Corporate Employment Counsel

Job Summarydescription

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:
• 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.
• 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

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.)