Employee and Labour Relations Advisor

1 month ago

Vancouver, Canada Vancouver Fraser Port Authority Full time

**JOIN US IN CHARTING A COURSE TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE**

Join an organization that plays a critical role in Canada’s economy. At the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, we focus on doing the incredible work it takes to become the world’s most sustainable port.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is responsible for the stewardship of the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest and most diversified port. Our mandate as a Canada Port Authority, as set out by the Canada Marine Act, is to enable Canada’s trade objectives, ensuring goods are moved safely and responsibly through the Port of Vancouver. That means providing infrastructure and ensuring the safe and efficient movement of marine traffic and cargo within the port. It also means we carry out reviews of proposed activities and developments on federal port lands and waters to determine whether a project can go ahead without impacts to the environment and community that cannot be mitigated.

We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and sustainability. We believe in creating a workplace that reflects the richness of our community and empowers all employees to reach their full potential.

**What you do**:

- Provide coaching and advice to managers on employee issues relating to labour relations, performance management, human resources policies and procedures, discipline, case law and government legislation and regulations.
- Negotiate with union representatives to resolve disputes prior to a formal grievance whenever possible.
- Investigate, research, and analyze labour relations issues, conduct grievance hearings, and prepare cases for arbitration hearings.
- Develop strategies, gather evidence, prepare and/or conduct investigative interviews as applicable, and write documentation.
- Participate in collective bargaining as a resource.
- Act as a technical resource on corporate projects by providing a labour relations perspective of the impacts on planned activities, programs, and initiatives.
- Provide guidance in the management of accommodation issues.
- Provide guidance on the appropriateness of disciplinary and non-disciplinary actions.
- Provide confidential advice to employees and management regarding effective conflict resolution.
- Facilitate and support the grievance process and other workplace issues and provide guidance to managers on employee relations and labour relations matters.
- Develop, implement, and monitor safe stay-at-work and/or return-to-work plans for employees with injury or illness.
- Coordinate disability case management of ill and injured employees, including early intervention and provision of services and referrals, to implement cost-effective strategies to decrease absence.
- Provide advice and manage disability management processes for employees, including topics such as policy and procedures, enrolment, acceptance/denial of disability claims, reinstatements, individual/group transfers, disability management practices, and other related matters.
- Collaborate with Occupational Health and Safety, providing services to employees that require injury, medical, and/or rehabilitation support.
- Assess and facilitate return-to-work plans for all employees.
- Assess employees’ fitness for work based on bona fide medical and functional information.
- Develop, in collaboration with the employee and their care providers, individualized plans that facilitate an injured or ill employee’s return to work or stay at work that meets the employee’s functional ability.
- Promote best practices in disability management through communication, provision of expert advice, and training of employees, managers, union representatives, HR, and others.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all employees in the disability management program.

**What you bring**:

- Appropriate university degree.
- A minimum of five (5) years of experience providing employee and labour relations advice, disability management advice and services in a unionized environment or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
- Degree in Law would be considered an asset.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook).

**What we offer**:
We offer a robust total rewards package including:

- Market-competitive base salaries and variable incentive plan.
- Generous and inclusive benefits offering including retirement benefits plan.
- Flexible remote work program.
- Earned time off program.
- Paid vacation and personal care leave.
- Learning, development, and advancement opportunities.
- Onsite gym with towel service in a national landmark in the heart of Vancouver’s waterfront.
- Friendly, unique, and respectful workplace.

**Location**:Vancouver, Canada

**Job type**:Exempt, Full-Time, Permanent, Hybrid

**Working environment**:Normal office conditions.
- We recognize and acknowledge that we are located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθk

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