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Employee Relations Partner, Investigations, Workplace Concerns (Fixed-Term Contract) _corporate_fare_ Google _place_ Mountain View, CA, USA; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; +7 more; +6 more Mid Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area. _info_outline_ XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include: + Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance + Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match + Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment + Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance + Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks + Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks + Holidays: 13 paid days per year Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA . Minimum qualifications: + Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. + 7 years of experience in a HR Business Partner (HRBP) role, Employee Relations role, or equivalent experience as an employment attorney practicing employment law, workplace investigator, or similar role. + Experience in interpreting policies and applying legal advice. + Experience consulting directly with employees and management. + Experience in applying investigative interview techniques. Preferred qualifications: + JD in Employment Law. + Experience advising on a wide range of employee relations issues, including reorganizations and performance issues. + Ability to manage a wide set of stakeholders and influence the outcomes in a global organization + Ability to successfully work across different identities and apply an intersectional lens in daily work and interactions, operating with empathy, and diffusing or de-escalating difficult conversations or situations. + Ability to manage global projects, and to organize and analyze data. + Excellent project management, investigative and problem-solving skills. About the job As an Employee Relations Partner in the Investigations and Workplace Concerns Practice Area, you will use your expertise in applicable employment laws and best practices to interpret and apply Google policies to conduct investigations and address workplace concerns. Your responsibilities include conducting thorough interviews with Googlers with care and empathy while keeping the Googler experience in mind, identifying the policies implicated, engaging the appropriate partners, gathering the information necessary to make findings and recommendations, and ensuring the timely resolution of concerns. This will include matters that may violate Googleu2019s HR policies as well as ensuring Googlers are being treated fairly and consistently in areas such as reorganizations, promotion, performance management, pay and level by advising on appropriate actions and disciplinary processes. This is a Fixed-Term Contract (FTC) position through 12/31/26. Great just isn't good enough for our People Operations team (known elsewhere as