Description:
Summary:The Senior Counsel, Labor & Employment position will have exclusive responsibility for investigating and responding to charges filed with federal and state administrative agencies alleging violations of employment laws.
Essential Functions:
- Join and serve as a member of the Company's top—notch Labor & Employment Legal Team.
- Handle the full lifecycle of administrative charges: investigate allegations, prepare position statements and responses to requests for information/documents, attend fact‐finding conferences and the occasional mediation (virtually/remotely when possible), and resolve matters when appropriate.
- Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders—such as Leave Administration, Employee Relations, HR, and business unit managers—on various employment law matters.
- Identify and propose risk‐mitigation strategies in connection with issues uncovered and provide practical guidance and legal opinions to HR, Employee Relations, and managers, drawing on your employment‐law expertise and a deep understanding of the Company's operations and divisions.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Education & Experience:
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- Admission to a state bar, in good standing, required upon hire.
- Five (5) years or more experience in house or at a large law firm.
- Four (4) years or more experience in employment law.
- Experience managing employment claims raised with federal and/or state administrative agencies.
Skills & Attributes
- Exceptional ability to draft comprehensive, concise, and legally sound position statements.
- Strong collaboration skills to work effectively with internal stakeholders and gather relevant information/evidence.
- Excellent legal judgment, negotiation skills, and the ability to communicate practical advice clearly.
- Outstanding written and oral communication and presentation skills; able to tailor analysis for a variety of audiences with different levels of legal sophistication.
- Proven ability to assess and manage legal and business risks, balancing a practical viewpoint of risk vs. reward, and make recommendations to business leaders about settlement and resolution
- Demonstrated ability to influence internal clients while maintaining strong long‐term relationships.
- In‐house legal experience supporting business operations is a plus.
Why join us?
Work fully remotely with a flexible location.
No billable‐hour pressure—focus on outcomes, not quotas.
Join a dedicated team of L&E professionals handling high‐impact administrative charges across federal and state agencies.
Collaborate with business units, HR, and Employee Relations to make a tangible difference in workplace compliance and risk mitigation.
Manage your own time and work flow, with minimal oversight
