Labor Union/employment and Safety Attorney

2 months ago

San Jose, United States Cupertino Electric, Inc. Full time

**Posting Title**:Labor Union/Employment and Safety Attorney

**Reports To**:Chief Legal Officer

**Location**: Des Moines, Iowa or San Jose, California or Remote

**Salary Range**:$180,000 to $220,000

**WHO WE ARE**
- For nearly 70 years, Cupertino Electric, Inc. (CEI) has been powered by people who’ve built a reputation for delivering high-profile, complex projects. Real, tangible things that alter the landscape and improve lives. But even more than that, we’ve built a reputation for integrity. We’re problem solvers and innovation seekers. We’re team players and safety fanatics. And we always—always—do the right thing. Even when no one is looking. Because what we do here is important, but how we do it is everything.

**THE LEGAL TEAM**
- The Legal and Risk Management team is responsible for all legal and legal-related matters such as litigation, contracts, compliance, and driving record policies. This is a diverse, complex, and often unpredictable portfolio of challenges.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**
- Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the CEI Labor Union/Employment and Safety attorney will function as an advisor and business partner to CEI operations/project management teams, managers, executives, corporate support managers, and field/production leaders to provide real-time, proactive legal advice and support to enable the Company to consistently and effectively manage, optimize, and avoid/mitigate risks related to the Company’s relationships with labor unions and with the Company’s union employees.

Responsibilities include the following:

- Legal advice on union/employment matters: Provide legal advice and guidance to field leaders, project teams, corporate support functions, executives/managers and the People team regarding legal matters related to union employees including CBA and PLA compliance, wage and hour laws, workplace safety, rest break laws, disability laws, workplace harassment and discrimination, and wrongful discharge matters.
- Corporate Support Functions support: Review and provide ongoing input to People team regarding Company policies/procedures and Employee Handbook regarding compliance with labor laws, customer requirements, and union agreements. Provide input and support to Safety team regarding union employee management and communications with union employees. Provide support to Finance team regarding payroll matters, preparation for and during union wage and benefit audits, government agency audits, and union trust fund audit matters. Provide support and advice to Risk/Insurance team regarding workers compensation claims involving union employees.
- Field leadership partnering and support: maintain active partnering relationship with field leaders and field teams to provide real-time advice and legal support on union matters and union employee employment issues, including hiring and onboarding processes, disciplinary processes, layoff processes (including reductions in force), termination processes, etc. Regularly attend field leadership meetings and events, and meet with field leaders, to proactively identify trends and issues related to union matters and union employees.
- Union grievance process/regulatory agency claims/individual lawsuits/class action lawsuits: Coordinate/collaborate with field leadership, project teams, and People team to proactively and timely address emerging issues involving union employees to mitigate legal risks, union relationship impacts, and brand/reputation impacts. Participate in and/or oversee investigation of claims, select/manage outside employment counsel if needed, develop strategy for management of matters, collaborate with business leader to effectively manage coordination/collaboration of multi-disciplinary internal teams to address and effectively resolve claims.
- Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs): Review/analyze/summarize all existing, new and renewal CBA Master Agreements, addendums, amendments, side letters and other documents. Prepare CBA summaries and assist with development and implementation of compliance strategies for the project teams (Production and PMs), including identification/analysis of any deviations from standard practices. Maintain and make available to stakeholders a database of current and historical documents and summaries. Provide strategic support to project management and field leadership regarding union matters related to Company’s entry into new union geographies. Provide strategic and tactical legal support to CBA negotiation teams as needed. Provide legal advice and support for disputes related to conflicts caused by multiple unions “claiming” jurisdiction for the same work.
- Project Labor Agreements (PLA): Review/analyze/summarize all PLAs and related agreements. Prepare summaries and advice regarding compliance, resolving conflicts with CBA Master Agreements, and ongoing operations for CEI stakeholders. Maintain communication with State Building Trades attorney and certain union atto

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