What does an employee relations specialist do?

Employee relations duties and responsibilities can include:

• Counsels employees regarding work, family, or personal problems

• Explain company compensation and benefits programs, such as medical, insurance, retirement, and savings plans, and enrolls workers in specified programs

• Arranges for employee library, lunchroom, recreational facilities, and activities

• Develops, schedules, and conducts technical, management, and interpersonal skills training to improve employee performance

• Prepares newsletter and other reports to communicate information about employee concerns and comments and organizational actions taken

• Attends conferences and meetings, as an employee-management liaison, to facilitate communication between parties

• Prepares reports and enters and updates medical, insurance, retirement, and other personnel forms and records, using computer

• Audits benefit accounts and examine records to ensure compliance with standards and regulations.

• Arranges for employee physical examination, first aid, and other medical attention

• Inspects facilities to determine if lighting, sanitation, and security are adequate and to ensure compliance with standards

• Supervises clerical or administrative personnel.