Senior Employment Counsel

2 weeks ago


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

This role is responsible for leading the employment, labor, and benefits legal practice within HCSC. The successful candidate will manage attorneys and provide complex legal counsel and direction in employment practices, EEOC complaints, union and collective bargaining, wage and hour disputes, benefits, and compensation. The role requires ensuring compliance with federal, state, country, and local employment laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide leadership for the employment, labor, and benefits legal practice within HCSC.
  • Manage attorneys and provide complex legal counsel and direction in employment practices, EEOC complaints, union and collective bargaining, wage and hour disputes, benefits, and compensation.
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, country, and local employment laws and regulations.
  • Conduct training sessions or workshops for managers and employees while ensuring compliance with employment laws.
  • 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.
  • Exercise tact and diplomacy in day-to-day accountabilities, including interactions with corporate and legal management and in negotiations with other entities.
  • 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 complete confidentiality of company business.
  • 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.
  • 2 years leadership experience.
  • Experience in Employment/EEOC/compliance tactical and settlement recommendations at HCSC, another corporate law department, or private practice.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically on legal and business issues, to deliver quality and timely legal services.
  • Highly developed judgment skills and abilities.


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