Labor Relations

The Labor Relations Unit supports the UConn Health Center’s goal to be the employer of “first choice” in our region. To this end, the Labor Relations Unit is committed to serving the Health Center’s staff and management in the areas of:

Negotiating and administering fair collective bargaining agreements with nine separate employee bargaining units.
Administering the progressive discipline and grievance/arbitration processes.
Investigating potential violations of collective bargaining agreements, agency policies or rules.
Holding Labor-Management meetings.
Providing interpretation and application of University policies and collective bargaining contracts.
Assisting in the development and monitoring of personnel policies.
Providing guidance to managers and supervisors with employee related situations such as attendance, tardiness, poor performance, discipline, substance abuse, reorganization, or layoff.
Training managers and supervisors in their responsibilities under the collective bargaining agreements.