Corporate Counsel – Labor & Employment

T-Mobile•Overland Park, KS

29d•Hybrid

About The Position

At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That’s how we’re UNSTOPPABLE for our employees! Are you looking for a work environment which encourages teamwork and where you are respected, supported, challenged, and can grow and advance your career? If your answer is “yes,” you should join T-Mobile’s All-Star Legal Team! This role is a Hybrid in-office position in Bellevue, WA, or Overland Park, KS. This attorney, working in the Legal Affairs Department, will represent T-Mobile and provide counsel to business units and Human Resources on employment and labor-related legal matters, with a focus on the Retail line of business; prepare and review legal documents including pleadings, briefs, position statements and other filings in pre-litigation and litigation, with a focus on employment arbitrations); and assist with other matters as needed. What you’ll do in your role. Provide practical, day-to-day, employment-law counseling to HR and other internal clients to identify and manage employment legal risks. Engage and work with outside counsel to manage employment litigation (primarily employment-law arbitrations) and administrative proceedings with a focus on creative strategies, cost reduction, and efficient resolutions. Prepare responses to agency charges and demand letters. Develop and review written HR policies, guidelines, templates, and forms. Develop and deliver legal training to HR and other internal clients. Provide employment law advice regarding internal investigations. Advise and help clients understand employment-law compliance issues. Counsel and advise clients on a wide variety of complex and developing employment-related legal and business issues.

Requirements

2- 4+ years of experience as an employment attorney, with relevant in-house and/or top law firm experience
Minimum 4 years, prefer 6+ years, of experience handling litigation involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and other employment-related claims, with a focus on employment arbitrations.
Ability to work independently and effectively despite ambiguity and rapid change.
Excellent writing skills, with a focus on providing practical advice.
Amazing oral communication skills, with a focus on clearly and simply conveying complex employment law concepts, risks, and options to HR and other internal clients.
Strong judgement that allows you to properly weigh what’s best for our customers and our business, what’s best for our employees, and potential legal risks
Strong project management skills
A demonstrated ability to collaborate with other legal and business professionals in a complex organization with a focus on delivering results efficiently.
A keen business sense with negotiation and drafting skills
Ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines, and balance multiple, and sometimes competing, priorities.
Must be licensed, in good standing, to practice law in the US.
At least 18 years of age
Legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

Prefer some exposure to one or more of the following areas: international employment law, labor relations, or ERISA.

Responsibilities

Provide practical, day-to-day, employment-law counseling to HR and other internal clients to identify and manage employment legal risks.
Engage and work with outside counsel to manage employment litigation (primarily employment-law arbitrations) and administrative proceedings with a focus on creative strategies, cost reduction, and efficient resolutions.
Prepare responses to agency charges and demand letters.
Develop and review written HR policies, guidelines, templates, and forms.
Develop and deliver legal training to HR and other internal clients.
Provide employment law advice regarding internal investigations.
Advise and help clients understand employment-law compliance issues.
Counsel and advise clients on a wide variety of complex and developing employment-related legal and business issues.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a flexible spending account
401(k)
employee stock grants
employee stock purchase plan
paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually
paid parental and family leave
family building benefits
back-up care
enhanced family support
childcare subsidy
tuition assistance
college coaching
short- and long-term disability
voluntary AD&D coverage
voluntary accident coverage
voluntary life insurance
voluntary disability insurance
voluntary long-term care insurance
mobile service & home internet discounts
pet insurance
access to commuter and transit programs