Employment Law Associate

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and counseling to clients on various employment law matters, including but not limited to discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour issues
• Preparation of employment policies and agreements, counseling on employee relations issues such as discipline and termination, accommodation requests, and leaves of absence, and conducting workplace investigations. Anti-harassment and other employment training experience is preferred.
• Experience handling certain aspects of litigation such as interviewing witnesses, reviewing electronically stored documents, drafting pleadings and various motions and briefs, conducting and defending depositions, interacting with clients and opposing counsel, and attending court appearances is preferred, but not required.
• Conduct legal research and analysis to support client counseling and compliance efforts
• Draft and review...

• Experience handling certain aspects of litigation such as interviewing witnesses, reviewing electronically stored documents, drafting pleadings and various motions and briefs
• Conducting and defending depositions
• Interacting with clients and opposing counsel, and attending court appearances.
• Experience providing advice and counsel on workplace law issues, including wage and hour, employee relations, mitigation of risk, ADA and other workplace accommodation, employment agreements, reductions-in-force, and employment-related policies is also beneficial.

Requirements

• 1+ year of relevant labor and employment law experience.
• This position requires knowledge of federal and state labor & employment laws (e.g., wage and hour, trade secret law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, ADEA, FMLA, ADA, FLSA, and similar state laws).
• License to practice in the state of California

Responsibilities:

• Drafting and negotiating employment agreements and separation agreements on behalf of executives and employers.
• Drafting and negotiating bonus plans, commission plans and other types of compensation arrangements.
• Conducting investigations into workplace misconduct.
• Crisis management for employees and executives as they navigate situations involving misconduct, harassment, discrimination or other career challenges.
• Advising employers on best practices and helping them become a more diverse, inclusive workplace.
• Navigating leave laws, employee discipline and other common scenarios that arise during all stages of the employment cycle with fairness for all.
• Assisting high net worth individuals with the hiring and management of their personal and household staff.
• Experience drafting and negotiating employment agreements, separation agreements and standard employment documents.
• Strong...