Senior Employee Relations Specialist

At the heart of Hermès is a commitment to excellence, integrity, and respect for people. As a Senior Employee Relations Specialist, you will play a critical role in safeguarding our culture, protecting our brand reputation, and ensuring the highest standards of ethical conduct across our GB operations.

Working within a complex and fast-paced environment, you will oversee sensitive employee relations matters including conducting high-risk workplace investigations and providing specialist guidance on issues involving misconduct, ethics, compliance, discrimination, harassment, conflict of interest, fraud, and anti-corruption concerns.

Within this role you will partner closely with our HR, Internal Audit and Senior Leaders along with our external legal partners to ensure all matters are handled with discretion, fairness and a high attention to detail whilst proactively mitigating legal, regulatory, and reputational risk.

Employee Relations & Investigations

• Lead and manage disciplinary and grievance processes across the business, ensuring compliance with the ACAS Code of Practice, UK employment legislation, and internal policy frameworks including some complex, and sensitive workplace investigations across the GB subsidiary including matters relating to, but not limited to, corruption, harassment, discrimination, fraud, conflicts of interest, ethics, and anti-bribery concerns.
• Conduct fact finding and ER investigations where required, ensuring balanced, objective, and well documented outcomes that support fair decision making.
• Prepare comprehensive investigation reports, findings, and executive summaries suitable for senior leadership and Legal Counsel and regulatory review where applicable.
• Ensure all actions are conducted in accordance with applicable UK law and ACAS Codes internal governance frameworks, global compliance standards, and best-in-class investigation methods.
• Provide strategic Employee Relations advice and consultation to HR team, our people managers, and senior stakeholders on complex employee matters and disciplinary processes. Provide specialist ER advice to HR, Retail Operations, and people managers on performance management, conduct issues, sickness absence, probation reviews, and informal conflict resolution.
• Deliver clear, practical ER recommendations that protect employees, that support consistent decision making and minimise legal, operational, and reputational risk.