Certificates

The Advanced Collective Bargaining Certificate is for graduates of Cornell ILR School’s Collective Bargaining Certificate and experienced labor relations professionals who wish to deepen their knowledge and skills.

Be prepared to embrace diversity and inclusion (D&I), not only as a means to enhance business performance, but also as a driving force for innovation and collaboration.

Explore a framework for conducting effective employee relations (ER) conversations with employees and managers. After gaining a foundation in employment law, you will gain the skills to help team leaders in your organization strategically manage the cycle of employee performance.

Through real-world based instruction, learn to handle employee situations, coach and guide managers, improve performance, develop emotional intelligence, leverage problem solving techniques, and improve facilitation and communication skills.

Conducting effective and fair internal employee investigations is critical to reducing organizational risk as well as maintaining high employee morale and performance.

This certificate series will equip you with the analytical frameworks and skills to play a productive role in managing your organization’s conflicts.

From the perspective of both the union and management, participants practice how to develop a clear and effective theory of the case, create a proposed issue statement to be presented at the hearing, identify witnesses and evidence and prepare opening statements.

The Cornell ILR Online Labor Studies Program provides busy union activists with an opportunity to take college credit courses without regard to their location or work schedules.

Earn a Cornell certification in the growing and complex field of DEI and acquire deeper knowledge, enhanced skills and additional DEI strategies.

Understand the complex issues surrounding EEO/affirmative action laws and obligations of employers. Participate in this interactive training to learn to identify potential issues that can address federal, state and local laws, and requirement. Topics include discrimination, harassment, affirmative action, managing ill and injured workers, family/medical leaves, wage and hour, labor relations, safety and privacy/social media.

Help business leaders make better business and talent decisions, and deliver the HR perspective on what it takes to grow the business and create an organization where talent thrives.

A customizable certificate to build comprehensive knowledge and skills in essential HR fundamentals. Practice demonstrating HR’s value and executing business-centric practices through case exercises and simulations.

Ready to make a difference in your union, organization, or company? Want to discover how you can become more involved and understand your role at a deeper level?

Earn your certificate and build essential leadership, negotiation and communication skills with this in-person bootcamp.

Come to embody the very competencies you seek to instill in others by exploring your strengths and areas for development in managing others. Learn to think strategically when making decisions and delegating work.

Whether you manage staff and operations, work in HR, or represent employees, this interactive series provides you with the ability to develop a strategy, prepare for collective bargaining and learn at-the-table skills..

Corporate leaders and attorneys agree that there is a shortage of qualified dispute resolution professionals available to resolve complex commercial, international and employment law disputes.

Managing staff and operations within the confines of a collective bargaining agreement requires a full understanding of contract terms, legal principles, and grievance procedures.