**Job Title: Employee Relations Specialist** **Job location: Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, or New York (Hybrid)** **Job description:** Capgemini has a need for an enthusiastic and agile Human Resources professional to join the Employee Relations Team aligned to HR Shared Services. This role will serve as a point of contact and subject matter expert in employee relations partnering closely with internal stakeholders and clients, to include Business Leadership, HR Leadership and HR Business Partners, US Ethics Officer, Practice Staffing Partners, US General Counsel Office, Group Ethics and the HR Operations and Programs Teams. The following objectives are in scope for the Employee Relations Tower: • To deliver flexible, robust, timely and strategic case management services through a centralized model. • To drive efficiency and consistency through the services provided across the business lines in the US and Canada. • To ensure that labor law requirements are understood, compliance with Capgemini policy, adhere to internal process, and mitigate risk to the business. **Key responsibilities:** Case Management • Support internal investigation into allegations in scope of Capgemini Group SpeakUp policy to include policy violations, ethics, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims. • Work independently or with cross-functional teams to prioritize and investigate allegations in a fair, thorough, and timely manner. • Execute investigative plans to gather information (e.g., witnesses, electronic data, physical evidence) to assess the validity of the allegations reported by employees and third parties. • Ensure consistent interpretation and application of Capgemini policies and practices, in all investigations and related matters. • Maintain a repository of case relevant material in alignment with the Capgemini Confidentiality and Data Retention Policies and local legislative requirements. • Prepare concise written reports and summaries of findings detailing the factual outcome of the investigation utilizing approved standard work, and makes recommendations on countermeasures, operational improvements, and risk mitigation. • Advise concerned parties of report findings, and tracks completion of agreed upon actions. • Liaise with relevant business and HR stakeholders to convey all HR related concerns resulting from investigations. • Track trends across business lines and proactively recommend strategies to mitigate future risk. • Complete Corporate Card Delinquency Case Audits, and counsel employees on resolution plan. • Liaise with the Business, HR, Capgemini Security Team, to investigate and address concerns raised of potential job abandonment cases. • Manage all employee related matters for death during service cases as single point of contact for family members and the Business. Involuntary Separations • Support the intake and business case development process for company driven reduction in force programs, performance, and non-performance terminations. • Liaise with Business Leadership, HR Business Partners, HR Delivery Partners, Practice Staffing Partners, and the General Counsel Office to confirm the scope and criteria set of the planned involuntary separation activity and secure approvals. • Identify and manage risks associated with separation actions. **Required Skills:** • 3 – 5 years of Employee Relations/Investigations experience gained in either an HR Business Partner role, Employee Relations Advisory role, or equivalent experience practicing employment law. • Experience with employment law principles and practices including, conducting, and advising on investigations, interview techniques, record keeping and reporting, research and data collection and employee relations matters including involuntary separations. • Experience conducting complex investigations and investigative interviews. • Experience preparing written reports and summaries of findings with supporting documentation that is fair, impartial, and represents the facts, and analyzing investigative results to determine whether the facts suggest a violation of policy. • Experience collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information received from investigations. • Demonstrated ability to effectively manage high-volume workload and competing priorities. • Proven ability to think strategically and effectively work across a complex, matrixed organization. • Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Management, or equivalent practical experience. **Life at Capgemini** Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer: · Flexible work · Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs · Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan · Paid time off and paid holidays · Paid parental leave · Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation · Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring · Mentoring, coaching and learning programs · Employee Resource Groups · Disaster Relief **About Capgemini** Capgemini is a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of over 360,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2022 global revenues of €22 billion. Get The Future You Want | www.capgemini.com Disclaimer Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law. This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship. Capgemini is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to your recruiting contact. Click the following link for more information on your rights as an Applicant http://www.capgemini.com/resources/equal-employment-opportunity-is-the-law Please be aware that Capgemini may capture your image (video or screenshot) during the interview process and that image may be used for verification, including during the hiring and onboarding process Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by Capgemini. \#LI-RJ1 #LI-HYBRID **Job:** _Shared Services_ **Organization:** _NA SHA SVC_ **Title:** _Employee Relations Specialist_ **Location:** _IL-Chicago_ **Requisition ID:** _078687_ **Other Locations:** _US-TX-Houston, US-NY-New York, US-GA-Atlanta_