Description:
Minimum Qualifications:- JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
- Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
- 7 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in advising on pay equity and pay transparency matters, and wage and hour compliance, including job classifications and payroll compliance.
- Experience in advising on workforce change strategies including reorganizations, reductions in team and WARN compliance.
- Experience in interacting with NLRB, EEOC, state and local EEO agencies on complex matters.
- Experience providing employment law advice and counsel to a multinational employer.
- Experience in direct or indirect in-house (e.g., via a secondment).
- Ability to be flexible in a fast-paced environment with limited direction, balance competing priorities, and manage several time-sensitive projects at once.
- Provide advice on a broad range of employment issues, including HR policies and practices, employee relations issues and investigations involving misconduct, retaliation, discrimination, harassment, performance management, recruiting, hiring, employee exits, protected leaves, reasonable disability, and religious accommodations.
- Advise on workforce change-related workstreams, including reorganizations, relocation strategies, job eliminations, adverse impact analyses, severance obligations, and compliance with federal and state notification laws, including WARN and OWBPA. Provide training to HR staff on legal issues related to workforce change matters.
- Advise on compensation-related practices, pay equity matters, wage and hour compliance.
- Manage and supervise outside counsel on all types of employment litigation, including class, collective, and representative actions, single plaintiff actions, matters involving novel legal theories, agency inquiries and charges, audits, and pre-litigation disputes.
