SUMMARY OF DUTIES

Reporting to the Manager, Labour Relations, the position is responsible for providing a full range of labour/staff relations expertise for assigned departments.

GENERAL DUTIES

- Develop and implement fair and proactive labour relations policies.
- Provide advice to senior managers on effective strategies, best practices and application of collective agreements/employment related statutes.
- Assist in the negotiation of collective agreements for the City of Hamilton.
- Develop and maintain interest-based grievance resolution procedures and processes.
- Prepare and present or assist legal counsel with cases for mediation and or arbitration, including the interviewing of witnesses, gathering evidence, assessing the City's interests and formulating arguments.
- Prepare and present or assist legal counsel with cases before administrative tribunals (e.g.

Ontario Labour Relations

Board, Workers Compensation Board/Appeals Tribunal, Employment Standards Board).





- Provide specialist advice and/or direction to human resources practitioners, managers, supervisors and employees on a wide variety of labour/staff relations matters such as suspensions, investigation and discipline, collective agreement administration, negotiations, application of City policies, grievance handling, case law application and union relations.
- Interpret and apply collective agreements, The Labour Relations Act, Employment Standards Act, Ontario Human Rights Code and any other relevant statutes.
- Analyze and formulate the City's response to changes in legislation or collective agreements.
- Plan for and manage legal or illegal job actions by City employees.
- Arrange and carry out alternative dispute resolution processes (e.g. RBO's, mediation, med-arb etc.) to resolve grievances and other disputes.

📌 Labour Relations Officer (Canada)
🏢 City of Hamilton
📍 Canada