HRx Services

• Advise and counsel employers regarding multiple and complex legal issues, recognizing and addressing potential risks with situations including performance documentation, discipline, termination, layoffs, employment agreements, waiver and release agreements, non-compete agreements, confidentiality agreements, etc.
• Ability to create and maintain strong relationships with members through regular phone and virtual communication.
• Ability to meet with members in-person to orient and engage them in the benefits of membership, while ensuring member confidence in Employers Council’s employment law expertise.
• Demonstrate independence, competence, and confidence when advising management and business leaders on complex employment law matters.  
• An ability to understand legal and business priorities and help build consensus among multiple stakeholders (e.g. HR professionals and management teams).
• Evaluate and analyze EEO/ Civil Rights claims, draft position statements and represent employers in state and federal agency proceedings.
• Advise employers on compliance with related or conflicting state and federal laws including wage and hour, Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Workers Compensation, and state anti-discrimination statutes. 
• Support current member engagement by conducting assessments and strategy/priorities meetings throughout their membership year to bolster member engagement and awareness of fee-based services.
• Manage assigned members work and participate in identifying usage patterns, low utilization of hours, or recent changes to business that could indicate potential opportunities for use of Employers Council services or cancellation of membership.
• Represent employers in administrative hearing processes including unemployment hearings and wage claims.
• Create and update various member resources including white papers, sample policies, agreements, template webinars, and website blog articles.
• Prepare & deliver live and virtual training to organizations in various practice areas including harassment, equal employment opportunity law, termination, wage and hour, FMLA, disability law, performance documentation, etc.
• Prepare multi-media training materials and conduct interactive training classes at Employers Council offices or at member locations on a wide variety of HR related topics via both in-classroom and e-learning methodologies.
• Review employee handbooks, manuals, policies and procedures from a legal perspective.
• Propose and deliver presentations/speeches to community/industry groups on employment law related topics to audiences ranging in size from a handful to a hundred or more.
• Advise organizations concerning employee relations matters, risk management, policies, procedures and employment law and HR issues.
• Strong legal research capability and a solid understanding of Westlaw or other similar research platforms.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Law degree (JD) and STATE Bar admission is required. Multistate licensure (or the willingness to seek admission), is a plus.
• 1-3 years of employment law experience preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail; ability to work independently and execute plans to meet employers’ needs; ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities; ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to quickly gain the confidence of clients and exercise judgment to analyze problems, propose resolutions, and provide advice considering the needs of the member organization.
• Experience in representation and responding to state & federal agency charges, audits and investigations is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to foster relationships.
• Training and/or public speaking experience highly preferred. Courtroom experience can meet this expectation.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multi-functional team.
• Proficient with word-processing, presentation, spreadsheet, and database software (E.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
• Must reside in STATE within commuting distance of the STATE SPECIFIC office.
• Regular and reliable attendance is required.
• A passion for providing top-notch customer service and supporting members.
• Occasional travel.

Benefits:

• The chance to partner with a diverse group of talented professionals with a common goal: Successful employers, effective employees, exceptional workplaces.
• Knowledge and skills enhance educational opportunities.
• Flexible working environment.
• Robust Group health plans offered (Employer-paid Medical for the High Deductible Health Plan for Employee only)
• Group dental and vision plans with optional tax-deferred 125 plans available (HSA)
• 401(k) with a generous 100% match on 10% of employees' income
• Life, AD&D, and LTD plans are primarily paid for by the employer
• A generous mix of vacation, sick, and holiday paid days off

HRx Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. HRx Services is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual experience and qualifications, without regard to a person's hair, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, religion, disability, race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.