LA Labor & Employment Associate — In-Office 4 Days/Week

Watts & Associates Recruitment; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 390,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

Generous paid time off

Firm holidays

Job summary

Watts & Associates is seeking a mid-level Labor and Employment Associate for our Los Angeles office, working in-office four days a week. You will provide day-to-day California employment law guidance to management-side clients and collaborate with senior partners on complex matters within a collaborative national platform.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of employment law experience, California Bar admission, and strong credentials from a top law school.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of dedicated employment law experience at a sophisticated law firm.
• Strong counseling experience on discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination.
• Hands-on California-specific guidance, including leave laws and wage-and-hour compliance.
• Active California Bar admission and top-50 law school credentials.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day California employment-law advice and counseling to management-side clients.
• Advise on discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination risk.
• Counsel on leave laws and wage-and-hour compliance across jurisdictions.
• Draft and refine handbooks, policies, employment agreements and advisory memoranda.
• Collaborate with partners and senior counsel with ownership of client-facing workstreams.

Skills

Employment law experience

Discrimination counselling

Wage & hour compliance

Policy advisement

Client counseling

Education

Active California Bar admission

Top 50 law school graduate

Job description

Watts & Associates is seeking a mid-level Labor and Employment Associate for our Los Angeles office, working in-office four days a week. You will provide day-to-day California employment law guidance to management-side clients and collaborate with senior partners on complex matters within a collaborative national platform.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of employment law experience, California Bar admission, and strong credentials from a top law school.