California Employment Attorney (Education)
Position Summary
Employers Council is seeking a California Employment Attorney to join our team. We partner with employers to grow exceptional, dynamic workplaces by offering a comprehensive set of services. The California Employment Attorney should have a practical, solutions-driven counseling ability with a client-service-oriented approach. This includes the capability of multi-tasking and dealing with ambiguity in the law, process & procedure. The attorney should be able to adequately demonstrate a solid understanding of various substantive areas of federal and California employment law including, but not limited to, discrimination and harassment, disability and accommodations, employee policies, and wage and hour matters (e.g. Title VII, FMLA, FLSA, ADA, OSHA and related state laws).
Successful candidate must reside in: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Wyoming.
For over 85 years, our committed staff have worked at the top of their fields to provide the highest quality guidance to help organizations create cultures that support a highly engaged workforce.
Become a part of making work better for everyone by helping employers build exceptional workplaces!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Advise and counsel employers regarding multiple and complex California legal issues, recognizing and addressing potential risks with situations including performance documentation, discipline, termination, layoffs, employment agreements, waiver and release agreements, non-compete agreements, confidentiality agreements, Cal/OSHA workplace safety issues, etc.
- Ability to create and maintain strong relationships with members through regular phone, virtual, and in-person communication.
- Demonstrate independence, competence, and confidence when advising management and business leaders on complex employment law matters.
- Ability to discuss the California Legal Services service line and identify how the services fit the needs of member organizations.
- Ability to understand legal and business priorities and help build consensus among multiple stakeholders (e.g. HR professionals and management teams).
- Evaluate and analyze EEO/ Civil Rights claims, draft position statements and represent employers in state and federal agency proceedings.
- Advise employers on compliance with related or conflicting state and federal laws including wage and hour, Title VII, Fair Employment and Housing Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family Medical Leave, California Family Rights Act, Workers Compensation, and other state employment statutes.
- Represent employers in administrative hearing processes including unemployment hearings and wage claims.
- Support current member engagement by conducting assessments and strategy/priorities meetings throughout their membership year to bolster member engagement and awareness of California Legal Services and other fee-based services.
- Ability to travel, prepare & deliver in-person and virtual training to organizations in various practice areas including harassment, equal employment opportunity law, termination, wage and hour, FMLA, disability law, performance documentation, etc.
- Create and update California member resources including white papers, sample policies, agreements, template webinars, training, and newsletters. • Review employee handbooks, manuals, policies, and procedures from a California legal perspective.
- Advise organizations concerning employee relations matters, risk management, policies, procedures and employment law and HR issues.
- Collaborate with the Director to track annual department revenue based on established goals.
- Strong legal research capability and a solid understanding of Westlaw or other similar research platforms.
Work Environment
General office environment with opportunities to work remotely. Occasional lifting. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Disclaimer: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please contact InternalHR@employerscouncil.org.
An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.
