Employee Relations Consultant

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking a skilled Employee Relations Consultant to serve as a trusted advisor on day-to-day employee relations matters. In this role, you will provide timely guidance and solutions to address workplace questions and concerns, ensuring a positive and compliant employee experience.

You will collaborate closely with internal partners-including Business Leaders, Legal, Employee Care, HR Business Partners, Corporate Security, and Compliance-to proactively identify issues and minimize risk to the organization. This position reports directly to the Sr. Manager, Employee Relations and plays a critical role in fostering a fair, respectful, and legally sound work environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond to all employee-initiated ER issues received from Employee Care for assigned business(es).

• Investigate and resolve ER issues, to include: gathering and analyzing evidence, applying relevant laws, policies and past practice to reach conclusions and provide recommendations on next steps.

• Interpret and apply understanding of corporate and business policy, employment law, and other regulations to provide immediate advice, guidance, or clarification for ER inquiries.

• Provide consultation, guidance and coaching to supervisors, managers and HRBPs to address employee conduct concerns; provide guidance and assist with the development and delivery of appropriate feedback or corrective/disciplinary actions.

• Work with stakeholders to identify proactive measures.

• Develop and facilitate training on Employee Relations topics.

• Review and create documentation for all involuntary and complex terminations.

• Interpret and apply understanding of leave of absence policies and processes as they relate to ER issues and requests from managers and employees.

• Maintain required documentation within case management systems, including intake and investigative notes, supporting documents and final reports.

• Escalate ER issues that meet pre-defined criteria and use judgment to assess risk and sensitivity of ambiguous cases determining when to escalate to ER management.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience.

Additional Experience

• 4+ years of HR experience with Employee Relations Responsibility

Critical Skills

• Strong Customer Orientation

• Influences Others

• Decisiveness and Judgment

• Openness and Candor

• Mature Confidence

• Knowledge of laws impacting employment matters

• Conflict Management

• Credibility and Presence

• Quality and Detail Orientation

• Strong Written/Oral Communication Skills

Additional Skills: Bilingual in Spanish strongly preferred

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, pleaseclick here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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