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This attorney, working in the Legal Affairs Department, will represent T-Mobile and handle leave-and-accommodations advice and litigation (primarily in arbitration); advise business units and Human Resources on other employment legal matters, primarily within the Customer Care line of business; and prepare agency position statements and demand-letter responses.
Job Responsibility:
Leverage your subject-matter expertise to advise on multi-jurisdiction leave and accommodation compliance, balancing legal risk with efficient plan administration
Engage and work with outside counsel to manage employment litigation, with a focus on leave and accommodations issues in employment arbitrations
Identify and implement creative litigation strategies and thoughtfully manage litigation costs
Provide practical, day-to-day counseling to HR and other internal clients to identify and manage employment legal risks outside the leave-and-accommodations arena
Prepare responses to agency charges and demand letters
Develop and review written HR policies, guidelines, templates, and forms
Develop and deliver legal training to HR and other internal clients
Provide employment law advice regarding internal investigations
Advise and help clients understand employment law related compliance issues
Counsel and advise clients on a wide variety of complex and developing employment-related legal and business issues
Requirements:
7+ years of experience as an employment attorney, with relevant in-house and/or top law firm experience
Minimum 4 years, strongly prefer 6+ years, of focused work on leave and accommodation issues across the country
Ability to work independently and effectively despite ambiguity and rapid change
Excellent writing skills, with a focus on providing practical advice
Amazing oral communication skills, with a focus on clearly and simply conveying complex employment law concepts, risks, and options to HR and other internal clients
Strong judgement that allows you to properly weigh what’s best for our customers and our business, what’s best for our employees, and potential legal risks
Strong project management skills
A demonstrated ability to collaborate with other legal and business professionals in a complex organization with a focus on delivering results efficiently
A keen business sense with negotiation and drafting skills
Ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines, and balance multiple, and sometimes competing, priorities
Must be licensed, in good standing, to practice law in the US