Job Description

Employment Counsel// Junior Employment law Attorney

Location: New York, NY

Job Description :: Fulltime Role with TCS

Client seeks a Junior Employment law Attorney with experience litigating and advising on domestic employment law issues. \

The successful candidate will be part of a small Employment Law team, report to the Associate General Counsel – Head of Legal, USA, and provide legal support to our Human Resources Department.

Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day proactive employment law advice, guidance, assistance, and counseling.
• Work with HR to help manage and respond to employee relations issues, investigations, and grievances.
• Review disciplinary actions and terminations with HR.
• Assist in managing responses to subpoenas and document requests.
• Create, customize, and update release agreements for terminating employees.
• Respond to administrative complaints and Department of Labor investigations.
• Respond to EEOC and other complaints of discrimination.
• Assist with employment law litigation matters.
• Recommend, implement, and continuously improve employment law related training.
• Maintain employment law files and databases.
• Other matters as directed by Head of Legal, USA.

Qualifications:

• Three to five years of experience focused on employment law and litigation, preferably with some experience in-house.
• A law degree from a top tier law school and in good standing to practice in any state in the United States.
• Strong analytical capabilities and judgment.
• Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight timeframes in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a team as well as cross-functionally across teams.
• Willingness to tackle matters outside area of expertise.
• Ability to interact with HR teams and other legal team members (hence this is an office role and not a work from home role)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $68,196.77 - $120,733.88 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• New York, NY: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• Bar (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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