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Counsel, Labor & Employment

WK Kellogg Co · Battle Creek, MI · 1 mo ago
Legal$212k–$265k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key parts: - Intro paragraph about WK Kellogg Co mission etc. That's about company, not role. Might be considered "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is a section heading for description of role. The intro includes mission statement; maybe we can put that under "About the role"? But the instruction: "use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can include About the role heading and put a paragraph describing the role (maybe the mission statement is not role-specific but could be considered about the company. However we need to preserve all substantive information; we can include it under About the role or maybe we can omit if not role-specific? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the mission statement etc. It's substantive about the company. Could be placed under About the role or maybe a separate section like "About the Company" but not in allowed headings. Since only allowed headings are those, we could put it under About the role as a preamble. Or we could not create a heading for it and just put it as a

before any headings? The instruction: "use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests using those. It says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". So we can include About the role if we have content. The mission statement is about the company, but still relevant to role context. We'll include it. Then we have: "The Counsel, Labor & Employment is Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, this role serves as the enterprise subject matter expert on labor and employment law and provides strategic legal counsel on labor and employment matters across the enterprise. The role partners with Human Resources, Operations, business leaders, and external counsel to manage labor relations, employment risk, workplace investigations, and employment-related disputes. Reports to: Chief Legal Officer Dotted-Line: Maintains strong functional alignment with HR and Supply Chain leadership. Supervises: May supervise Labor and Employment legal resources and/or outside counsel, depending on organizational structure. Peer Relationships: Legal, Human Resources, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance leaders Key Contacts Internal: Human Resources, Plant and Operations leaders, Legal team members, and senior business leadersExternal: Union representatives, outside counsel, regulatory agencies, arbitrators, and mediators" That's role description. Could go under About the role or Responsibilities. The next section "Here's What You'll Be Doing" lists duties. That's clearly Responsibilities. Then "Qualifications REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE ..." then "Preferred Education & Experience". That's qualifications. Then "Salary Range: $212,000 - $265,000" plus explanation. That's Pay. Then benefits list: "Incentive Plan bonus eligibilityHealth, dental and vision insuranceSavings and Investment Plan with Company match and contributionPaid Time Off (includes paid sick time) 11 Paid HolidaysLife Insurance, AD and D Insurance and STD/LTDTuition reimbursement, adoption assistance for eligible employeesEmployee recognition program". That's Benefits. Schedule: Not explicitly mentioned. There's a line: "The ability to work a full shift, come to work on time, work overtime as needed and the ability to work according to the necessary schedule to meet job requirements with or without reasonable accommodation is an essential function of this position." That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section with that statement. Skills: Not explicitly listed separate from qualifications; but we could extract skills like "Strong judgment, business acumen, ability to provide authoritative, practical, solutions-oriented legal advice. Strong communication and influencing skills..." etc. Those are skills. Could put under Skills. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Counsel, Labor & Employment". Good. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present. We must remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to strip out the EEO statement, the "If we can help you with a reasonable accommodation..." line, the "THE FINER PRINT" etc. Also remove the "For US Applicants Where required..." etc. Also remove the "Let’s create gr-r-reat days, WK Kellogg Co Recruitment" at end. Also remove duplicated lines? Not seeing duplicates. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We'll structure:

About the role

mission statement paragraph(s)

role description paragraph (reporting to CLO etc.)

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute labor strategy plans, including collective bargaining preparation materials, negotiation support, and post-agreement implementation.
  • Provide legal guidance and support for workforce changes and restructuring activities, including reductions in force, plant closures, WARN/notice requirements, severance programs, and related employee communications.
  • Manage and oversee outside counsel, including defining scope, monitoring performance, and ensuring cost-effective delivery of legal services.
  • Serve as the enterprise expert and lead legal advisor on labor and employment matters, balancing risk management with practical business needs.
  • Provide expert counsel on labor relations strategy, including collective bargaining support, contract administration, grievance resolution, arbitration preparation, and union-related matters.
  • Advise Human Resources and business leaders as the go-to legal authority on employee relations matters, discipline, discharge, workplace accommodations, leave issues, wage and hour compliance, and policy application.
  • Provide legal guidance on workplace investigations and other sensitive employment matters, including risk mitigation and appropriate resolution strategies.
  • Manage complex employment-related claims and agency matters, in partnership with external counsel and internal stakeholders.
  • Shape and support employment-related policies, practices, and manager guidance to promote legal compliance, consistency, and enterprise standards.
  • Monitor labor and employment law developments and translate changes into clear, actionable guidance for business and Human Resources leaders.
  • Build strong cross-functional partnerships and elevate organizational capability in labor and employment practices across the enterprise.
  • Oversee outside immigration counsel and an internal paralegal who manages case strategy, filings, and day-to-day immigration support.

Requirements

Maybe we combine Required Education & Experience under Requirements. Could also have Qualifications. The instruction lists Requirements and Qualifications as separate possible headings. We have both required and preferred. We could put required under Requirements, preferred under Qualifications (or Skills). But we also have Skills section. Let's decide: - Requirements: Required Education & Experience (the bullet list). We'll put as
    items. - Qualifications: Preferred Education & Experience (the bullet list). Could also be under Qualifications. - Skills: Strong judgment, business acumen, communication/influencing skills, ability to lead legal resources, etc. We'll put as
      . But we need to avoid duplication: The required list includes many items that are also skills. But we can keep them separate as per posting. Let's extract required items: From "QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE": - J.D. from an accredited law school and admission to at least one U.S. state bar. - 7+ years of legal experience, including significant labor and employment law experience. - Recognized expertise in U.S. labor and employment laws, including federal and state requirements, and the ability to apply them in complex business environments. - Significant direct experience advising on labor relations, collective bargaining, grievance handling, and arbitration matters. - Significant direct experience supporting unionized manufacturing and/or operations environments. - Experience addressing multi-jurisdictional employment law issues. - Experience counseling leaders on employee relations, workplace investigations, and employment risk management. - Experience managing complex employment claims, agency matters, and litigation with outside counsel. - Strong judgment, business acumen, and the ability to provide authoritative, practical, solutions-oriented legal advice. - Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to build credibility as a trusted expert across the organization. - Experience leading legal resources, projects, or cross-functional work. That's a mix of qualifications and skills. But we can treat all as Requirements. Preferred items: - 10+ years of labor and employment law experience - Experience in a publicly traded or Fortune 500 company. - In-house experience supporting complex, multi-site labor and employment environments. - Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, restructurings, or other significant organizational changes with labor and employment implications. - Experience advising on executive employment agreements, restrictive covenants, or senior leader employment matters. - Experience partnering with Human Resources centers of expertise to design scalable policies, practices, and training. We could put those under Qualifications. Skills: maybe we could extract the "Strong judgment, business acumen..." etc but they are already in required. Could still make a Skills section for those soft skills. But to avoid duplication, maybe we just have Requirements and Qualifications, and skip Skills. However the instruction allows Skills section; we can include if we have specific content. We have strong judgment etc. Could be considered skills. But they'd duplicate. Perhaps better to put them under Requirements as they are part of required qualifications. Then we can omit Skills section to avoid thin content. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can combine. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (required), Qualifications (preferred), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not include empty sections. Now we need to format Benefits as
      • items. The benefits list is a run-on sentence without punctuation. We need to split into items: Incentive Plan bonus eligibility; Health, dental and vision insurance; Savings and Investment Plan with Company match and contribution; Paid Time Off (includes paid sick time); 11 Paid Holidays; Life Insurance, AD and D Insurance and STD/LTD; Tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance for eligible employees; Employee recognition program. We'll make each as
      • . Pay: we have Salary Range: $212,000 - $265,000 plus explanation. We'll put

        with that sentence plus explanation. Schedule: we have the sentence about ability to work full shift etc. We'll put

        . Now we need to strip out boilerplate: The EEO statement, the reasonable accommodation line, THE FINER PRINT, the equal opportunity employer paragraph, the US Applicants SSA/DHS line, the "Let’s create gr-r-reat days, WK Kellogg Co Recruitment". Also remove the duplicated lines? Not seeing. Also remove the "Although subject to change, the below are the benefits currently offered in association with this position:" line before benefits list; we can keep as intro sentence maybe but it's not boilerplate; it's part of benefits description. We'll keep it as a

        before the

          . Also remove "Our comprehensive and competitive benefits not only deliver value..." paragraph after benefits list; that's boilerplate fluff but still substantive? It's generic marketing; maybe we can remove as it's not specific to the role. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. That paragraph is not exactly those categories but could be considered boilerplate fl

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