Senior Principal Counsel

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Senior Principal Counsel

The candidate will be handling moderately complex legal matters, including providing advice, direction, and support to internal business clients, including risk, compliance, risk and operations, governance, government relations, and/or provides legal advice, as applicable to the role, on new initiatives, business processes, contract review, and analysis, training, corrective actions, compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, litigation risk and issues raised in governance committees. Communicates effectively with clients, customers, leadership, committees, regulators, and counterparties as applicable. Typically, the role is that of an individual contributor, but in some circumstances, the role may functionally lead work group(s) or small teams to deliver desired work output. Manage the Employment and Benefits Legal Library, including monitoring federal, state, and municipal legal developments, providing weekly briefings to the employment law team on new developments, issuing memoranda to stakeholders, and updating the Legal Library with new developments. Conduct legal research and provide written analyses related to various employment and benefits matters, including but not limited to, Title VII, ADA, FMLA, Affirmative Action, ERISA, FLSA, and Immigration. Partner with stakeholders to provide legal review and advise on investigations. Respond to demand letters, wage claims, and employment-related charges filed with municipal, state, or federal enforcement agencies (e.g., EEOC, DOL, DOJ, OSHA). Represent the company before various employment agencies (e.g., EEOC, DOL, DOJ, OSHA), and courts and oversee the defense of matters by outside counsel. Consult with and advise business unit management on matters regarding EEO, FMLA, FLSA, ADAAA, ADEA, Equal Pay, OSHA, Employee Privacy, Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion, Affirmative Action, Performance Management, and Terminations. Assist in the development of company policies, procedures, guidelines, standards, and other practices designed to ensure compliance with applicable employment-related laws and regulations affecting employees in the U.S. and in international locations. Develop and provide preventative training to HR teams and other internal clients on personnel policies and procedures and applicable state and federal laws. Perform other duties as assigned to support the department and company, as well as to develop skills and abilities for succession in the department. Provides advice, counseling, and training on moderately complex legal topics which may include one or more of the following coverage areas. Should have J.D. in Law; 3+ years of Legal experience supporting consumer financial services products and services, or job-related. Active law license in good standing ; 5+ years of Legal experience supporting consumer financial services products and services, or job-related.

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Job Requisition Id: R21155

Company info

Discover Bank-FDIC
2500 Lake Cook Road
Riverwoods
Illinois
United States 60015
Website : https://www.discover.com