Sr Counsel, Emp Law & Contracts

This role will provide strategic and practical legal counsel to the Company’s Human Resources professionals and business executives regarding employment laws and support the overall employment legal group, as well as negotiate and draft employment agreements.  This will be a key role as we build a legal employment group for a newly formed media company, Versant Media. Job Duties Advise and counsel senior management, Human Resources and Versant business lawyers in varied business units with respect to all employment law issues, including: business restructuring, employment policy development and application, worker classification, workforce management, discrimination and harassment claims, family and medical leave laws, restrictive covenants, wage-and-hour and workplace safety, and pay equity Oversee, conduct and provide counsel on internal investigations of employment-related and other types of complaints, ensuring that claims are addressed promptly, thoroughly and appropriately Draft and negotiate executive and on- and off-air News and Sports talent employment agreements Represent Versant, in collaboration with other Versant and outside counsel as appropriate, with respect to mediation and litigation of employment claims, as well as the employment-related aspects of business acquisitions and dispositions Draft separation agreements, mediation statements, as well as federal, state and local agency position statements and responses Provide legal support in connection with the design, implementation, and administration of employee health, welfare and benefit plansLiaise with external counsel on immigration mattersLead, manage and support enterprise-wide employment law project teams Provide legal oversight of internal investigations regarding alleged violations of employment policiesStay current on developments in employment and employee benefits law, including legislative and regulatory changes.