Steven Combs Email & Phone Number

Juno Beach, Florida

I lead a team of 6 labor, employment and benefit attorneys providing in house support to both the regulated (Florida Power & Light) and unregulated businesses (NextEra Energy resources) within NextEra Energy, Inc. Our team provides a full range of employment, traditional labor, benefits and compliance related legal services to business leadership and human resource managers in 28 states, Canada and Spain. Key duties include:• Extensive and daily counseling and coaching of HR professionals on a variety of labor & personnel issues (hiring, discipline, performance mgt., layoffs, legal compliance, etc.• Representation of the Company in all labor arbitrations and agency matters (DOL, EEOC, OFCCP, NLRB)• Conduct of training for business & HR professionals on all aspects of legal compliance and updates on current legal developments • Legal support for Labor Relations contract negotiating teams across the country • Development of template forms for HR team to insure compliance.•Partner with internal audit and HR in the conduct of internal investigations

Bradenton, Florida

My division of GE was acquired by UTC Fire & Security, Inc., a six billion dollar division of United Technologies Corporation in March, 2010. UTC Fire & Security is a global business that employs approximately 15,000 people worldwide. My duties as Assistant Counsel for UTC Fire & Security are substantially similar to those performed for GE prior to the acquisition (see below for my duties as Senior Counsel at GE). During my short period of employment with UTC and in conjunction with my HR clients, I have:• Drafted & implemented approximately 45 business personnel policies to address business concerns and enhance employee satisfaction• Reduced litigation caseload by over 50% thereby reducing costs to the business• Implemented disability management process to comply with agency mandates• Trained managers on performance management principals and process to enhance talent management across business• Conducted site assessment to enhance employee engagement• As AAP Coordinator drove business compliance with AAP mandates• Partnered with HR clients to manage collective bargaining agreements and union avoidance strategies• Extensive counseling & coaching of HR clients to reduce risk profile of the business

Pittsfield, Ma - Bradenton, Fl

While with GE, I provided a full range of employment, traditional labor, litigation and compliance related legal services to business leadership and human resource managers throughout the world. I supported four separate GE businesses comprising, a multi billion dollar-operating component of GE. I also served as Chief Privacy Leader with global responsibility. Some of my key duties/accomplishments include:• Extensive and daily counseling and coaching of HR professionals on a variety of labor & personnel issues (hiring, discipline, performance mgt., layoffs, legal compliance, etc.• Reduction of outside counsel fees by nearly 2/3• Representation of the Company in labor arbitrations with 95% success rate• Served as lead counsel on 3 Union organizing campaigns in Ohio and West Virginia in which the business ultimately prevailed• Partnered with HR to implement a business wide ADR program to increase employee satisfaction and reduce business exposure to costs and risks of court litigation• Implemented severance protocol that effectively ended litigation resulting from RIFs• Delivered policy training to new hires to insure compliance with business ethics• Conducted training for business & HR professionals as part of District Manager University (Employment Law 101) • Legal support for negotiating team on initial contract negotiations in West Virginia resulting in CBA favorable to Company • Prepared template forms for HR team to use on privacy related issues to insure compliance with GE Policy and European Directives.• Represented the Company in all Agency matters (DOL, EEOC, OFCCP, mediations, etc.)• Conducted internal investigations in conjunction with Ombudsman and HR clients• Received quarterly performance award – GE Water

Jd, Law

Ba, Business