IDFC FIRST Bank Looking For Head-Employee Relations & HR Compliance at Mumbai, Maharashtra, Full Time

Function/ Department: Employee Relations & HR Compliance

Job Purpose

IDFC FIRST Bank is seeking applications to Head our Employee Relations (ER) team. He/she will be responsible for the strategy, policy, practice, and governance of ER in the Bank and its subsidiaries. The role holder will provide advice in all aspects of HR practice to ensure a fair, healthy and safe work environment. He/she will manage the entire gamut of employee relations processes end to end across branches/Offices Pan India. This includes taking decisions on the action to be taken in case of deviant practices reported to ER team. (Fraud, Audit, Vigilance, POSH etc.).

Roles And Responsibilities

• Employee Relations – Ensure timely and compliant handling of all Grievance and Discipline Requests, Coach & train managers and employees and build capability within the employee relations team and across the bank.
• Ensure robust IR/ER systems and processes, develop continual improvement projects to meet changing business requirement.
• Drive the ER/IR processes and grow in line with the growth plans of the bank.
• Labor Relations: Development, implementation and mentorship on Labor Relations Strategy
• Provide counsel and advice to Business Leaders on IR/ER Issues.
• Negotiations with government affiliates / trade unions and presentation to the management for approvals and providing feedback to the management.
• Keep update on labour & social security statutes with all the provisions. Review Site Audits at periodic intervals for compliance.
• Dealing court cases/managing out of court settlements/ Attend conciliation & suffice business needs.
• Effective liaison with local & government authorities and ensure timely action on filing returns, license fees etc.
• Liaise directly with Labor & DISH authorities and manage cases before Labor Court & EPFO
• Conduct and set-up investigations and inquiries on matters related to employee disciplinary matters, performance issues and value related complaints.
• Handle inspection under various acts like PF, ESIC, Gratuity, Bonus, Payment of Wages, Minimum Wage, etc.
• Ensure submission and compliance of annual, half-yearly, quarterly, monthly returns in PF, ESIC, Labor department, etc.
• Handling pan India outsourced labour matter, grievances and manage PAN India external union issues.
• Handle ER-Legal process end to end for employees across branches/Offices Pan India which includes taking decisions on the action to be taken in case of deviant practices reported to ER. (Fraud, Audit, Vigilance, POSH etc.).
• Handling government bodies and local political administration.
• Representing the organization before Central Government, etc.
• Contract labour management and managing HR compliance as per the set policies.

Education Qualification

Graduation: Bachelor’s in engineering / Technology / Maths / Commerce / Arts / Science / Biology / Business / Computers / Engineering / Management

Experience: 18+ years of experience in Employee Relation and Industrial Relations.