Employment Counsel - New York, NY (Candidate should be willing to office location at least 3 days a week)
Responsibilities: • Provide day-to-day proactive employment law advice, guidance, assistance and counseling. • Work with HR to help manage and respond to employee relations issues, investigations and grievances. • Review disciplinary actions and terminations with HR. • Assist in managing responses to subpoenas and document requests. • Respond to administrative complaints and Department of Labor investigations. • Respond to EEOC and other complaints of discrimination. • Assist with employment law litigation matters. • Recommend, implement and continuously improve employment law related training. • Maintain employment law files and databases. • Other matters as directed by Head of Legal, Americas and/or Deputy Head of Legal - USA.
Qualifications: • Three to five years of experience focused on employment law and litigation, preferably with some experience in-house. • A law degree from a top tier law school and in good standing to practice in any state in the United States. • Strong analytical capabilities and judgment. • Ability to work proactively, independently and reliably under tight timeframes in a fast-paced environment. • Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a team as well as cross-functionally across teams. • Willingness to tackle matters outside area of expertise. • Ability to interact with HR teams and other legal team members