Senior Legal Counsel

3 weeks ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Health Care Service Corporation Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Managing Counsel to lead our Employment, Labor and Benefits legal practice. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing expert legal counsel and direction to various corporate divisions, subsidiaries, and affiliate companies regarding employment, labor and benefit practices.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide leadership for the employment, labor and benefits legal practice within HCSC.
  • Manage attorneys and provide complex legal counsel and direction in Legal representation concerning employment practices, EEOC complaints, union and collective bargaining, wage and hour disputes, benefits and compensation, employment due diligence for corporate transactions, and related human resource matters.
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, country, and local employment laws and regulations.
  • Review and draft employment contracts, policies, and handbooks.
  • Conduct training sessions or workshops for managers and employees while ensuring compliance with employment laws and advise and guide managers on best practices related to investigations and provide resolution on other employee relations matters.
  • Provide functional advice, training and guidance to other HCSC attorneys when assigned.
  • Consistently demonstrate leadership, tact, and diplomacy within the HCSC Legal Division with professional peers and on legal assignments/projects.
  • Exercise tact and diplomacy in day-to-day accountabilities, including interactions with corporate and legal management and in negotiations with other entities while representing and protecting the interests of HCSC.
  • Advise management on complex legal matters, ensuring compliance with federal and state laws.
  • May assume responsibilities of and/or represent the Chief Legal Officer on matters relating to assigned areas of accountability.
  • Delegate tasks and assignments across staff to ensure appropriate level and type of expertise required for legal issues.
  • Keep abreast of all pertinent laws, trends, court rulings, etc., as they relate to areas of concern to management or to issues for which legal advice is provided.
  • Make presentations to Company personnel on legal, regulatory and Company policy matters.
  • Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with co-workers, management, customers, etc.
  • Comply with HIPAA, Diversity Principles, Corporate Integrity, Compliance Program policies and other applicable corporate and departmental policies.
  • Maintain communication with management regarding development within areas of assigned responsibilities and perform special projects as required or requested.
Requirements
  • Law degree and license to practice law in the state where the legal department is located.
  • ~10 years legal experience, including insurance, corporate, health care law, regulatory, litigation, legislative.
  • ~Experience in Employment/EEOC/compliance tactical and settlement recommendations at HCSC, another corporate law department, or private practice.
  • ~Demonstrated ability to think strategically on legal and business issues, to deliver quality and timely legal services.
  • ~15 years legal experience, including insurance, corporate, health care law, regulatory, litigation, legislative.
  • ~Five years of legal experience within the HCSC Legal Division is preferred.
  • ~Employment and labor legal experience working in large scale enterprise organizations.
Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

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