Legal · Permanent
Sr. Employment Counsel (Remote)
Inspira Financial · Illinois, United States
- Location: Illinois, United States
- Employment: Permanent
Job description
Overview
In this role you will provide strategic legal guidance to HR and business leaders on the full employee life cycle, from hiring to separation. You will influence policy, training, and compliance across U.S. employment laws while managing or overseeing litigation and agency matters. You will partner in investigations, background checks, and negotiations with outside counsel to resolve complex employment issues. Your work will shape HR policy, support leadership, and help the company navigate evolving wage, hour, and leave regulations. This position offers the chance to impact workforce strategy in a fast-paced environment while upholding integrity and sound judgment.
Responsibilities
• Provide strategic advice to HR and leaders on a broad range of U.S. employment issues across the employee lifecycle
• Advise on investigations of employee complaints and conduct investigations as needed
• Investigate, respond to, and mediate agency matters (EEOC, state civil rights, Department of Labor)
• Handle or supervise pre-litigation claims, litigation, and arbitrations
• Draft, review, and negotiate employment-related documents and templates
• Advise on background check issues, adverse action processes, and offer rescission
• Interpret new/emerging employment laws and assess impact on practice (e.g., pay transparency, AI in recruiting)
• Review and update HR policies and handbooks to ensure legal compliance
• Support HR and Deputy General Counsel on various employment matters
• Collaborate with HR, leaders, and outside counsel in a fast-paced environment and communicate with internal clients
Key requirements
• Juris Doctorate from an accredited U.S. law school
• Bar admission in good standing in one U.S. state
• Minimum five years of employment law experience (in-house or law firm)
• Significant experience advising on wage/hour, classification, accommodation, and restrictive covenants
• Strong knowledge of Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FLSA, FMLA
• Experience managing or supporting workplace investigations and EEOC responses
• Executive presence with strong interpersonal and organizational skills and sound judgment
• High integrity in representing the company to internal and external parties
• executive presence
• strong interpersonal skills
• organizational skills
• wage and hour compliance
• employee classification
• accommodations
In this role you will provide strategic legal guidance to HR and business leaders on the full employee life cycle, from hiring to separation. You will influence policy, training, and compliance across U.S. employment laws while managing or overseeing litigation and agency matters. You will partner in investigations, background checks, and negotiations with outside counsel to resolve complex employment issues. Your work will shape HR policy, support leadership, and help the company navigate evolving wage, hour, and leave regulations. This position offers the chance to impact workforce strategy in a fast-paced environment while upholding integrity and sound judgment.
Responsibilities
• Provide strategic advice to HR and leaders on a broad range of U.S. employment issues across the employee lifecycle
• Advise on investigations of employee complaints and conduct investigations as needed
• Investigate, respond to, and mediate agency matters (EEOC, state civil rights, Department of Labor)
• Handle or supervise pre-litigation claims, litigation, and arbitrations
• Draft, review, and negotiate employment-related documents and templates
• Advise on background check issues, adverse action processes, and offer rescission
• Interpret new/emerging employment laws and assess impact on practice (e.g., pay transparency, AI in recruiting)
• Review and update HR policies and handbooks to ensure legal compliance
• Support HR and Deputy General Counsel on various employment matters
• Collaborate with HR, leaders, and outside counsel in a fast-paced environment and communicate with internal clients
Key requirements
• Juris Doctorate from an accredited U.S. law school
• Bar admission in good standing in one U.S. state
• Minimum five years of employment law experience (in-house or law firm)
• Significant experience advising on wage/hour, classification, accommodation, and restrictive covenants
• Strong knowledge of Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FLSA, FMLA
• Experience managing or supporting workplace investigations and EEOC responses
• Executive presence with strong interpersonal and organizational skills and sound judgment
• High integrity in representing the company to internal and external parties
• executive presence
• strong interpersonal skills
• organizational skills
• wage and hour compliance
• employee classification
• accommodations