Senior Leave & Absence Specialist EMEA

2 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Human Resource • Operations

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Leave & Absence Specialist EMEA will manage and process EMEA + India absence-related claims (short-term and long-term absences due to illness, injury, or other reasons, including maternity/paternity leave). Responsibilities include liaising with employees, HRBPs, and brokers; ensuring compliance with Unity’s policies and local regulations; providing guidance on leave & absence rights and responsibilities; maintaining Workday leave and absence types; and staying updated on legislative changes. This role requires strong experience in EMEA and India leave & absence laws, independent work capabilities, cross-functional collaboration, and handling sensitive information with confidentiality. The ideal candidate will also be able to develop leave and time off proposals and policies.
Must have:
  • Strong EMEA & India leave & absence laws knowledge
  • Independent & cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Confidentiality & professionalism in handling sensitive data
  • Proficient in leave & absence policy development
  • Excellent communication & empathy with employees
Good to have:
  • Experience in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong stakeholder alignment abilities

Job Details

The opportunity
Do you have a strong understanding of leaves and absences, as well as excellent problem-solving skills?

Unity Technologies, a fast paced organization, is looking for an experienced Leave & Absence Specialist - EMEA who would be responsible for coordinating leave of absence programs for a fast-paced, global software company. This includes processing leave & absence requests, working with third party vendors/brokers, providing guidance to employees and managers, and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Join our Wellbeing Org in this new Senior Leave & Absence specialist role that partners with both our global benefits and HR teams.

What you'll be doing

  • Leave & Absence : Manage, process and administer EMEA + India absence related claims including short-term and long-term absences due to illness, injury, or other reasons and leave requests including, maternity/paternity leave and all other types of leave ensuring compliance with Unity’s policies and local legal regulations
  • Absence management : Liaise with employees, HRBPs, and brokers to gather and coordinate necessary documentations for new claims, ongoing claims management and return-to-work processes
  • Policy & Compliance : Provide guidance to employees, managers and HRBPs on leave & absence rights and responsibilities based on EMEA countries and India
  • Keep up to date on local and regional legislative changes, recommend/advise on changes accordingly and educate stakeholders - HRBPs and compliance on changes
  • System administration : Ensure leave and absence types on Workday are configured and accurately maintained on Workday according to countries laws, regulations and Unity policies

What we're looking for

  • A subject matter and strong experience on leave & absence laws and regulations, particularly in EMEA and India
  • Ability to work independently and cross-functionally with leaders and HR partners
  • Handles sensitive employee information with confidentiality and professionalism
  • Able to develop leave and time off proposals and policies for manager sign off
  • Can communicate to employees with empathy

You might also have

  • Experience working in a fast paced environment
  • A strong ability to work towards alignment with stakeholders

Additional information

  • Relocation support is not available for this position.
  • Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Life at Unity
Unity [NYSE: U] is the world's leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing.

As of the fourth quarter of 2023, more than 69% of the top 1,000 mobile games are made with Unity as derived from a blended number of the top 1,000 games in the Google Play Store and iOS App Store. In 2023, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit Unity.

Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.

This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English.

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