Vice President, Labor Relations Senior Manager

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We're currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as
• Vice President, Labor Relations Senior Manager - Hybrid
• (Internal Job Title: Vice President, Labor Relation Snr Manager -
• C13
• ) based in Bangkok, Thailand. Being part of our team means that we'll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future. For instance:
• Citi provides programs and services for your physical and mental well-being including access to telehealth options, health advocates, confidential counseling and more. Coverage varies by country.
• We empower our employees to manage their financial well-being and help them plan for the future.
• Citi provides access to an array of learning and development resources to help broaden and deepen your skills and knowledge as your career progresses.

As part of Citi's HR Transformation, we are building a Labor Relations team across the Asia South cluster. The Labor Relations Manager role provides full support for a number of activities in the labor relations, regulatory and governance field to assigned country. This role holder will be part of the Asia South Banking & International HR team and will directly report to the Asia South Labor Relations Head with a matrix reporting to the Country HR Officer (CHRO) of the assigned country.
• In this role, your responsibilities will include
• :
Labor/ Union & Collective Negotiations
• Implements the organization's employee relations strategy to minimize the negative impact of individual employee grievances or collective labor disputes.
• Coordinates employee and labor relations programs to ensure compliance with policies and practices.
• Represents the organization in contract negotiations with labor unions
• Liaises with managers, employees, and their representatives to investigate and resolve grievances and develop strategies to prevent their recurrence to maintain a productive and harmonious workplace.
• Ensures all employer-employee relationships in the organization comply with collective agreements, individual employment contracts, regulations, laws, and the organization's employment policies and standards.
• Analyzes and interpret bargaining trends and issues, as well as standards, regulations, and laws to understand their impact on the organization.
• Represents management in negotiations and dispute resolution with employees, unions, employer bodies, government agencies, labor relations authorities, and other agencies to protect the organization's interests.

Employment Litigation
• Provide support to Employment Legal and CHROs on employment litigation processes.

Regulatory Advisory (HR and Local Labor Law)
• Partners with the Employment Legal, ICRM, Country Legal teams and CHRO to respond to Labor authorities or regulators on employment matters.
• Translate external/internal labor counsel labor law / regulations and into changes impacting the workplace; monitor changes in labor law to advise management.
• Support Labor Department audits and/or inquiries
• Handbook amendments and policy dissemination

Individual and Collective Dismissals (Terminations)
• Engage in negotiations for individual and collective dismissal processes, redundancy calculations, tax impact, cases preparation (dismissal letters, separation agreements, communication etc.) in consultation with Employment Legal
• Partner with Employment Legal, Country Legal, HRAs and CHROs on Involuntary Terminations that require special support

Oversight & Reporting
• Provide Information for Senior Escalation meetings.
• Prepare any required reports from local regulators (Department of Labor, Bank of Thailand, SEC, etc.) in conjunction with relevant specialist teams.

Policy & Regulations
• Confirm policy and Regulation applicability under labor law. Implementation is coordinated by Labor Relations in each country with Employment Law, ER, other COEs or HR Delivery accordingly.
• Provide advice to Policy Lead on changes to Employees Handbook: Update according to Labor Law amendments and jointly with the Union,