Employment & Compliance Counsel

Employment and Compliance Counsel
Summary:
We are seeking an experienced employment law attorney. Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, the candidate will serve as the primary point of contact and provide leadership and support on all legal issues related to labor and employment, including compliance with related rules and regulations, in the Company. In this position, the candidate will provide education, set best practices, and provide strategic direction for the company on all labor and employment legal matters. The candidate partners with the legal team, HR, and business teams across the organization and will be responsible for providing legal advice across a wide range of issues including employee relations, wage and hour issues, worker classifications, restructurings, workplace investigations, employee litigation, performance management and discipline, employment policy development and implementation, employment agreement matters, immigration issues, compliance with the same and M&A.
Responsibilities:

• Build the employment law function as a strategic adviser and collaborate across the organization with the Legal, Human Resources and business teams.
• Develop and maintain positive and effective relationships with business partners at all levels as well as with colleagues on the Legal team.
• Serve as subject matter expert in all areas of federal, state, and local employment laws, and provide ethical and pragmatic advice on a wide range of complex employment matters, including offers and separations; employee compensation; discipline and discharge issues; diversity and inclusion; employee investigations; whistleblower matters; leave issues; wage and hour compliance; restructurings; restrictive covenants; and collective bargaining agreements.
• Assist with managing compliance with employment laws
• Draft, negotiate, interpret, and enforce employment-related agreements, and create and maintain relevant precedents across multiple states.
• Manage employment-related litigation and claims (including EEOC), including directing and managing outside counsel, responding to claims, administrative charges, complaints, attorney’s letters, and settlement demands, and negotiating appropriate resolutions to claims and other pending matters.
• Proactively identify risk areas, develop risk mitigation solutions, and remediate legal compliance issues across the organization for all employment, compensation, and benefits.
• Assist HR in creating, conducting, and implementing training programs on labor and employment-related topics.
• Partner with HR in developing HR policies and procedures for the various states in which the company operates, and ensure awareness and compliance with federal, state, and local labor and employment laws.
• Advise on HR and employment law aspects of M&A transactions.
• Advise on immigration issues.
• Assist in managing certain non-employment litigation matters, supervising outside counsel, developing litigation strategy, and collaborating with business partners.
• Hybrid work available, occasional on-site visits and travel as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• JD from an ABA-accredited institution
• Admission to and good standing in any state bar or DC bar
• 5+ years as a practicing attorney in employment law at a law firm or in-house legal department, preferably at a manufacturing company.
• Combination of in-house and law firm experience.
• Sound judgment, excellent counseling skills, the ability to take a strategic and business-focused approach to complex employment issues.
• Strong initiative and the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced and dynamic organization.

Shoals Technologies Group, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.