• Provide strategic legal advice and support to HR, Compliance, and Senior Leadership on a wide range of employment law issues, including recruitment and hiring, performance management, compensation and benefits, internal investigations, accommodations, leaves of absence, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, organizational restructuring, reductions in force, workplace safety and health, employee privacy, worker classification, AI/GEN AI tools, and wage-and-hour compliance.• Partner with HR, Compliance, and Senior Leadership to drive strategic initiatives and execute employment-related projects and process improvements. • Create and deliver employment-related training to HR and internal stakeholders. • Proactively identify evolving and unique employee relations challenges and provide practical risk mitigation solutions.• Monitor federal, state, and local employment-related laws and legal developments.• Draft, review, and approve employment-related policies, procedures, training, and communications. • Manage and respond to employment-related claims, lawsuits, arbitrations, charges, and agency investigations (e.g., EEOC, DOL, DOJ, and OSHA). • Draft and revise employment-related documents, including offer letters, confidentiality agreements, arbitration agreements, releases, and settlement agreements.• Help build and maintain internal processes, resources, and tools to help scale the employment law function.

• Provided day-to-day legal advice and support to HR, Safety, Payroll, Security, and leadership on a broad range of employment law issues, including hiring, firing, progressive discipline, performance management, leaves of absence, accommodations, garnishments, compensation/benefits, background checks, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and regulatory compliance (OSHA, FAA, and DOT). • Conducted quarterly workplace safety and health audits at all manufacturing and distribution facilities. • Managed and responded to OSHA investigations, citations, and on-site inspections. • Designed and maintained effective OSHA, FAA, and DOT corporate compliance programs. • Monitored and informed management about changes to federal, state, or local employment laws and developments. • Managed and responded to employment-related claims, lawsuits, and agency charges (e.g., EEOC, DOL, DOJ, and OSHA). • Managed outside counsel and directed/evaluated internal investigations teams' handling of employment-related matters.

• Conducted thorough investigations and responded to employment-related complaints, demand letters, lawsuits, and agency charges (e.g., EEOC and DOL), including drafting position statements and negotiating settlements. • Prepared detailed workplace investigation reports for senior leadership/outside counsel, including the facts, findings, comparable data/statistics, and recommended response or corrective action items. • Managed and assisted outside counsel at mediations, depositions, hearings, and trials. • Interviewed witnesses and collected witness statements.• Gathered, reviewed, and preserved relevant documentation in anticipation of litigation, including personnel files, policies, procedures, payroll records, training materials, comparable employee data/statistics, and CCTV footage. • Conducted quarterly workplace safety audits and inspections.

• Conducted thorough investigations into employment-related complaints, lawsuits, and agency charges involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other law or company policy violations.• Managed outside counsel and responded to administrative agency charges and inquiries, including drafting position statements and handling document requests.• Prepared detailed workplace investigation reports with findings and recommendations for senior leadership.

Handled civil litigation cases with an emphasis on consumer debt collections. Conducted legal research. Prepared pleadings, motions, and briefs.