Lenovo Looking for Senior Counsel, HR & Employment at Morrisville, NC  Full Time

Req #

WD00048394

Career area:

Legal

Country/Region:

United States of America

State:

North Carolina

City:

Morrisville

Date:

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Working time:

Full-time

Additional Locations:

Lenovo is seeking a strategic and business-oriented Employment Law Attorney to join the Company’s Legal Team, to provide employment advice and counsel to HR professionals and other business partners. This position will handle a wide range of employment law issues, including recruiting, hiring, employee relations, performance management, leaves of absence, workplace accommodations, wage and hour, internal investigations, pay practices, immigration, employee privacy, terminations, and diversity and inclusion.

• Support and advise senior management, human resources and business teams on all areas of employment law and related company policies, including FMLA-ADA, FLSA, Title VII and other laws prohibiting discrimination. Participate in and influence the decision-making process with appropriate clients and stakeholders.
• Identify and assess legal risks and opportunities within the employment area and advise accordingly. Independently handle legal matters and projects ranging from basic to complex. Ensure that appropriate clients and stakeholders are involved in the decision-making process.
• Handle complex legal matters or projects, including managing outside counsel on employment related litigation.
• Draft and negotiate employment law documents, including non-compete agreements, separation agreements, settlement agreements, and similar.
• Advance the skills and knowledge of our human resources partners. Working with our human resources partners, identify policies and processes that can be standardized or streamlined to facilitate compliance with applicable laws. Develop and help to implement human resources policies and procedures.
• Conduct and/or advise on compliance-related investigations.
• Ready and able to participate as a subject matter expert and team player on complex strategic projects.

Qualifications and Experience

• Law degree from an accredited U.S. law school and admission to the Bar.
• 10+ years of employment law experience required.
• Experience in handling employment matters before courts and administrative agencies.
• Experience in counseling corporate clients on employment matters and risk management, preferably working in an in-house environment.

• Excellent analytical, negotiation, communication and writing skills.
• Ability to plan and prioritize workload, meet deadlines and strategic objectives, and follow through on matters handled.
• Experience with employee benefits, executive compensation and international employment law issues.
• Capable and at ease working as a team player and independently..

The preferred location is Morrisville, North Carolina or Chicago, Illinois.

• Lenovo currently works in a hybrid environment – generally 60% of your time will be in the office and 40% at home.

Lenovo adopted a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for US-based employees. As a condition of employment, employees must adhere to Lenovo’s US Vaccination Policy and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to any applicable accommodations. To be fully vaccinated means individuals must receive the full series of a vaccine either approved by the FDA or WHO and listed by the CDC (e.g. two dose of the Moderna, AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines; or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine). This applies to all US-based employees, contractors and interns, regardless of work location. As a condition of employment, you must provide proof that you are fully vaccinated or follow Lenovo’s accommodation process.

Multiple Countries (Posting Locations)

United States of America

Multiple States (Posting Locations)

Illinois, North Carolina

Multiple Cities (Posting Locations)

Chicago – Illinois – United States of America, Morrisville – North Carolina – United States of America