Labor & Employment Counsel

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Company Description

Part of Veolia Group, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions brings together experienced professionals in pursuit of the same goal: to solve the world's most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, the environment and energy. We’re always looking for passionate and creative people to help us in this mission!

Job Description

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions is seeking a full-time in-house HR Labor & Employment Compliance Counsel to join our team. In this pivotal role, you'll be the driving force behind our legal and compliance efforts, reporting directly to our North American HR Compliance Center of Excellence Leader.

As our compliance champion, you'll navigate the complex landscape of employment law across North America, including the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean. You'll play a key role managing employment-related risks and ensuring our HR practices and policies are not just compliant, but best-in-class.

If you're ready to make an impact in a role that combines legal expertise with strategic HR leadership, we want to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of HR compliance at Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions!

The responsibilities listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required for this position.

Monitoring and Implementing Policies:  Ensuring that regulatory HR compliance policies, practices, and procedures are monitored, implemented, and certified.  Drafts, implements, and manages legal and compliance policies.

Conducting Internal Audits:  Regularly performing internal audits and spot checks to ensure that compliance procedures are followed.

Providing Compliance Advice:  Providing legal advice and counseling on a broad range of legal issues that arise with a goal of enabling the company’s objectives while managing legal and compliance risk.

Recommending Policies and Strategies:  Recommending corporate policies and strategies that promote the company’s goals while complying with regulations.  

Keeping Informed:  Keeping informed of relevant legal developments and assessing their impact on organisational processes, and driving implementation of continuous improvements to legal and HR compliance function.

Labor and Employment Legal Support:   Collaborate with HR on employment law issues and handle employment litigation matters and claims.  Works with HR to enhance our practices to minimize employment law risk.  Manage legal disputes and litigation matters and implement liability avoidance initiatives.  Advises on potential complex business transactions, such as acquisitions.

Developing Training and Education Plans:  Train and educate HR, employees, and various functions on legal, compliance issues, and policies.

Contract Review:  Review, edit, interpret, and advise on various types of contracts (commercial, sales, supply, non-disclosure) from a labor and employment lens.

Qualifications

Core Qualifications:

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Juris Doctor degree from a nationally recognized law school

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Licensed to practice law and active bar membership in good standing

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At least 4 years of general labor and employment litigation experience, preferably with some in-house experience

Other Skills and Experience:

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Impeccable integrity and ethics

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Ability to understand and analyse complex factual and legal issues. Good attention to detail, combined with the ability to see the big picture

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Ability to prioritize with a risk-based approach and juggle numerous issues at once

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Growth mindset with a can-do, problem-solving attitude and sense of intellectual curiosity

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Highly responsive and service-oriented

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

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