Senior Counsel, Employment Law

Role Purpose:NBCUniversal seeks a bright and capable 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 lawsAccommodation and leave of absence requestsEmployee misconduct and performance managementEmployment policy development and applicationReductions in forceWage-and-hour issuesOversee, conduct and provide counsel on internal investigations, ensuring that concerns are promptly, thoroughly, and appropriately addressedRepresent NBCUniversal, including working with other NBCUniversal lawyers and outside counsel as appropriate, at mediations and arbitrations for, as well as in litigation of, employment claimsResearch and analyze complex legal issuesDraft documents, including correspondence with opposing counsel, EEOC and state agency position statements, mediation statements, and settlement/separation agreementsMonitor federal, state, and local legal legislative developments, and advise on emerging employment law issuesCreate and deliver employment law-related training programsSupport Employment Law Department as well as enterprise-wide initiatives