About the position
Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai! Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2024-25" rankings. When you join our team, you'll gain access to our groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and sophisticated medical education programs. We offer learning programs, tuition reimbursement and performance-improvement projects so you can achieve certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career. We take pride in hiring the best, most hard-working employees. Our dedicated doctors, nurses and staff reflect the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates and manages active and pending employment litigation matters, including working directly with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
- Responsible for managing full cycle of litigation from initial complaint or demand letter through discovery to trial/arbitration.
- In consultation with leadership, serves as the organization's representative and manage, develop and implement all phases of assigned employment litigation matters and/or investigations.
- Gather, preserve and develop evidence, conduct witness interviews, manage discovery, document preparation, depositions, mediation, and/or arbitration/trial.
- Provide stakeholders with information about the investigatory process and applicable rights and policies.
- Maintain timely communication with all involved parties and key stakeholders.
- Promotes compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations by leading through influence.
- Provide consultative and/or investigation services and serve as a resource to other departments and Cedars-Sinai management regarding employment law.
- Work collaboratively with Human Resources, appropriate departments and related stakeholders.
- Continuously improve and provide recommendations regarding compliance related policies, procedures and/or processes across the organization.
- Draft and review related internal and external communications.
- Support the reduction of the organization's exposure to legal risk by developing and contributing to training programs or educational materials.
- Lead or participate in special projects related to either departmental and/or organization needs as assigned.
Requirements
- Five (5) plus years of Compliance, Human Resources, Litigation and/or other Legal experience.
- Knowledge of federal and state employment laws and regulations, including leave and disability laws, wage and hour regulations and EEO.
Nice-to-haves
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field preferred.
- Doctorate Degree - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Degree of Law preferred.
- Licensed Attorney in California preferred.
Benefits
- Learning programs
- Tuition reimbursement
- Performance-improvement projects
