Director, Employment Law

🔥 13 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $170k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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LaserAway

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2006

🏥 Healthcare

💄 Beauty

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💰 Private Equity Round on 2021-10

Healthcare • Beauty • Healthcare Insurance

LaserAway is the nation’s leader in aesthetic dermatology, specializing in advanced skincare treatments such as laser hair removal, tattoo removal, CoolSculpting, and a variety of skin rejuvenation therapies including Botox and microneedling. With over 18 years of experience and millions of treatments performed, LaserAway combines cutting-edge technology with professional expertise, providing safe and effective solutions for skincare and body contouring needs at numerous locations across the country.

📋 Description

• Lead strategy for employment litigation, including wage-and-hour class actions, PAGA matters, single-plaintiff claims, and arbitrations • Manage outside counsel, legal budgets, billing guidelines, and case outcomes • Oversee responses to EEOC and state agency charges, investigations, and information requests • Provide oversight for workplace investigations and workers’ compensation litigation • Identify litigation trends and develop practical risk-reduction strategies • Serve as the primary subject-matter expert on California employment law while supporting compliance across additional states • Advise HR and Operations on terminations, performance management, severance, restrictive covenants, employee relations, and workplace safety • Track federal, state, and local legal developments and guide policy and process changes • Support labor relations strategy as needed • Lead proactive wage-and-hour audits and responses to government inquiries • Advise on California overtime, double time, meal and rest periods, premium pay, commissions, bonuses, and multiple rates of pay • Maintain legally sound worker classifications • Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT to improve timekeeping, pay statements, payroll calculations, and incentive-plan design • Counsel Benefits and Leave Administration teams on FMLA, state and local leave, and workers’ compensation matters • Establish legal standards for ADA and California FEHA interactive-process and accommodation requirements • Advise on return-to-work plans, light-duty assignments, fitness-for-duty evaluations, and leave exhaustion • Standardize leave documentation, medical certification processes, and employee communications • Manage and develop the Senior Manager of HR Compliance • Oversee employment policies, handbooks, state addenda, compliance procedures, and the employee hotline • Partner with senior leaders to resolve high-risk employment matters efficiently and consistently

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school • Active bar membership in good standing • 8–12+ years of labor and employment law experience, including law firm training and in-house leadership • Deep, current, and practical knowledge of California employment law • Experience supporting a multi-state, multi-location workforce • Expertise in wage-and-hour compliance, PAGA, leave administration, ADA/FEHA accommodations, worker classification, and technical pay calculations • Experience managing employment litigation, outside counsel, and legal spend • Ability to advise senior leaders and translate legal requirements into workable business solutions • People-management experience • Familiarity with HRIS, payroll, and leave-management systems

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual bonus • Medical coverage • 401(k) • Paid time off • Employee discounts • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities • Limited travel for investigations, hearings, agency proceedings, or company meetings