HR Generalist Microsoft

Ensures Human Resources (HR) are aligned across stakeholder businesses within the area.

Ensures HR information across the organization is accurate and up to date (e.g., immigration, mobility, offer governance).

Promotes compliance with Microsoft practices around HR activities.

Contributes to corporate opportunities for improving HR processes.

Contracts with various stakeholders to ensure the work lands (e.g., Finance, Payroll, Procurement, Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs [CELA]).

Maintains contemporary knowledge of laws, regulations, standards, emerging trends that may affect Human Resources (HR) policies and execution of these (e.g., legal signatories, court representation, health and safety, benefits, local documentation requirements, General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR], legal localization).

Translates what requirements mean for the employer and offers correct solutions to adapt and localize policies.

Ensures compliance with applicable labor laws and regulatory environment (e.g., HR suppliers).

Provides information on questions from leadership.

Collaborates with worker councils to ensure continued relationship.

Partners and works to influence union representatives, workers councils, etc., where applicable.

Oversees HR issues involving legal and financial risk to the organization and begins to represent HR in Compliance Governance Committee, in service to the Microsoft brand, values, and image.

Engages with local communities while fostering a culture with stakeholders such as professional networks, schools, community-based organizations, etc. (e.g., IWD, DigiGirlz, local Human Resources [HR] professional events), in service to the Microsoft brand, values, and image.

Networks and influences human resources stakeholders for engagement with external customer business decision-makers to share and inspire current or future customers to drive business, as well as external HR communities to shape policies and programs supporting future work.

Interacts with the broader community by leveraging social media (e.g., LinkedIn) and professional media (e.g., Society for Human Resource Management [SHRM], best workplace).

Collaborates with peers to execute or lead projects, programs, and initiatives (e.g., applying and executing existing centers of excellence programs/initiatives, assessing new acquisitions, developing talent needs for new companies, pension plans/health plans, implementing initiatives) with a medium degree of supervision.

Begins to develop project plans and executes as needed.

Identifies, responds, and takes action to meet emerging requirements.

Supports the leadership team to design and orchestrate crisis management strategy, including emergency responses, disaster recovery, risk management, communications, and business continuity.

Provides assistance to employees by activating the company s Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and employee well-being programs, during and after a crisis.