Employment Legal Specialist

Meijer•Grand Rapids, MI

About The Position

The Employment Legal Specialist is a professional in Meijer’s Legal Department responsible for managing civil rights charges. The role also supports the legal team on other labor and employment matters, including litigation, arbitration, and wage-and-hour claims. The specialist serves as the Company’s primary point of contact with federal, state, and local civil rights agencies and works to assess claims, coordinate investigations and discovery, prepare witnesses, and preserve relevant records and electronically stored information.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Experience conducting workplace investigations.
Strong interest and aptitude for learning employment laws and agency processes, including Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA, and the ability to apply relevant company policies.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to draft clear and concise written communications.
Sound judgment and discretion in handling highly confidential information.
Ability to manage and prioritize a caseload with competing deadlines.
Ability to think critically, solve problems, plan and organize activities, serve clients, and embrace new challenges.
Analytical skills necessary to make decisions and resolve complex issues.
High attention to detail.
Strong organizational and document-management skills.
Ability to work independently with periodic supervision.

Responsibilities

Assess the merits of claims.
Determine investigative scope and strategy.
Articulate the Company’s defense in written position statements describing relevant facts.
Respond to agency requests for additional information.
Coordinate discovery activities, including document collection, review, and production.
Prepare witnesses for interviews with government agency investigators.
Serve as the Company’s primary point of contact with federal, state, and local civil rights agencies.
Implement and administer litigation holds and information technology holds to preserve relevant records and electronically stored information.
Support the legal team in labor and employment matters, including litigation, arbitration, and wage-and-hour claims.