Description:

Primary Role:
This role is a member of the Employment & Labor Law team and the Compliance & Ethics team and is responsible for advising management, human resources, and other business functions on a wide range of employment and labor laws and compliance and ethics issues. This role also helps support the identification, development, and implementation of enterprise-wide employment and labor law and compliance initiatives and drives legal strategy to align with and achieve the Company's goals.

Key Accountabilities:

Provide legal guidance on employment and labor law issues to various internal teams, including human resources, compliance and ethics, health and safety, business development, security, ID&E, and operations teams. Issues include, for example, leaves of absence, accommodations, background checks, drug testing, employee benefits, performance management, discipline, labor grievances, labor negotiation strategy and mid-contract issues, and wage and hour.
Investigate allegations of employee misconduct and work strategically with human resources and various subject matter experts on the outcome of the investigations.
Identify and develop appropriate strategies to ensure compliance with new employment and labor laws and emerging trends.
Draft and develop employment-related policies and procedures and review Company policies to ensure compliance with employment and labor laws.
Work strategically with senior business and HR leaders, supporting the development and effective implementation of enterprise-wide initiatives.
Develop and deliver training to employees.
Advise on internal investigations.
Review and draft various employment-related agreements, acquisition related documents, and commercial contracts.
Manage outside counsel in employment litigation, labor arbitrations, and agency proceedings. Represent company in pre-litigation matters.
Assist with labor negotiations and arbitrations if expertise aligns.

Knowledge/Skills:

Track record of successfully building professional relationships, institutional knowledge, and technical capacity to support functional excellence.
Able to manage multiple projects and deliver outstanding results through effective management skills using strong, collaborative relationships and strategic thinking.
Able to interface effectively and successfully with different management teams earning their respect, trust, and confidence. Work collaboratively with all internal and external partners and contribute to cross-functional teams.
Possess excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Expertise in employment and labor law, including litigation and counseling. Traditional labor knowledge/experience is a plus given highly unionized employee population.

Experience/Education: