4 results for Employee Relations Manager jobs

Employee Relations Manager

Ottawa, ON
onsite
Contract / Temporary
42 - 49 CAD / Hourly
Robert Half Management Resources is searching for an Employee Relations Manager to support a busy organization in Ottawa, Ontario through a Long-term Contract opportunity. This role is suited to someone who is detail oriented and can confidently navigate complex employee matters, build productive relationships in a unionized setting, and provide practical guidance in a fast-moving workplace. The successful candidate will help strengthen workplace practices, support HR administration, and contribute to consistent policy application and staff training. Responsibilities:• Provide day-to-day guidance on employee relations matters, including workplace concerns, conflict resolution, and policy interpretation.• Partner with leaders and HR teams to address issues in a unionized environment while promoting fair and consistent employee practices.• Review, investigate, and document employee matters thoroughly, ensuring appropriate follow-up and sound recommendations.• Support the administration of HR programs and processes, maintaining accurate records and helping to improve operational efficiency.• Deliver training and coaching to managers and employees on workplace policies, employee relations practices, and respectful conduct expectations.• Use HR systems and related tools, including ADP Workforce Now and other administrative platforms, to manage information and support reporting needs.• Handle multiple priorities at once in a high-volume environment while maintaining strong attention to detail and responsiveness.• Contribute to quality-focused HR practices by monitoring consistency, identifying risks, and recommending process improvements where needed.
2026-07-03T00:00:00Z

Human Resources (HR) Manager

Nisku, AB
onsite
Permanent
140000 - 170000 CAD / Yearly
Our client is a well-established and growing Canadian industrial services organization seeking a strategic and hands-on Human Resources Manager – Canada to lead its national HR function. Supporting a unionized workforce across multiple sites, business units, and jurisdictions, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership while remaining closely connected to field operations and the realities of industrial project work. You will work closely with executive leadership, operations teams, project managers, union representatives, and HR staff to ensure consistent, practical, and legally compliant HR support across the organization. Key Responsibilities include: <ul><li>Leads the HR function, ensuring programs, policies, and practices align with operational requirements and business objectives.</li><li>Act as a trusted advisor to executives, operational leaders, project teams, and key stakeholders.</li><li>Provide practical and timely HR guidance in a fast-paced, client-driven environment.</li><li>Support workforce planning, organizational changes, performance management, employee relations matters, and complex people decisions.</li><li>Provide leadership and guidance within a complex unionized environment.</li><li>Interpret collective agreements and advise on grievances, discipline, labour relations strategy, and workforce deployment.</li><li>Maintain a strong understanding of industrial operations and project-based workforce requirements.</li><li>Lead workplace investigations involving harassment, discrimination, policy violations, conduct concerns, and other employee relations issues.</li><li>Coach leaders on performance management, conflict resolution, documentation, corrective action, and difficult conversations.</li><li>Ensure compliance with Canadian employment standards, labour legislation, human rights legislation, privacy requirements, occupational health and safety obligations, and company policies.</li><li>Provide guidance, prioritization, mentorship, and professional development support.</li><li>Strengthen HR capabilities, service delivery, and process consistency across the business.</li><li>Foster a collaborative, responsive, and solutions-focused HR culture.</li><li>Partner with Talent Acquisition and operations leaders to support high-volume staffing requirements across projects, shutdowns, maintenance work, and client-driven demand.</li><li>Provide oversight of recruitment, onboarding, retention, and workforce planning initiatives.</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve efficiency across a complex multi-site organization.</li></ul>Working Conditions<ul><li>Office-based role with regular interaction with operational leaders and project teams.</li><li>Regular travel throughout Canada to support business operations, workforce initiatives, investigations, and site visits.</li><li>Exposure to industrial, field, yard, and shop environments as required.</li></ul>Our client offers the opportunity to play a critical leadership role in a growing and highly respected industrial services organization. This position provides broad HR accountability, significant executive exposure, and the ability to directly influence business performance, workforce strategy, and organizational culture across Canada. Apply today!
2026-06-29T00:00:00Z

Human Resources (HR) Manager

North York, ON
onsite
Permanent
100000 - 120000 CAD / Yearly
Are you a strategic HR leader who enjoys balancing people, compliance, and business partnership? We're partnering with a well-established manufacturing organization to identify an experienced Human Resources Manager who thrives in a fast-paced, operational environment and is passionate about building strong workplace culture while supporting business growth.This is a highly visible leadership role, partnering closely with site leadership to drive employee engagement, performance, compliance, and organizational effectiveness.What You'll Be Doing<ul><li>Partner with department leaders to align HR initiatives with business objectives.</li><li>Provide strategic guidance and coaching on employee relations, performance management, and leadership development.</li><li>Lead investigations and ensure employee relations matters are handled fairly, consistently, and in a timely manner.</li><li>Oversee HR compliance with federal and provincial employment legislation and represent the organization when required.</li><li>Develop, maintain, and continuously improve HR policies, procedures, and best practices.</li><li>Manage external HR audits and ensure ongoing compliance.</li><li>Analyze employee feedback, including exit interviews and engagement surveys, and recommend actionable improvements.</li><li>Lead annual performance review, compensation, bonus, and KPI programs.</li><li>Support compensation planning and organizational talent initiatives.</li><li>Partner with Health & Safety leadership on complex workplace injury and Workers' Compensation matters.</li><li>Lead and mentor the site's HR Generalists while fostering a collaborative, high-performing HR team.</li><li>Represent HR during site meetings, leadership discussions, and employee engagement initiatives.</li><li>Champion a positive workplace culture while supporting continuous improvement across the organization.</li><li>Ensure compliance with all Health & Safety, Quality, Food Safety, GMP, and Integrated Management System requirements.</li></ul>
2026-07-02T00:00:00Z

Payroll Supervisor/Manager/Director

Waterloo, ON
onsite
Permanent
85000 - 95000 CAD / Yearly
We are looking for an experienced payroll leader to oversee payroll operations for a large unionized workforce in Waterloo, Ontario. This position is responsible for guiding the payroll team, maintaining accurate and timely pay processing, and ensuring compliance with legislative, financial, and organizational requirements. The successful candidate will strengthen day-to-day operations, support staff development, and help translate collective agreement updates into consistent payroll practices. Responsibilities: • Oversee end-to-end payroll activities, including regular bi-weekly runs, off-cycle payments, adjustments, and exception resolution, while maintaining a high level of accuracy. • Guide and support Payroll Specialists and Payroll Administrators by setting priorities, assigning work, and resolving operational issues efficiently. • Coordinate the payroll implementation of collective agreement changes in partnership with internal stakeholders to ensure consistent application. • Review employee payroll records, grid placements, garnishment processing, and audit activities to protect data accuracy and confidentiality. • Authorize payroll-related financial outputs such as journal entries, banking files, and general ledger summaries to support accurate reporting and payment release. • Ensure year-end payroll obligations are completed properly, including the preparation and distribution of T4s and Records of Employment. • Monitor employee and stakeholder payroll inquiries, address escalated matters, and maintain a strong service standard across the function. • Maintain compliance with applicable federal and provincial legislation, union requirements, remittance obligations, internal controls, and audit standards. • Coach, mentor, and evaluate payroll staff through onboarding, training, performance reviews, and development planning, while adjusting team capacity as needed. • Promote safe workplace practices, support incident reporting expectations, and contribute to a healthy office environment with occasional travel as required.
2026-06-22T00:00:00Z