Works Council Relations Partner (HR/Legal)

1 Week ago • All levels • Legal • Human Resource

Job Summary

Job Description

Tesla seeks a Works Council Relations Partner to manage interactions with the Works Council, ensuring compliance with labor laws and fostering positive employee relations. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating company agreements, advising leadership on Works Council rights, coordinating with HR and Legal, and developing strategies for effective communication and collaboration. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in employment law, experience negotiating with Works Councils, and strong communication and interpersonal skills. The role requires proactive problem-solving, strong relationship-building capabilities, and navigating complex legal and HR issues within a dynamic, fast-paced environment. This position is based in the Netherlands, with potential for alternative locations within the country.
Must have:
  • Employment law expertise
  • Works Council negotiation experience
  • Company agreement creation
  • Strong communication skills
  • Proactive problem-solving
Good to have:
  • Fluency in Dutch
  • Experience in a law firm or in-house legal department

Job Details

What to Expect

Tesla is looking for a Works Council Partner who coordinates and prepares the collaboration with the Works Council and proposals for company agreements.

As a Works Council Partner, your purpose is to support day-to-day administration with the Works Council. You are the link between HR, Legal, Tesla Leadership, Statutory Directors, and the Works Council, on all issues reported by employees on a daily basis. You are responsible for drafting proposals for regulations and company agreements and for coordinating them with HR, Legal, Tesla Leadership, and Statutory Directors.

As a Works Council Partner, you are organized, self-motivated, proactive, and entrepreneurial. This is a great opportunity to work at a fast-growing, highly diversified, and dynamic company. A wide degree of self-motivation is expected. Success and accomplishment drive you and you are known for your fresh thinking and ability to vigilantly view a situation from all perspectives. You will communicate with Tesla Leadership and Statutory Directors and will advise them on the rights of the Works Council and guide them through the code-termination process. Furthermore, you will meet regularly with the Works Council and discuss the implementation of company agreements.

We are open to this role being based elsewhere in the Netherlands.

What You’ll Do
  • You act as an in-house expert on collective labor law issues and draft and negotiate (general) works agreements.
  • You work actively, constructively, and responsibly at local Works Council level with the co-determination bodies.
  • You develop principles for cooperation with all employee representation committees and advise Tesla Leadership, HR and the Statutory Directors in this regard.
  • Develop trust and collaborative relationships with Tesla Leadership, Statutory Directors and HR who manage Works Council relationships.
  • Devise the strategy and materials, ensuring an effective feedback and escalation process to project owners to enable on-time deployment of corporate change initiatives.
  • Develop HR and business leadership competency on Works Council engagement and co-determination requirements.
  • Coordinate with HR, Legal and other departments across EMEA to create and sustain positive employee relations and facilitate effective communications between employees and Tesla Leadership and Statutory Directors
What You’ll Bring
  • You ideally have experience working either in a law firm and/or in-house legal department and/or customer facing company department, ideally with a background in employment law
  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Law (Employment Law), Human Resources, or another related field
  • Extensive experience in dealing with Works Councils and conducting negotiations with them
  • Experience and expertise in the creation of company agreements for Works Council engagement
  • You are a quick and flexible learner: intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk, and excited by dynamic change
  • You inspire trust, forge relationships quickly, and earn the confidence and cooperation of your business partners. You have strong interpersonal skills, and can effectively navigate and leverage relationships at all levels of any organization
  • You have excellent communication skills, with a business level to near native level fluency in English (written and spoken). Excellent communication skills in Dutch is a plus. 

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