distributes HR guides and templates; creates and delivers self-service and live ER training for managers; and creates or sources training for HR community.

What is in it for you?

• Regional exposure

• Recognized subject matter expert

• Manages large projects or processes

• Minimal oversight from manager

• Problems faced are difficult and often complex

• Influences others within and outside of the job function regarding policies, practices and procedures

We will count on you to:

• Counsels HR colleagues in all business units on a wide range of employee relations issues including progressive counseling, performance management, company policies and procedures, background checks, and legal requirements

• Investigates or oversees investigation of employee complaints of alleged discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation under the various employment laws

• Partners with employment lawyers on investigating and responding to attorney letters about current or former employees

• Identifies employment law changes, modifies policies to address change and works with HR community to implement required changes

• Writes and maintains employee handbooks for each legal employing entity in Asia

• Develops and maintains template for each country for use by HR community including employment application, offer letters, bonuses, flexible working, tuition assistance, redundancy documents, etc.

• Writes, updates and distributes guides and templates for HR community

• Develops and maintains guidance documents for managers

• Assist with global projects and creation of global HR guidance materials (e.g., Global HR Advice on Redundancies)

• Creates and conducts Employee Relations training for managers both in person and in self-service modules

• Arranges HR training sessions for local and global HR audiences including determining topics, and either writing and presenting the session or arranging for an expert instructor

• Partner with Regional HR Leads on workforce strategy

What you need to have:

• Bachelor degree is required, law degree is a plus

• 10+ years of Employee Relations experience, including complex investigations and issue resolution

• Experience conducting internal training on ER related topics

• In depth knowledge of local employment and workplace laws

• Skilled in interpreting and applying employment laws and regulations

• Strong writing, editing and presentation skills

• Excellent Microsoft Office package skills

• Occasional travel required, potentially for one or two week-long trips per year