Employee Relations – Policy Specialist, Legal

🔥 12 hours ago

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $68k - $85k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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Macmillan

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1001 - 5000 employees

📱 Media

📚 Education

Media • Education

Macmillan is a leading global publishing company and home to a wide range of imprints that publish adult and children’s fiction, nonfiction, and educational materials. Part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, Macmillan also operates Macmillan Learning and Macmillan Education, providing interactive course solutions, higher education content, language learning, and school curriculum publishing across dozens of countries. The company focuses on supporting authors, educators, students, and institutions with world-class content and digital learning tools.

📋 Description

• Maintain, update, and draft employee handbooks, multi-state employment policies, and standard operating procedures • Conduct fair and objective internal workplace investigations into policy violations and workplace concerns • Draft investigation summaries, findings, and remediation recommendations • Advise on performance management, corrective action, coaching, performance improvement plans, accommodations, and leave programs • Analyze employee relations trends and maintain compliant case documentation • Support leader capability through training, coaching, and mentoring on employee relations best practices • Draft, tailor, and track employment agreements and severance and release agreements • Serve as primary contact for agency inquiries, employment record requests, and subpoenas • Coordinate document collection, litigation holds, and evidence compilation for outside defense counsel • Review independent contractor engagements for proper W-2 versus 1099 classification • Monitor statutory changes, state/local leave laws, and workplace regulations • Identify policy updates and support pre-litigation risk mitigation across a distributed workforce • Act as a bridge between Legal and Human Resources while reporting to Employment Counsel

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field; or a Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved program • 2-3 years of progressive experience in Employee Relations, Workplace Investigations, or Employment Law • Strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws, including FLSA, FMLA, Title VII, ADA, ADEA, and state wage-and-hour laws • Ability to conduct neutral, sensitive workplace interviews and synthesize complex facts into concise written reports • Strategic judgment, emotional intelligence, discretion, and ability to influence outcomes across all organizational levels • Capability in advising on performance management, leaves, accommodations, and employee relations issues • Legal/policy writing, editing, and organizational skills • Proficiency with legal research databases such as Westlaw/LexisNexis and document management systems

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Equal opportunity employer • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities