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X This is a Fixed-Term Contract (FTC) position through 12/31/26.
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.
In 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

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 Google's 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.Great just isn't good enough for our People Operations team (known elsewhere as "Human Resources"). We bring the world's most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent, or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $141000 - $206000 (USD) 15% bonus target
Learn more about benefits at Google .
Responsibilities

• Conduct fair, thorough and timely investigations into allegations of violations of Google's HR policies or local law and policies to ensure fair treatment of all Googlers. Ensure investigations, complaints, and disciplinary processes are managed efficiently and fairly in accordance with local requirements.
• Partner with Employee Relations and Partner Investigations (e.g., Regulatory Affairs, Security) which may include taking notes, advising, and drafting or delivering discipline. Collaborate across teams and time zones.
• Advise on and address other workplace concerns in line with local processes (e.g., pay, level, performance) and any other conduct that may breach policies.
• De-escalate, resolve matters and communicate clear guidance and coaching to Googlers, POps partners, management and influence as necessary.
• Draft summaries and recommendations to document, resolve issues, and advice as necessary.

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