Description:
Bring Your Amazing Self to WorkA Department Store Company we're on a mission to create a brighter future with bold representation for all. This is our Mission Every One. We know that each person here is unique. So we respect and invest in each individual to create growth, pride, and satisfaction. If we are able to bring our whole selves to work, it translates into a more abundant and wider array of ideas and energy for all to benefit from. Our success will be built on amazing colleagues, working together.
Job Overview:
The Senior Counsel, Employment Law, is a member of the in-house Employment and Benefits Law Team, overseeing all aspects of A Department Store Company's nationwide employment law practice. In this role, they engage in extensive direct client interaction and handle complex legal matters. They advise and support cross-functional teams across A Department Store Company's, Bloomingdale's, and Bluemercury, addressing a wide range of employment-related legal issues, including compliance, disciplinary matters, layoffs, accommodations, and more. With a focus on staying up-to-date with existing and emerging employment laws, they provide practical and understandable advice to ensure compliance and mitigate risks. This position offers a flexible work schedule with options for a hybrid or remote presence.
What you will do:
- Provide advice and support to cross-functional teams across A Department Store Company's, Bloomingdale's, and Bluemercury on a wide range of employment-related legal matters. These include discharge and discipline issues, legal compliance training, compliance audits, layoffs, furloughs, leaves of absence, non-compete agreements, severance plan administration, immigration compliance, discrimination and harassment matters, wage and hour issues, employment testing, policy review, and employee education and training.
- Supervise and develop a paralegal responsible for immigration matters, including I-9 compliance and employment-based immigrant visas.
- Track and provide practical advice on existing and emerging federal, state, and local employment laws, such as discrimination laws (Title VII, ADA, PDA, ADEA, OWBPA, USERRA), leave laws (FMLA), wage and hour laws (FLSA), worker's compensation laws, workplace safety laws, and labor laws (NLRA), among others.
- Monitor employment law trends and best practices within the retail industry and determine their applicability across the company.
- Ensure cross-functional teams understand the employment law implications of innovative business projects and technologies during development and implementation. Provide support on other legal areas and initiatives as required.
- Maintain regular, dependable attendance and punctuality.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills You Will Need
Legal Expertise: Demonstrated
proficiency in employment law, including a comprehensive understanding
of federal, state, and local regulations, such as discrimination laws,
leave laws, wage and hour laws, worker's compensation laws, workplace
safety laws, and labor laws.Advisory and Counseling Skills: Ability to provide clear, practical, and understandable advice on a wide range of employment-related legal matters to cross-functional teams at various levels within the organization.
Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong ability to analyze legal and factual issues, balance business needs and risks, and provide focused advice to address complex legal matters effectively.
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the capacity to communicate legal concepts clearly and concisely to both internal and external stakeholders.
Relationship Building: Proven ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues across different functional areas and levels of the organization.
Independence and Creativity: Capability to work independently, think creatively, and apply strategic and technical approaches to legal issues.
Leadership and Interpersonal Skills: Strong leadership, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, enabling collaboration and effective communication across functional lines and organizational levels.
Results Orientation: Agile and entrepreneurial mindset with a focus on achieving results and driving successful outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
Who You Are:
- Dedicated to fulfilling ideals of diversity, inclusion, and respect that A Department Store Company's aspires to achieve every day in every way.
- Candidates with a J.D. from an accredited law school and who are licensed to practice law (and in good standing) in at least one state are encouraged to apply.
- 10+ years of relevant law firm or in-house experience in the practice of employment law.
- Regularly required to sit, talk, hear; use hands/fingers to touch, handle, and feel. Occasionally required to move about the workplace and reach with hands and arms. Requires close vision.
- Able to work a flexible schedule based on department and company needs.
