Role Summary The Regional HR Compliance and Labor Relations Manager leads HR compliance and supports labor-related topics across the EMEA region. The role establishes consistent regional frameworks, strengthens controls, and ensures HR processes and practices align with regulatory and procedural requirements across multiple jurisdictions. In partnership with HR leadership including COEs, Internal Audit, SOX, and Legal as needed, this role strengthens audit readiness, supports consistent employee relations practices, and provides clear visibility into compliance and labor-related risk across the region. The role operates independently and serves as a strategic partner to HR. Key Responsibilities - Support the Global HR compliance framework and standards to ensure consistent application of regulatory and procedural requirements across EMEA. - Maintain awareness of employment law and regulatory developments across EMEA and determine required updates to HR processes and practices with HR and Legal as needed. - Lead regional compliance and HR process risk assessments and oversee remediation of identified gaps in partnership with HR and Internal Audit. - Review regional employee relations data and trends and partner with field HR to identify patterns that may indicate compliance or labor-related risk. - Support the HR function regionally for compliance with GDPR, Cybersecurity, Right to Disconnect and related requirements, and partner on Internal Audit and SOX activities. - Oversee government submittals related to HR activities. - Support HR teams in preparing for and navigating works-council, union, and other employee representative consultation requirements as needed. - Provide regional HR compliance, governance and risk oversight related to working time, pay practices, overtime, and timekeeping requirements, including minimum wage, rest period in partnership with Compensation, Field HR, and Legal to identify and address gaps and risk. - Develop and deliver HR compliance and labor-related training for regional HR teams. - Advise HR leadership on compliance exposure, audit risk, labor-related risk, and regulatory developments. - Manages compliance-related vendors including deliverables, contracts and payments - Other duties as assigned Strategic Outcomes - Reduced compliance and labor-related risk through proactive monitoring and strong governance. - Sustained audit readiness through strong controls and timely remediation. - Stronger regional alignment through scalable HR compliance practices. - Clear insights that support HR leadership in navigating regulatory changes. Qualifications - 7-10 years of experience in HR compliance, labor relations, or related risk roles in a multinational environment. - Knowledge of labor and employment regulations across multiple EMEA countries. - Experience working in or supporting HR environments with works councils or employee representative bodies. - Experience partnering with Internal Audit, SOX, or comparable governance and control functions. - Ability to operate strategically with strong judgment and independence. - Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capability. - Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical guidance for HR partners. - Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. - Experience using data and emerging AI-enabled tools to support compliance analysis, audit readiness, and reporting while maintaining appropriate governance and confidentiality standards. - Experience analyzing employee relations case data and regional trends to identify risk patterns, support compliance monitoring, and provide guidance to HR on emerging issues and mitigation strategies. Technical Skills - Experience with enterprise HR systems, including Oracle HRIS. - Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Reporting Line Reports to the Senior HR Compliance and Employee Relations Manager based in the United States. Working Model Hybrid role based in the United Kingdom with in-office expectations aligned to local office requirements where applicable. A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. 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