First-Chair Labor Negotiations and Negotiations Support

We provide guidance and support in the full cycle union contract negotiations process.

Mr. Hort will meet with your team to establish your business priorities and objectives, while respecting the culture and approaches of your firm. Guidance is provided for developing your Labor Relations role within your organization as it pertains to collective bargaining. Budgeting and development of proposal drafts is done with meticulous detail. Depending on your specific needs, Mr. Hort can be your first-chair representative at the table or a highly supportive and key member of your bargaining committee.

Transportation and supply chain companies have highly specialized work settings. Well-constructed labor contract language, which is specific to those settings, will best help you accomplish your business goals while maintaining constructive union relations. In addition to negotiating your collective bargaining agreement, Mr. Hort can handle your mid-term and effects bargaining on your behalf. These approaches will allow your business increased momentum when addressing mid-term changes and opportunities to your organization, as Hort Business Services, LLC., can provide useful tools to help support alignment between your labor relations practices and your overall operating plan.

Comprehensive Labor Contract Administration Services

We will manage the grievance-arbitration process for your union contracts and will assist with your case workload.

Mr. Hort has a 30-year history of providing and overseeing hundreds of timely and appropriate responses at each step of the grievance-arbitration process and he has resolved disputes with key union officials in conference through cost-conscious settlement. Further, he is an expert at assessing risk of formal disputes involved in the grievance-arbitration process, coordinating efforts with corporate counsel, representing companies in grievance conferences or with regulatory agencies and third parties. Mr. Hort has experience authoring and advocating, as a top representative, hundreds of arbitration cases under the Labor Relations Act (Rail and Airlines) and the National Labor Relations Act, both in terms of contract interpretation disputes and corrective action.

Further, Hort Business Services, LLC., has the expertise to assess your existing administrative processes in managing labor contract administration and to provide for change that can greatly improve the efficiency of your labor relations workload management.

Human Resources Generalist Project Management

We provide generalist support in Human Resources, including all facets of compensation plan oversight, Health and Welfare design and governance for self-funded and fully insured plans.

Mr. Hort has the experience to provide substantive creative guidance to your executive team to structure direct and indirect compensation plan components that motivate, attract and retain top talent. Hort will help your company structure base compensation through formal company-wide job analysis and job evaluation. Hort Business Services, LLC., will provide your business with Health and Welfare Plan design, negotiating provider rates, reinsurance negotiations and comparative network review to get your employees the best program options available through cost-conscious means.

Employee Relations Services and Management Training

With the unique demands placed on supervision and management in Transportation and Supply Chain Management, fair and clear company policies, up-to-date compliance, transparency, and training in all key areas are essential.

From developing a custom corporate university in warehousing, providing hearing officer services in the rail industry or developing policies and state and federal compliance projects with effective roll-out, Hort Business Services, LLC., brings competence and efficiency to the workplace. The scope of services provided for employee relations for exempt staff is broad-based. Mr. Hort has decades of experience providing executive coaching to top management officials. Reach out directly to his office for a consultation to discuss the details of your specific business needs.

Organizational Development is a cornerstone to successful supply chain operations. Hort Business Services, LLC., will conduct an assessment of your training and development needs, and will provide guidance to executives, succession plan design and IDP implementation, as well as writing curriculum, train-the-trainer resources, facilitating, and conducting classes and roundtable training.