Sr. Employment Investigator & Advisory Specialist

Primary Function of Position:

As a part of the global Employment Legal team, the Sr. Investigations and Employment Advisory Specialist will be a pivotal member contributing to the company’s commitment to legal and regulatory compliance in handling investigations of workplace complaints and managing escalated or complex labor compliance and workplace matters across the US and globally (as assigned).  This role will serve as a critical advisor for workplace matters and monitor processes ensuring the company’s corporate standards and practices are followed adhering to applicable policies and procedures.  This position is responsible for developing, interpreting, and recommending employment compliance training program goals and objectives, as well as procedures and courses of action consistent with corporate standards to keep a compliant and positive work environment in connection with the primary functions and roles and responsibilities herein and as advised. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

•  Lead all facets of employment legal compliance workplace investigations across the US and globally as assigned, including promotion of the company’s  speak up culture.
•  Directly investigate (or consult or partner as directed or appropriate) employment legal compliance complaints related to statutory violations or violations of the company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, including those received employee direct or through compliance hotline.
• Help build and maintain consistent investigations framework, including participating in drafting and implementing related policies, procedures, and guidelines, consistent with applicable regional statutory laws.
• Serve as a primary point of contact to advise on complex employment lifecycle escalations including, but not limited to matters of compliance complaints, workplace investigations and corrective action processes.
• Partner and serve as a trusted advisor with business leaders, HR, and functional corporate organizations.
• Respond and directly investigate (or consult or partner as appropriate) to address escalated complaints or concerns related to employment legal compliance such as unfair business practices, hostile work environment or harassment claims, discrimination, etc. using Intuitive methodology and processes.
• Prepare summary investigative reports, recommend appropriate remedial action when appropriate. Present results and action plans to corporate legal leadership and others as designated.  
• Support employment legal efforts to align global risk and employment policies.
• Collaborate with people leaders and HR to assess compliance risks and implement corrective and disciplinary actions on complex matters including surrounding, performance counseling, policy violations and performance improvement processes to employees with behaviors or performance issues and recommend appropriate documentation.
• Support identification for interventions to resolve conflicts between employees due to disagreements, conflicts, or misunderstandings.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to people leaders in partnership with HR, and others as necessary, to support management processes for disciplinary and corrective actions and policy interpretation, conflict resolution, performance management programs,
• Maintain a knowledge of the industry trends, best practices, and labor legislation that affects employees across the US
• Assist members of the Corporate Ethics team in connection with questions, review, and advice relating to ethics matters related to employment legal compliance. 
• Partner and support cross-functional employment compliance engagement with internal and external stakeholders.  This includes employment life-cycle events, formal and informal training related to employment compliance and escalated employee workplace matters involving employment laws (based on provided and approved content from legal leadership), performance counseling and discipline.
• Assist with periodic employment compliance risk assessments, proactively identify and analyze data to identify employment statutory complaint trends, and corrective action patterns.
• Ensure alignment between people management strategies and practices and existing Intuitive values, policies and employment legal compliance requirements, updating each as required.  Partner with HR, under the direction of corporate legal leadership, to provide recommendations for risk mitigating resolutions of identified gaps.
• Foster and promote company’s culture and values at all levels. 
• Partner effectively with other cross-functional teams in a manner consistent with Intuitive’s values and policies.
• Collaborate with people leaders to analyze and identify work environment risks to improve employee experience.