Employee Relations Business Partner, Block
$100.5-153.6k
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Financial services ecosystem
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Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$100.5-153.6k
Salary is dependent on location
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum 3+ years experience investigating or advising on complex employee relations issues, or equivalent experience as an employment attorney.
- Experience with employment law principles and conducting/advising on investigations of highly sensitive and nuanced workplace issues.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, strong emotional intelligence, and ability to build trust, rapport, and influence with executives, senior leaders, members of management, and employees at all levels of the company.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Strong critical thinking and analytical skills especially in complex, sensitive, and nuanced situations.
- Consistently exhibits high levels of discretion, integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Data-driven mindset with an eye toward innovation.
- JD degree or employment law experience.
- Experience conducting investigations globally or global employment law experience.
What the job involves
- ER Business Partners are instrumental in conducting investigations on highly sensitive and complex employee relations issues, advising on policy interpretation and application, and providing guidance on employment matters where heightened risk and conflict are involved
- This role will report to the Global Head of Employee Relations with day-to-day direction from other senior team members
- Conduct thorough investigations into allegations of company policy violations with varying levels of complexities across multiple jurisdictions. This includes conducting investigations across Block’s global offices in NAM, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.
- Adhere to investigative best practices and protocols around gathering and preserving information, documentation, and report writing.
- Make appropriate remedial or disciplinary recommendations following an investigation.
- Partner closely with Legal, HRBPs, and other functional partners within the People Team to recommend and implement solutions.
- Build, analyze, and maintain ER metrics and review them on a quarterly basis.
- Create insights from data to diagnose, design, and revise people programs, policies, and practices to maintain a fair and respectful workplace.
- Provide guidance to HRBPs on a myriad of issues, including policy interpretation and disciplinary actions, high-risk performance management, and other complex and sensitive employment matters.
- Support internal projects and initiatives as needed.
Our take
Block is a financial services technology company comprising of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD. Its biggest brand, Square, offers hardware and software for small to medium-sized businesses enabling them to manage the entire payment lifecycle. It functions similarly to Shopify and Stripe, but has paired online payment processing with physical devices such as registers, payment terminals, and mobile card readers.
The business was originally founded as Square in 2009 by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame. Already well-established with SMEs all over the globe, Square has significantly benefited from the increased demand for mobile payment systems. Its order management feature remains a go-to tool for small businesses that otherwise didn't have the proper infrastructure in place when demand for home delivery surged.
Square rebranded as Block in December 2021, with the Square brand name remaining in place for their seller business. The company has since come under fire for its security practices, facing lawsuits in relation to a major breach of CashApp user data, and in 2024 announced plans to reduce its workforce in order to cut costs. Despite these setbacks, there is every chance the business will move past this, though it may take some time to rebuild trust in its product.
Kirsty
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Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
- Retirement Plans including company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
- Paid parental and caregiving leave
- Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
- Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
- Learning and Development resources
- Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jack Dorsey
(CEO)Having studied at and dropped out of New York University, Jack founded Twitter in March 2006, where he has served as CEO since. He co-founded Square with Jim in February 2009, and has remained its CEO ever since.
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