Senior Legal Counsel- Employment

Responsibilities:

• Functions as inhouse subject matter expert related to providing guidance on employment laws and regulations and advising on employee relations issues like harassment claims, discrimination, disability accommodations, medical leaves, wage and hour issues, and terminations.
• Drafts and revises employment-related agreements, templates, policies, and procedures, such as restrictive covenant agreements, consulting agreements, severance agreements, and handbooks.
• Oversees and manages (either independently or with outside counsel) all aspects of employment counseling, litigation, administrative charges, and threats of claims.
• Conducts and supervises internal investigations, including conducting document/factual collection and analysis, and conducting witness interviews.
• Independently and proactively monitors and provides guidance on novel or complex employment law matters.
• Builds partnerships with all levels of Human Resources (including Labor subject matter experts) to provide oversight, consistency, and legal guidance.
• Analyzes data and trends to develop and implement strategies and tactics for risk evaluation and avoidance.
• Assists Bally's legal department with setting a budget for and managing all legal expenditures for outside counsel.
• Works cross-functionally with teams to mitigate employment-related risk and to ensure compliance with regulatory obligations.
• Advises in-house attorneys and company management on strategy and resolution of employment and labor matters.
• Collaborates with outside counsel to efficiently manage all aspects of assigned matters, including staffing, counseling and litigation strategy, budgets, work product, discovery and developing initiatives for reducing outside counsel spend.
• Coordinates with the SVP and General Counsel on periodic reporting of employment litigation results, budgets, forecasts, exposure analysis and litigation strategies, as well as evaluating expenses and reserves with the Company's independent auditors, risk managers, and business unit leaders.
• Other duties as assigned by management

Target Salary Range:

• $170,000 Annual Salary
• Bonus Eligible up to 10% of Base Compensation

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Team Player - Works well as a member of a group
Functional Expert - Considered a thought leader on a subject
Detail Oriented - Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Self-Starter - Inspired to perform without outside help
Ability to Make an Impact - Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

RI Operations Lottery License (preferred)
A JD from an accredited law school and be licensed to practice law in the relevant jurisdictions (preferred)
7 years: 5- 7 years of progressively responsible legal experience in employment counseling and litigation as part of an in-house team or law firm (preferred)

RI Lottery License Ops (required)

Skills