The thing is that your premise is about two opposing sides: the employee and the employer. In this case sure, HR represents the employer, it isn't supposed to b

The thing is that your premise is about two opposing sides: the employee and the employer. In this case sure, HR represents the employer, it isn't supposed to be some sort of independent council. On the other hand, HR is involved in more situation than just conflicts between employee / employers and it seems to me to be very overly simplistic to just see this as a manichean environment.