Assistant General Counsel - Labor & Employment

Kerry Group
United States
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 146,800 - 232,450 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: professionalSkills: ["Self-directed","Organizational","Analytical","Problem-solving"]

Provide practical, business-oriented counsel to HR and business leaders on federal, state, provincial, and local labor and employment laws across North America. Handle employment litigation and administrative matters, including oversight of outside counsel. Advise on traditional labor relations and union activity, and draft and maintain employment agreements, policies, and handbooks. Support HR and Compliance on internal investigations involving workplace conduct and discrimination/harassment concerns.

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Kerry Group
Kerry Group
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Assistant General Counsel - Labor & Employment

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Job Summary

Provide practical, business-oriented counsel to HR and business leaders on federal, state, provincial, and local labor and employment laws across North America. Handle employment litigation and administrative matters, including oversight of outside counsel. Advise on traditional labor relations and union activity, and draft and maintain employment agreements, policies, and handbooks. Support HR and Compliance on internal investigations involving workplace conduct and discrimination/harassment concerns.
Location: United States
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Counsel Human Resources and business leaders on employee relations matters (hiring, performance management, accommodations, leaves of absence, discipline, reductions in force, separations).
  • •Manage employment litigation and administrative charges, including agency investigations, demand letters, and pre-litigation disputes with outside counsel strategy, budgets, and resolution.
  • •Advise on traditional labor matters including union organizing activity, collective bargaining, labor relations strategy, grievance and arbitration, and interpretation of collective bargaining agreements.
  • •Draft, review, and update employment-related agreements, policies, handbooks, templates, and communications (including restrictive covenants, confidentiality, separation, and settlement agreements).
  • •Partner with HR and Compliance on internal investigations involving workplace conduct, retaliation, harassment, discrimination, and other sensitive employee concerns.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 146,800 - 232,450 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid Leave401kEquityLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceAccident Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
  • •Active license to practice law and good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
  • •Minimum 10 years of relevant labor and employment experience, gained in-house and/or at a law firm.
  • •Experience managing labor and employment matters, with experience with unions highly preferred.
  • •Strong self-direction plus excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Experience:10+ years
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:Self-directedOrganizationalAnalyticalProblem-solving

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Kerry Group
Kerry Group is a global taste and nutrition company supplying ingredients, flavours and integrated solutions to the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, serving manufacturers with product development, technical support and supply chain services.
Industry: FoodTech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Tralee, Ireland
Founded: 1972
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