Employee Relations – Policy Specialist, Legal

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Oversee the maintenance, revision, and creation of employee handbooks, multi-state employment policies, and standard operating procedures.

• Execute impartial and thorough internal investigations regarding policy infringements and workplace issues.

• Prepare summaries of investigations, findings, and recommendations for remediation.

• Provide guidance on performance management, corrective actions, coaching, performance improvement plans, accommodations, and leave programs.

• Analyze trends in employee relations and ensure compliant documentation of cases.

• Enhance leadership capabilities through training, coaching, and mentoring on best practices in employee relations.

• Create, customize, and monitor employment agreements as well as severance and release agreements.

• Act as the main point of contact for agency inquiries, requests for employment records, and subpoenas.

• Organize document collection, litigation holds, and evidence assembly for external defense counsel.

• Review engagements of independent contractors to ensure correct classification between W-2 and 1099.

• Keep track of statutory changes, state/local leave laws, and workplace regulations.

• Pinpoint necessary policy updates and assist in mitigating pre-litigation risks across a widespread workforce.

• Serve as a liaison between the Legal department and Human Resources while reporting to Employment Counsel.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field; or a Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-accredited program.

• 2-3 years of progressive experience in Employee Relations, Workplace Investigations, or Employment Law.

• Comprehensive understanding of federal, state, and local employment laws, including FLSA, FMLA, Title VII, ADA, ADEA, and state wage-and-hour regulations.

• Proficient in conducting objective and sensitive workplace interviews and distilling complex information into succinct written reports.

• Possess strategic judgment, emotional intelligence, discretion, and the capability to influence outcomes at all levels of the organization.

• Competent in advising on performance management, leaves, accommodations, and employee relations matters.

• Strong skills in legal/policy writing, editing, and organization.

• Expertise with legal research databases such as Westlaw/LexisNexis and document management systems.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement.

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.