HR Consulting, Employee and Labor Relations

Meet Our Team

Tanya Brown Sr. Director HR Consulting, Employee & Labor Relations		Bari Brooks Sr. HR Consultant		Chris Hicks Sr. HR Consultant		Deniz Mckelvy Sr. HR Consultant & Labor Relations		Anita Wihelm Associate HR Consultant

Not pictured:
Shelia Holt, Employee Relations, Workers' Compensation and Leave Manager
Tracy Woodard, Senior Claims Coordinator
Patricia Parker, Worker's Compensation & Leave Coordinator

Mission

The mission of HR Consulting, Employee and Labor Relations’ is to promote a respectful, diverse and high performing work culture through partnership with employees and leaders, to identify and respond changing needs, while advancing the overall mission of Vanderbilt University.

What we do?

Help foster supervisor and employee relationships and providing guidance to employees and leaders on strategic people initiatives, workforce analysis, policy creation, interpretation and guidance, leave management, employee and labor relations, workers' compensation, discipline and performance management, leader and employee training.

Key Information:

HR Policies and Procedures: https://hr.vanderbilt.edu/policies/
Employment Laws: https://hr.vanderbilt.edu/employmentlaw-posters/
FMLA:  https://hr.vanderbilt.edu/fmla/
Workers’ Compensation: https://hr.vanderbilt.edu/policies/workers-compensation.php
Consultant List: https://hr.vanderbilt.edu/hrconsulting/all-departments.php
Unemployment Fraud Support: https://hr.vanderbilt.edu/hr_consultants/unemploymentfraud.php