Employment Counsel

May 4

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Instacart invites the world to share love through food. This is how homemade is made.

Grocery Delivery • online grocery

1001 - 5000

💰 $232M Venture Round on 2021-11

Description

• Handling and resolving a wide variety of litigation and pre-litigation employment matters in state and federal courts and administrative forums, especially matters involving worker classification. • Managing outside counsel, including providing tactical guidance to ensure alignment with Instacart’s broader legal strategies. • Ability to manage a high-volume portfolio that could encompass a variety of employment matters, including litigation, unemployment claims, administrative audits, agency charges, and workers’ compensation claims. • Partnering closely with Human Resources and business partners to evaluate legal risks and provide subject matter knowledge on a broad range of employment issues, including wage and hour, recruiting and hiring, training, employee performance management, leaves of absence, disability accommodations, and HR best practices. • Drafting and revising a variety of employment-related agreements and other written content such as offer letters, contractor agreements, vendor agreements, and more. • Helping to develop and implement scalable self-service tools and processes for the HR and Operations teams as the company grows. • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to structure contractor and employment law compliance across multiple jurisdictions. • Thinking ahead, seeing around corners, and helping to prepare for and address contractor and employment issues that may arise in the future.

Requirements

• J.D. from a top-tier law school. • Active membership with at least one state bar (preferably California but not required). • A minimum of 5-7 years of related experience in employment litigation and counseling at a leading law firm. • Deep experience with employment laws in multiple states (including California) across a wide range of issues. • Proven track record of providing pragmatic and reasoned advice to HR and business partners. • Excellent writing and communication skill. • Ability to efficiently handle and organize multiple projects at a time in a fast-paced environment. • Ability to make quick but informed decisions and to advocate for a position that mitigates risk while advances the business’ goals. • Willingness to roll up your sleeves, get into the legal nitty-gritty, and the ability to exercise sound judgment when approaching novel problems without clear answers.

Benefits

• Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. • Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. • Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.