New York City - Labor & Employment Associate (Hybrid)

About the role

Littler Mendelson P.C. is seeking an attorney with a minimum of 5-7 years of employment law experience, with a strong focus on wage and hour litigation and counseling, to join its New York office.

Responsibilities

• Handle complex wage and hour matters, including class, collective, and representative actions
• Advise employers on compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour laws
• Defend and prosecute breaches of restrictive covenants
• Prepare and negotiate employment contracts and executive compensation provisions
• Demonstrate familiarity with and openness to leveraging AI-driven and emerging technologies

Requirements

• Licensed to practice law immediately in New York
• Experience handling complex wage and hour matters
• Experience advising employers on compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour laws
• Experience defending and prosecuting breaches of restrictive covenants
• Experience preparing and negotiating employment contracts and executive compensation provisions
• Familiarity with and openness to leveraging AI-driven and emerging technologies

Qualifications

• Excellent academic credentials

Skills

• Familiarity with and openness to leveraging AI-driven and emerging technologies

Benefits

We offer a generous benefits package to full-time and part-time employees working at least a 50% schedule. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision plans for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children. In addition, we provide a superior 401(k) plan, ample time off programs, mental health programs, family building and caregiving, generous paid parental leave, life insurance, disability insurance, a wellness program, flexible spending accounts, and an employee referral bonus program.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $280,000 to $315,000 annually, contingent on relevant experience and education, and includes eligibility for performance-based bonuses.

Schedule

To the extent this job is performed in New York City, the salary range for this position is $280,000 to $315,000 annually, contingent on relevant experience and education, and includes eligibility for performance-based bonuses.