Company: Tapestry
Position: Director, Sr Counsel – Employment / Labor
Location: New York, NY
Description:
Primary Purpose: The Director, Senior Counsel will cover the employment law function for North America for Tapestry. This role supports the full-range of employment and labor law issues that arise in North America, including those that impact corporate office, retail store and fulfilment center employees and supports each of Tapestry’s brands. This role provides advice and counsel to the Human Resources team and to cross-functional businesses partners, like Asset Protection, IT, and Store Operations teams. This opportunity will report to the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel in Tapestry’s Legal Department. This position is based in Tapestry’s NYC corporate headquarters with a hybrid work model. This role will be required to be in-office 3 days per week, subject to change with company policy.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in employment law to…
- Serve as a key legal advisor on employment law, employee relations matters and policy interpretation
- Provide legal strategic and business advice and support to Human Resources partners on day-to-day employee relations matters and compliance, including recruiting, hiring and compensation, employee discipline, performance management, termination and restructuring, anti-discrimination, harassment prevention and no-retaliation, federal and state wage and hour compliance, leaves of absence and workplace accommodations and internal investigations of potential violations of Company policy.
- Draft, develop and implement workplace policies in collaboration with Human Resources and other business functions.
- Experience designing, conducting and managing workplace investigations.
- Experience designing and managing litigation hold processes and designing and managing documentation retention policies.
- Evaluate and communicate legal risks associated with complaints, grievances, charges and other legal matters.
- Work with and manage outside counsel on employment related lawsuits, government proceedings formulating strategy and monitoring budgets.
- Draft position statements to the EEOC, state human rights organizations, and DOL
- Conduct e-discovery and document reviews and represent the Company in litigations and before administrative agencies
- Negotiate and draft settlement agreements concerning employment related matters
- Work to minimize legal exposure by proactively reviewing practices, forms, contracts, and policies regarding employment matters, while considering business objectives and practicalities
- Develop training materials and provide training on employment law issues and employment-related policies and practices to Human Resources professionals and other employees
- Actively monitor employment related legislation to ensure Company policies are compliant with the law
- Draft offer letters, employment agreements, including severance agreements and other employment related agreements
Contact: For more information and to apply visit: https://careers.tapestry.com/job-invite/117413/
Qualifications:
The accomplished individual will possess…
- JD from an accredited law school and strong academic credentials
- Admission to the New York State Bar (or ability to waive into the New York State Bar on motion)
- At least seven (7) years of related experience including law firm and/or in-house experience
- Broad and deep knowledge of federal and state employment laws, including familiarity with litigation, ability to readily advise on a wide variety of employment law issues that arise in a complex, global, publicly-traded environment with both field and corporate staff
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise good judgment and take ownership of issues and matters to their successful conclusion
- Preference to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Ability to pivot appropriately when presented with new information or developing circumstances
- Attention to detail and ability to manage high-volume workload efficiently and smoothly, while meeting deadlines
- Superior written and oral communications skill
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate and problem solve
- Excellent interpersonal skills and executive presence
- A balanced consultative approach and the ability to work with business and legal colleagues across all levels
- Demonstrated ability to approach issues with both a rigorous attention to detail and a big picture strategic focus
- Strong cross-functional, legal risk spotting skills
- High level of integrity with strong decision-making skills
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships and partner with others to drive results.
An outstanding professional will have…
- Litigation experience, including trial experience.
- Prior in-house experience or strong experience counseling clients on sensitive issues
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to leverage data to proactively drive actionable insights
- Demonstrated ability to use data, legal technology and processes to build efficiencies, while ensuring risks are identified and mitigated