Employment Attorney

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

As an Attorney on the Employment team in the Legal and Compliance Department, you’ll play a key role in supporting The Standard’s efforts to comply with its labor and employment law obligations. You’ll utilize your strong collaboration skills and expertise to offer advice and counsel to key stakeholders, help proactively identify and mitigate risk, and help achieve the Company’s business goals.   As an Attorney, you’ll proactively initiate work that contributes to overall team success, and work collaboratively within and across teams to break down barriers and achieve goals.

• →Research, federal, state and local employment laws and translate findings into practical guidance for HR and management. Monitor employment law developments for all 50 states and advise our business stakeholders.
• →Assist/Lead matters involving immigration, payroll, employee relations, performance management, discipline, termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, accommodations, and leaves of absence.
• →Act as a strategic business partner to a diverse set of stakeholders, including Management, and Human Resources & effectively gather diverse sets of requirements to synthesize and communicate information that supports informed decision-making.

• →Assist in development and maintenance of internal policies and procedures to support the growth of the Company.

• →Act as a trusted partner by effectively formulating potential risks and outcomes, demonstrating holistic understanding of business goals and risks. Produce quality, legally defensible legal product that accurately reflect stakeholder’s intent.
• →Efficiently formulate accurate, comprehensive advice that is easily understandable and digestible to a variety of stakeholders and the ability to develop and to deliver successful presentations.

• 3+ years of relevant experience providing employment law advice and counsel required.
• Providing in-house employment law advice and counsel to a national employer (preferred)
• Combination of in-house and private practice experience in the insurance and/or financial services industries. (preferred)

Winning together: Strong communication & collaboration skills, including ability to effectively work as a member of a larger team of attorneys and legal professionals to serve internal business partners. Builds strong relationships within the legal team and with stakeholders across the organization.

Customer Focus: Demonstrated history of working closely with internal business partners as a strategic partner to identify and prioritize business needs and assess and communicate risk.

Driving Success: Consistently demonstrate an understanding of, and motivation to, achieve business goals in a legally defensible manner. Ability to produce clear, concise, and persuasive work product and ability to utilize persuasive advising skills.

Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-paced environment and adapts quickly to changing priorities. Utilizes creative problem-solving techniques to address new circumstances and presents solutions. Demonstrated willingness to learn new skills and accept feedback.

Improvement Mindset: Thinks innovatively, brings ideas to life, and seeks continuous improvement.  Approaches business challenges from a broad corporate perspective. Anticipates and removes barriers to accomplish business objectives.  Constantly pursues exceptional results that take us “next level.”

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