Labor & Employment Counsel - Shelton, CT (Hybrid)

Join a dynamic team in a pivotal role as a Labor & Employment Counsel, where you can truly make an impact! This position offers the chance to provide proactive, preventive legal advice on a global scale, covering a wide range of employment law issues such as hiring, discipline, and separations. You'll play a key role in shaping policies and ensuring compliance with complex international and local laws.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft and develop employment policies and procedures.
• Manage sensitive projects including organizational changes and policy reviews.
• Handle internal investigations and manage outside counsel for employment litigation and other matters.
• Deliver training on employment and compliance topics to various stakeholders.

What You'll Bring:

• J.D. degree with 3-5 years of relevant experience in employment or labor law.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to work autonomously.
• Excellent communication skills and a knack for building effective relationships.
• This role reports to the Chief Employment Counsel and allows for up to 20% travel. Prior in-house experience and knowledge of international employment matters are a plus!

• Provide preventive, proactive legal advice on global employment law issues, including hiring, discipline, leaves of absence, layoffs, separations, and pay and benefits.
• Support the review, drafting and development of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with complex and rapidly changing international, federal, state and local laws on diverse employment and compliance matters.
• Manage and/or support various complex and sensitive projects as assigned, including pay and policy reviews, and organizational changes.
• Manage outside counsel on various matters including international employment inquiries, internal investigations, employment litigation and arbitration matters and project work as assigned.
• Conduct, review and advise on internal investigations.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant laws and prepare and deliver training on employment and compliance topics across various internal stakeholders.
• This position reports to the Chief Employment Counsel and requires the ability to travel up to 20%.
  
  

Requirements

• J.D. degree and membership in good standing in one state bar is required.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in the areas of employment law, labor law and/or compliance investigations is required.
• Significant experience conducting, reviewing, or advising on labor grievances, employment litigation and/or sensitive internal investigations.
• Effective communicator, with the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clients, coworkers, and colleagues.
• Ability to work autonomously, issue spot and provide incisive, practical and business-focused advice and counsel.
• Strong project management experience and problem-solving skills with the ability to lead a project from initiation to completion and the ability to balance strategic and tactical issues.
• Good judgment, a high level of professional integrity and the discretion, and tact.
• Prior in-house experience and/or experience providing advice and counsel on international or multi-jurisdictional employment matters isa plus.

If you're looking to advance your career in a role that blends strategic oversight with practical legal counsel, apply today to join our team and help shape the future of our global workforce! #LI-HB1