Hybrid Senior Employment Counsel

at Abby Care

• Job title: Senior Employment Counsel
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $180,000 - $250,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Senior Employment Counsel providing legal guidance on employment law. Building the legal function for a rapidly scaling company focused on family caregiving.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Company’s Primary Employment Law Advisor
• Counsel People team, executives and functional leadership on employee relations, performance management, discipline, terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, and sensitive personnel matters.
• Provide real-time, practical guidance on complex employment situations.
• Balance legal risk with operational realities in a fast-moving, complex environment.
• Advise executive leadership on workforce strategy, organizational change, and risk mitigation.
• Build the Employment Law Infrastructure
• Design and implement scalable frameworks for managing employee relations, investigations, discipline, and separations.
• Create policies, handbooks, playbooks, templates, and decision trees for HR and managers.
• Develop a proactive, multi-state compliance strategy for a distributed and growing workforce.
• Establish consistent processes that reduce reactive firefighting and enable the company to scale responsibly.
• Lead Wage-and-Hour and Multi-State Compliance
• Advise on classification, overtime, scheduling, and all wage-and-hour issues affecting non-exempt and home-based employees.
• Navigate multi-state employment law complexity and support expansion into new jurisdictions.
• Monitor evolving federal, state, and local employment laws and translate them into actionable guidance.
• Manage Investigations and Disputes
• Conduct and oversee significant workplace investigations and sensitive matters.
• Manage employment litigation strategy and coordinate with outside counsel efficiently.
• Handle administrative agency charges, demand letters, and pre-litigation disputes.
• Drive Training and Culture
• Design and deliver training programs for managers and People team.
• Partner with People team and leadership to embed a legally compliant, people-centered workplace culture.
• Support reorganizations, acquisitions, and new business initiatives.

Requirements

• 5+ years of employment law experience.
• Combination of law firm and in-house experience strongly preferred; exceptional law firm candidates without in-house experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated experience advising business leaders or sophisticated clients on complex employment matters.
• Experience supporting hourly, distributed, or field-based workforces is highly valued.
• Healthcare or other regulated industry experience is a strong plus.
• Multi-state employment law experience required.
• Deep knowledge of federal employment laws and multi-state compliance.
• Strong wage-and-hour expertise, particularly for non-exempt and home-based employees.
• Experience managing employment litigation, agency charges, and workplace investigations.
• Familiarity with HR operations, workforce policy, and employment-related transactional work.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages that reflect the value you bring. We reward our team for the impact of their work – full-time employees are eligible for an annual company performance bonus.
• Comprehensive health coverage that works for you. We cover 90% of your premiums and 70% for your dependents, with multiple PPO plan options to choose from for medical, vision, dental, life, and short-term disability.
• Generous paid time off. We provide policies that allow you to recharge along with 10 paid company holidays.
• Team bonding. We love bringing our teams together. As a full-time employee, you’ll get to connect, collaborate, and have fun through team activities and our annual company retreat.
• Financial savings benefits to support your future. We support your financial well-being with HSA contributions, optional FSA and commuter benefits, and full coverage of all 401(k) account fees (employer match not currently offered).
• Paid parental leave to support your growing family. We provide paid leave, so you can focus on bonding and adjusting to life as your family grows.