Counsel/Senior Counsel, Employment Law

Role Purpose: NBCUniversal seeks a bright and capable Counsel or Senior Counsel, Employment Law to provide strategic and practical legal counsel to the Company’s Human Resources professionals and business executives. Job Duties: Advise Human Resources professionals, corporate and production executives, and other NBCUniversal lawyers and business partners on employment law issues, including but not limited to: California and other states’ employment laws Accommodation and leave of absence requests Employee misconduct and performance management Employment policy development and application Reductions in force Wage-and-hour issues Oversee, conduct and provide counsel on internal investigations, ensuring that concerns are promptly, thoroughly, and appropriately addressed Represent NBCUniversal, including working with other NBCUniversal lawyers and outside counsel as appropriate, at mediations and arbitrations for, as well as in litigation of, employment claims Research and analyze complex legal issues Draft documents, including correspondence with opposing counsel, EEOC and state agency position statements, mediation statements, and settlement/separation agreements Monitor federal, state, and local legal legislative developments, and advise on emerging employment law issues Create and deliver employment law-related training programs Support Employment Law Department as well as enterprise-wide initiatives