Hybrid Director, Employment Law

at Owens Corning

• Job title: Director, Employment Law
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Granville, United States

About the role

• Director, Employment Law serving as a primary legal advisor for Human Resources at Owens Corning. Managing legal strategies and compliance to enhance business objectives with effective employment practices.

Responsibilities

• Be a trusted legal advisor and business partner
• Continuously builds an intimate knowledge of our Company, including internal structures, business strategies, and goals to ensure that all guidance is provided within an appropriate context.
• Develops training, guidance materials and tools for the Human Resource professionals that builds capacity and competency allowing them to be effective decision makers in their roles.
• Communicates legal and compliance issues and strategy to leaders in a timely and effective way and advises business leaders on mitigation strategies.
• Inspires teamwork across all functions and business groups to maximize the performance of Owens Corning and the development of its valuable employees.
• Establishes employment law strategy that ensures compliance with policies and laws across all business units and functions, while enabling quick and effective decisions regarding OC employees.
• Execution on this strategy includes ensuring ADA, FLSA, EEOC, NLRA, FMLA and ERISA compliance.
• Provide creative and practical solutions to drive enterprise strategy
• Advises and counsels business partners on a broad spectrum of employment law issues and projects including, but not limited to, talent acquisition, employee relations, performance management, leaves of absence and accommodations, wage and hour, internal investigations, compensation and benefits, reorganization, privacy, contingent workforce issues, and immigration.
• Supports the VP and Assistant General Counsel in managing risk within the defined scope of responsibility.
• This includes early proactive involvement with stakeholders to assess risk in potential disputes and advising on strategic alternatives.
• When appropriate, this may also include effectively managing outside counsel on employment matters and litigation, ensuring they understand and execute on actions needed for OC success.
• Conducting factual investigations and witness interviews
• Overseeing discovery coordination and production
• Preparing for and representing the Company at legal proceedings
• Advising Company management and stakeholders as to the anticipated legal risk and other consequences of instituting, prosecuting and defending lawsuits
• Negotiating case settlements
• Oversees and actively engages in investigation and response to claims, demand letters, administrative complaints (EEOC, state FEP, and other), audits, and other employment-related inquiries.
• Supports the Company’s growth initiatives by taking a lead role on all employment issues relating to M&A transactions and post-acquisition integration issues in partnership with Human Resources leadership.
• Partner with Human Resources to enable the business strategy and talent agenda, while ensuring employment law compliance
• Ensures Human Resources is supported on matters related to FMLA, performance management, employee handbooks, background screens, and FLSA matters.
• Collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders and organizes, executes, and manages projects with a team-oriented approach.
• Builds relationships of complete candor and trust with the Human Resources Business Partners.
• Responsible for ensuring business groups avoid legal surprises and that leaders are fully briefed on all relevant legal issues (such as upcoming changes to existing employment laws).
• Enables the Owens Corning performance management and talent agenda through advice that is meaningful, mitigates risk and provides alternatives that allow business objectives to be met.
• Demonstrate a leadership focus and leadership skills
• Develops strong relationships with Human Resource partners, see issues through their lens.
• Approaches issues with an enterprise first perspective that ensures we always serve the company’s needs.
• Develops high performing talent on your team and extended teams.
• Collaborates effectively within and beyond the law department to drive creative solutions.
• Manages projects with a team-oriented approach.
• Evaluates policies, handbooks, and processes to ensure compliance and educates business partners on appropriate information; maintains best in class templates that increase efficiency.
• Drafts and reviews employment-related agreements, advises business partners on executing agreements in a manner that reduces risk to Owens Corning.
• Develops and conducts internal training and education presentations and materials.
• Maintain a no surprises mindset on outside legal spend.
• Tracks spend to budget.
• Develops a reputation for the employment law team as being uniquely skilled at working with partners at all levels and building capabilities across the organization.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience working as an employment law attorney
• Juris Doctorate and Bar Membership in at least one state required

Benefits

• Not mentioned