Description:

Position Summary:
The Employment Counsel will provide legal leadership on labor and employment matters, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel – Strategy, Regulatory and Sustainability, this role collaborates with Legal, Human Resources, and other departments to offer guidance, set best practices, and support company strategy. Key duties include advising on employee relations, wage and hour issues, worker classification, restructurings, workplace investigations, litigation, performance management, disciplinary actions, policies, employment agreements, immigration, compliance, and M&A.

Responsibilities:

Build the employment law function as a strategic adviser and collaborate across the organization with the Legal, Human Resources and business teams.   
Develop and maintain positive and effective relationships with business partners at all levels as well as with colleagues on the Legal team. 
Serve as subject matter expert in all areas of federal, state, and local employment laws, and provide ethical and pragmatic advice on a wide range of complex employment matters, including offers and separations; employee compensation; discipline and discharge issues; diversity and inclusion; employee investigations; whistleblower matters; leave issues; wage and hour compliance; restructurings; restrictive covenants; and collective bargaining agreements. 
Assist with managing compliance with employment laws
Draft, negotiate, interpret, and enforce employment-related agreements, and create and maintain relevant precedents across multiple states. 
Manage employment-related litigation and claims (including EEOC), including directing and managing outside counsel, responding to claims, administrative charges, complaints, attorney's letters, and settlement demands, and negotiating appropriate resolutions to claims and other pending matters. 
Proactively identify risk areas, develop risk mitigation solutions, and remediate legal compliance issues across the organization for all employment, compensation, and benefits. 
Assist HR in creating, conducting, and implementing training programs on labor and employment-related topics. 
Partner with HR in developing HR policies and procedures for the various states in which the company operates, and ensure awareness and compliance with federal, state, and local labor and employment laws. 
Advise on HR and employment law aspects of M&A transactions. 
Advise on immigration issues.
Assist in managing certain non-employment litigation matters, supervising outside counsel, developing litigation strategy, and collaborating with business partners. 
Hybrid or remote work available, occasional on-site visits and travel as required 
This job description is intended to outline the primary duties and responsibilities. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary to meet business needs.

Qualifications:

Sound judgment, excellent counseling skills, the ability to take a strategic and business-focused approach to complex employment issues.   
Strong initiative and the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced and dynamic organization.

Education: 

Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited institution 
Admission to and good standing in any state bar or DC bar

Experience: 

Minimum 8+ years as a practicing attorney in employment law at a law firm or in-house legal department, preferably at a manufacturing company.
Combination of in-house and law firm experience.