Employee Relations Certificate
Employee relations (ER) is more than just another "HR function." HR professionals and managers who manage from an employee relations perspective can contribute significantly to the attainment of overarching strategic organizational objectives.
ER is individually and organizationally expansive and its impact is significant. However, this is not easily or often grasped. An initial understanding of "employee relations" can be derived from the words "employee" and "relations" and might be described as:
The way in which an organization responds to, handles, and/or addresses any issue that has impact on employees, and on their relationships to and with other employees, managers, and those outside the organization with whom they come in contact as part of their employment experience.
Cornell ILR's Employee Relations Certificate will provide you with a fuller understanding of the impact of employee relations and will enable you to use an ER approach to manage, strategize, and accomplish your business goals more effectively. To earn this certificate, you will need to complete all core requirements (48 units) as well as two days (12 units) of elective workshops.
| Core Curriculum | Units |
|---|---|
| Building and Managing Employee Relations* | 12 |
| Advanced Issues in Employee Relations | 12 |
| HR and the Law* | 18 |
| Foundations of HR Transformation | 6 |
| Electives (Take one or two workshops to total 12 units) | Units |
| ADR: Conflict Coaching | 6 |
| Dynamics of Handling Employee Complaints and Concerns | 12 |
| Developing Your Employee Handbook | 6 |
*Participants who have already taken "HR and the Law" and/or "Building and Managing Employee Relations" may apply those units to this certificate if they have been completed within five years.
