Labor Relations Specialists
Resolve disputes between workers and managers, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, or coordinate grievance procedures to handle employee complaints.
64,810 people do this job in the US. $95,420 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 38%
- 0%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 4%. Today's estimate: 8%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 28 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negotiate collective bargaining agreements.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 25% | 3.3 work weeks4.2 work days to 1.5 work months | Stays with people | |
| Investigate and evaluate union complaints or arguments to determine viability.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 18% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 1.7 work days | 10%Half by May 2027 | |
| Review employer practices or employee data to ensure compliance with contracts on matters such as wages, hours, or conditions of employment.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 16% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 3.1 work days | 7%Half by Nov 2027 | |
| Mediate discussions between employer and employee representatives in attempt to reconcile differences.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 10% | 5 h1.3 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Research case law or outcomes of previous case hearings.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.7 work days | 21%Half by May 2027 | |
| Recommend collective bargaining strategies, goals, or objectives.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 1 work day2.5 h to 2.5 work days | 6%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Prepare evidence for disciplinary hearings, including preparing witnesses to testify.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 1 work day3.3 h to 3.1 work days | 6%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Monitor company or workforce adherence to labor agreements.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 1.7 work days | 27%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Draft rules or regulations to govern collective bargaining activities in collaboration with company, government, or employee representatives.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 2% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 1 work week | 2%Half by Apr 2028 | |
| Assess risk levels associated with collective bargaining strategies.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 2% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Propose resolutions for collective bargaining or other labor or contract negotiations.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 2% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Interpret contractual agreements for employers and employees engaged in collective bargaining or other labor relations processes.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 2% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | 65%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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