Corporate Employment Counsel

Job Summary

Description

Summary: Advises the Company’s clients concerning their legal rights, obligations and privileges.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Candidate should have litigation experience and 4 to 15 years of private sector and/or in-house employment law experience handling federal, state and local employment laws and regulations, including the following:
  • Title VII and other EEO laws
  • FMLA
  • FLSA
  • OSHA
  • Employment agreements, both individual and collective
  • Education training on employment laws
  • Employee Benefits, preferred but not required
• Candidate must have the ability to multi-task and provide day to day employment advice to Human Resources employees and management at medical facilities including hospitals, physician groups, etc.
• Candidate should have excellent analytical and communication skills.

Education:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. Tennessee law license; or a law license from another state if that state requires a J.D. Degree, passage of a post J.D. Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) or higher and the ability to pass the Tennessee Bar Examination and obtain a Tennessee law license on an In-House Counsel License.

Experience:

• 4+ years’ private sector legal experience required, with litigation experience and preferably experience with health care facilities

Physical Requirements

• Visual capability and digital dexterity to operate a computer and other standard office equipment.
• Frequent repetitive motion; frequent typing and/or writing.
• Frequent hearing and talking, in person and on the phone.
• Sit for extended periods of time.

Location Requirements

• Ability to work in the office in Franklin, TN on a hybrid basis. (In office at least three days a week.)