Senior Counsel, Employment, Health and Safety / OSHA

Walgreens; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled legal professional to provide comprehensive legal advice across various business units. This role involves advising on employment and human resources matters, ensuring compliance with regulations, and developing strategies to mitigate risks. The ideal candidate will leverage their extensive legal knowledge and experience to support corporate objectives while maintaining strong relationships with regulatory bodies. Join a company committed to community care and health services, where your expertise will contribute to shaping a healthier future for millions of customers and team members.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of post-bar legal experience in law firm and corporate settings.
• Required licensure to practice law in at least one state.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on employment and human resources matters.
• Collaborate with business units to mitigate business risk.

Skills

Legal Research

Compliance Management

Employment Law

Risk Assessment

Leadership

Time Management

Education

Juris Doctorate

Job description

Job Summary

Responsible for providing legal advice and recommendations for action to executives and management within a variety of business units regarding matters of various complexities (basic to intermediate) which have or may have a sizable dollar impact on business activities and operations. In addition:

• Provide guidance to the Company and regional management teams, on the full gamut of employment and human resources matters, including policies and procedures, wage and hour compliance, leave of absence and accommodations, risk assessment related to terminations and compliance investigations, and OSHA investigations.
• Occasionally respond to EEOC or state agency charges, investigate and respond to attorney demand letters (i.e., restrictive covenant matters or discrimination/harassment/retaliation).
• Provide innovative EH&S solutions working alongside legal and business teams on a range of cutting-edge issues. This role will report through the Employment, Health and Safety Legal team. Key responsibilities include: (i) advising internal business partners on EH&S regulatory matters; (ii) developing strategies that prioritize EH&S regulatory compliance and mitigate business risk; (iii) investigate and respond to requests for information, compliance orders, and enforcement actions; (v) coordinating internal and external investigations, compliance reviews and monitoring activities; (vi) providing strategic guidance on managing relationships with various regulatory bodies at all levels including developing communication plans, inspection strategies and best practices.

Job Responsibilities

• Primarily leverages knowledge of legal specialty in providing counsel as it builds its knowledge of the business context in which it operates.
• Review and prepare legal documents prior to presentation to management for execution to ensure accurate expression of the legal content.
• May receive specific direction from management or more senior law professionals as to the outcomes, process and schedules expected.
• Collaborates with the business units that it serves in order to achieve corporate objectives and mitigate unnecessary business risk.
• Research legal principles and precedents, engage and manage outside counsel, draft legal documents, gather relevant case related information using multiple sources and methods, provide work guidance to other professional, paraprofessional and support staff in developing solutions to problems presented.
• Maintain currency and fluency in the legal and business trends that could impact those business units within Walgreens that it serves.

About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.

The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and at least 5 years of post-bar attorney legal work experience in a combination of law firm and corporate settings.
• Required licensure to practice law in at least one state.
• Required Illinois bar membership or active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• At least 5 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 5 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross functional team leadership.