Relations Partner; EMEA

People Relations Partner (EMEA)

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Deel is an all‑in‑one payroll and HR platform that empowers global teams. With AI‑powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, we support every worker type in over 150 countries, enabling businesses to scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly.

The People Relations Partner provides consistent, fair, and compliant support to HR Business Partners, managers, and team members. The role focuses on day‑to‑day employee relations matters, disciplinary processes, investigations, and offboarding. It ensures a positive employee experience while delivering timely and accurate solutions.

• Provide practical people‑relations support to managers and team members, addressing conflict resolution, disciplinary action, and performance concerns in compliance with all applicable laws.
• Support terminations for all work types, coordinating documentation, workflows, and approvals, and escalating complex cases.
• Assist with offboarding, ensuring accurate and timely completion of all required steps for every termination type.
• Lead investigations into team‑member issues, ensuring resolutions comply with company policies and regulations.
• Collaborate with Legal, People Operations, HR Experience, Payroll, HR Business Partners, and People Success to process, administer, and facilitate conflict resolution and terminations.
• Analyze employee‑relations data to identify trends and recommend process improvements.
• Help develop and maintain standard operating procedures for investigations.
• Work with People Success to train managers on handling conflict, disciplinary actions, and compliant terminations.

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in employee relations with exposure to investigations, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
• Solid understanding of employment law and HR best practices, with the ability to apply guidance and escalates when necessary.

• Strong investigative, conflict‑resolution, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication and organizational abilities.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Proficiency in Google Suite and experience with case‑management and HRIS tools.
• Experience with EMEA employment law (UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy) is a plus.
• Remote‑first mindset and willingness to travel internationally for events.

We offer competitive pay, stock grant opportunities, and scalable benefits. Total rewards reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all.

• Stock grant opportunities dependent on role, employment status, and location.
• Additional perks and benefits based on employment status and country.
• Flexibility of remote work, including optional WeWork access.

At Deel, we’re an equal‑opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, or maternity. We will provide accommodations on request throughout the recruitment and selection process for applicants with disabilities.

We do not have offices. We are remote first, fully global, and expect people to be comfortable, autonomous, and thrive in a remote working environment. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand our culture and work environment to ensure it’s the right fit for you.

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