{"id":3410,"date":"2025-09-25T16:11:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/?page_id=3410"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:22:34","slug":"employee-relations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/people\/employee-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"People\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-people\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-3420\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3420\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/people\/\">A-Z List<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3425\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3425\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/people\/administration\/\">Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3424\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3424\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/people\/records\/\">Records<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3423\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3423\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/people\/employee-relations\/\">Employee Relations<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3422\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3422\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/people\/hiring\/\">Hiring<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3421\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3421\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/people\/benefits\/\">Benefits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employee Relations<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/Donte-Brame-Headshot.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Donte Brame Headshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/Donte-Brame-Headshot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/Donte-Brame-Headshot-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/Donte-Brame-Headshot-364x410.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Donte Brame<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Employee and Labor Relations Specialist<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401-874-5866<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:donte.brame@uri.edu\">donte.brame@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Michael Fitzpatrick Jr.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Director, Labor and Employee Relations<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401-874-4065<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:michael.fitzpatrickj@uri.edu\">michael.fitzpatrickj@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/Bob-Kiely-headshot.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bob Kiely headshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/Bob-Kiely-headshot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/Bob-Kiely-headshot-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/Bob-Kiely-headshot-364x410.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Bob Kiely<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">HR Business Partner<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401-874-2507<\/span> <br> 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