Senior Counsel, Labor and Employment

Company: CTI Education Group
Location: Oakland
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

Job Description - Senior Counsel, Labor and Employment (920257) Senior Counsel, Labor and Employment Job Number: 920257 Posting Date : Oct 30, 2020, 10:57:30 PM Description The position provides counsel to Kaiser Permanente regarding traditional labor & employment laws. This is an opportunity to have a broad labor & employment law practice, supporting Kaiser Permanente's operations as a non-profit integrated delivery system, including Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, and aspects of the Permanente Medical Groups in California and the eight other jurisdictions where Kaiser Permanente operates.
Essential Responsibilities:
--- Counsel and represent clients on complex labor and employment law issues, including just cause discipline and discharge in union and non-union environments, EEO, reasonable accommodation, wage & hour, leave of absence, retaliation and whistleblower, traditional labor relations, and other labor and employment law matters.
--- Provide strategic advice on a wide variety of labor and employment legal issues and projects.
--- Handle cross-disciplinary legal matters in collaboration with regulatory and business attorneys and other professionals and paraprofessionals.
--- Engage with outside counsel to efficiently deliver legal expertise to KP when needed.
--- Evaluate and communicate legal risks associated with complaints, grievances, charges, employer practices, and other legal matters.
--- Litigate matters before federal and state agencies, including the NLRB, EEOC, and DOL.

Qualifications Basic Qualifications:
Experience
--- Minimum eight (8) years of experience as a labor and employment law attorney in a law firm or company or in government.
Education
--- A juris doctorate degree,
License, Certification, Registration
--- California bar license Additional Requirements:
--- Experience and knowledge advising and representing clients on employment law matters, including wage and hour, discrimination, retaliation, and leave laws and representing clients before agencies enforcing those laws.
--- Experience and knowledge advising and representing clients in unionized workplaces.
--- Demonstrates skillful insight into critical business problems and emerging legal issues.
--- Proven ability to render timely and sound legal advice within applicable legal principles.
--- Maintain current knowledge of labor and employment law.
--- Must have excellent written and oral advocacy skills and strong interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
--- Thirteen (13) years of years of experience as a labor and employment law attorney in a law firm or company or in government
--- Experience in the health care industry.
--- Experience advising complex organizations with interaction between multiple legal entities.
--- Experience advising/representing clients: In union environments; On the California Equal Pay Act; On affirmative action program compliance; On wage & hour matters; On traditional labor matters


Primary Location : California-Oakland-Ordway One Kaiser Plaza Scheduled Hours (1-40) : 40 Shift : Day Working Days : Mon - Fri Working Hours Start : 8:00 AM Working Hours End : 5:00 PM Job Schedule : Full-time Job Type : Standard Employee Status : Regular Employee Group (Union Affiliation) : Salaried, Non-Union, Exempt Job Level : Director/Senior Director Job Category : Legal / Government Relations Public Department Name : National Legal Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances. Click here for Important Additional Job Requirements. Share this job with a friend You may also share this job description with a friend by email or social media. All the relevant details will be included in the message. Click the button labeled Share that is next to Submit .

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