Title:  Labor & Employment Counsel - Lawyer (Melbourne, FL or Orlando, FL)

Job Title: Labor & Employment Counsel - Lawyer

Job Code: 23559

Job Location: Melbourne, FL; Orlando, FL; Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are looking for a labor and employment law specialist to join our centralized Global Labor & Employment practice group, reporting to the Senior Director, Managing Counsel - Labor, Employment, Benefits, and Immigration.  

Essential Functions:

• Investigate, negotiate and resolve pre-litigation claims and administrative charges to drive results consistent with the company’s labor and employment claims strategy and make recommendations to Human Resources and senior management on corrective action.
• Whenever outside counsel is approved for US court litigation and international claims, manage and drive outside counsel in alignment with company employment litigation strategy.
• Actively monitor employment law changes, to ensure policies and practices are compliant
• Provide practical and business-oriented legal advice and counseling on an all aspects of labor and employment law, including: hiring, performance management, employee relations, terminations, leaves of absence and accommodations, and wage and hour.
• Develop, draft and implement a variety of workplace policies, employee training and employment-related templates and agreements in collaboration with Human Resources and other functions as appropriate
• Advise the Ethics and Compliance team and privilege investigations where appropriate in all matters involving alleged discrimination, harassment and retaliation or violation of labor and employment laws.

Qualifications:

• JD from an accredited law school and a minimum of 7 years’ practicing law, focused primarily on employment law, including the last 5 years.
• Member in good standing of a state bar.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Licensed to practice in California
• Significant experience personally handling claims and administrative complaints without the use of outside counsel.
• Strong client-relations and interpersonal skills, as well as excellent judgment and superior written and oral communication and analytical skills.
• Detail-oriented, and an ability to work effectively and collaboratively.
• Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple time-sensitive tasks effectively and independently.
• California wage and hour experience a plus.
• Top-tier law firm and/or in-house experience in a publicly traded company.
• Experience working on international labor and employment law matters.