Labour Relations Expert - HR Governance - Berlin

e and Governance, commonly referred to as "HRCG". Our work focuses on various legal and external regulatory requirements for human resources, such as cross-border travel compliance, employee representative bodies cooperation, new hiring entity setup in non-China areas, etc. HRCG's main goals are to ensure the company complies with local laws and regulations for labor and employment during global business development, and to help the company solve compliance and governance issues related to "people and organization."

This role provides strategic support across the business on designing and managing projects with works council, ensuring that TikTok complies with local legal requirements in WC relations. The role will work with Berlin works council on a day to day level and align with EMEA local/regional works councils on a strategic level.

Responsibilities:

1. Works Council Strategy Formulation: collaborate with global business stakeholders, global employment legal and global HR teams in developing and implementing works council related strategies and initiatives; identify the topics and categories that are critical in Works Council management and develop corresponding communication strategies; proactively identify and conduct research on the new trends / best practice of works council related policies and processes, as well as other employment issues.
2. Partnership Building and Works Council Communications: participate in the meetings with works council on site, and establish trusting relationships with local leadership and works council members; act as interface to works council, lead/support key negotiations with works council (such as IT updates, performance management, employee movement process, company-level policies, etc); prepares documents and other reports to communicate with works council on employee concerns.
3. Professional Support to Business and HR teams: advise TikTok business leaders and HRBPs on works council and co-determination issues; handle all questions of co-determination and labor law; develop HR compliance training program as needed.
4. Cross-Functional Network Collaboration: collaborates with global cross functional teams on HR and works council related projects; assist in the implementation of global/regional HR projects as the EMEA regional coordinator.

Qualifications

1. Advantageous to have 3-5 years experience in employment legal and employee relations/industrial relations.
2. Good understanding of industrial relations, employee social dialogue, and employment legal trends; basic understanding of Germany labor law.
3. Desirable experience in handling matters related to the Germany works councils.
4. Outstanding communication, negotiation and mediation and strategic writing skills.
5. Ability to adapt and work in a fast paced cross functional environment.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.