Counsel, Employment Law

About the Role

NBCUniversal seeks a Counsel, Employment Law to provide strategic and practical legal counsel to the Company's HR professionals and business executives.

What You'll Do

• Advise HR, corporate, and production executives on employment law issues: CA and other states' employment laws, accommodation/leave requests, employee misconduct, performance management, policy development, reductions in force, wage-and-hour issues
• Oversee and provide counsel on internal investigations
• Represent NBCUniversal at mediations, arbitrations, and in litigation of employment claims
• Draft correspondence, EEOC/state agency position statements, mediation statements, and settlement/separation agreements
• Monitor legal/legislative developments and advise on emerging employment law issues
• Create and deliver employment law training programs

Requirements

• JD from an ABA-accredited law school (or foreign equivalent)
• Member in good standing of the California state bar, or another state bar qualified to register as California in-house counsel
• 4+ years of employment law experience with a law firm and/or as in-house counsel
• Excellent legal research, writing, and communication skills

Schedule & Pay

Hybrid schedule, minimum four days per week in-office. Salary range: $150,000–$185,000/year (bonus and long-term incentive eligible), plus company-sponsored benefits.