Description:
About the role:An American Exercise Equipment and Media Company is looking for a Senior Counsel, Employment Law attorney with 7+ years of experience to join our Global Employment Law team! In this role, you will join a team of attorneys and professionals dedicated to supporting the legal needs of our People (HR) team and other internal clients across all locations and departments on a wide variety of matters that arise within our workforce. The role will be based out of our New York City headquarters office and will be required to follow our hybrid policy. Currently, hybrid team members report to the office weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with the understanding that hybrid team members may be requested to be present at a physical An American Exercise Equipment and Media Company location, in NYC or otherwise, based on team or business needs.
Your Daily Impact at An American Exercise Equipment and Media Company
- Handle a broad spectrum of employment law matters, including: recruitment and hiring; compensation and benefits; employee relations; performance management and discipline; investigations; leaves of absence and accommodation; wage and hour issues; discrimination and harassment; and termination
- Provide counsel on complex/sensitive employment matters and help resolve matters through pre-dispute resolution and/or positioning An American Exercise Equipment and Media Company for potential litigation/arbitration
- Manage outside counsel, and/or handle, all aspects of employment disputes, including administrative EEO charges, discovery, fact-finding and analysis, witness preparation, and arbitration or trial preparation
- Work as an individual contributor, serve as a trusted advisor to the People Team and global business partners to support the development, implementation, and monitoring of scalable and compliant team policies, procedures, and trainings relating to the employee lifecycle
- Draft employment-related agreements, templates, and forms (e.g., employment, consulting, separation, etc.)
- Collaborate with other attorneys on the team to deliver advice and counsel to the People Team and other cross-functional partners
- Research relevant labor, employment, and compliance topics and stay current on developments in the law and evolving best practices; develop and update corporate policies as needed
- Create and lead training on global employment law issues
- Support internal clients across jurisdictions and time zones
- Other duties as assigned
You Bring to An American Exercise Equipment and Media Company
- 7+ years of legal experience handling employment law matters; prior in-house experience preferred
- Significant employment law litigation and counseling experience, and demonstrated understanding of all aspects of employment law, including leave and accommodations laws, wage and hour issues, matters relating to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, and workplace investigations
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to simplify complicated legal concepts into "plain English" for your business partners at all levels of the organization
- Excellent judgment and a creative problem solver
- Outstanding critical thinking skills, with the ability to review novel issues, provide analysis and assess risk
- Experience developing policies and process improvements
- JD from an accredited law school and an active license to practice law in a US jurisdiction
- Some experience with employee benefits, executive compensation and/or traditional labor law is a plus
The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated salary range for this position based at our New York City headquarters. The actual base salary offered for this position will depend on numerous factors including individual performance, business objectives, and if the location for the job changes. Our base salary is just one component of An American Exercise Equipment and Media Company's competitive total rewards strategy that also includes annual equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan as well as other region-specific health and welfare benefits.
As an organization, one of our top priorities is to maintain the health and wellbeing for our employees and their family. To achieve this goal, we offer robust and comprehensive benefits including:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Generous paid time off policy
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Access to mental health services
- 401k, tuition reimbursement and student loan paydown plans
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Fertility and adoption support and up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave
- Child care and family care discounts
- Free access to An American Exercise Equipment and Media Company Digital App and apparel and product discounts
- Commuter benefits and Citi Bike Discount
- Pet insurance and so much more!
