Labor & Employment Attorney

The role

This person will advise on employment, labor, and compliance matters. They will support the People Operations team and provide legal advice on hiring, investigations, and workplace issues.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary attorney supporting People Operations team
• Advise on employment-law aspects of recruiting and hiring practices
• Provide legal advice on discipline, termination, leave, wage and hour, and anti-discrimination
• Advise on employee classification matters
• Advise on employee accommodations and the interactive process
• Partner with stakeholders on organizational and workforce changes
• Draft and review employment documents and templates
• Collaborate with Learning & Development to implement training programs
• Monitor employment and labor laws and propose risk-mitigation strategies
• Oversee or conduct internal investigations and manage employment-related claims

Required qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school
• Current member in good standing with at least one state bar
• 5+ years of relevant labor and employment law experience
• Experience advising HR/People teams and business leaders on employee-relations and workplace legal issues
• Experience conducting or advising on workplace investigations
• Experience with administrative procedures and responding to federal, state, and local agency charges

Nice to have

• California employment-law experience
• Experience in both law firms and in-house

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k)
• Pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

Before you apply

• Requires authorization by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information
• Foreign nationals from countries not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list require an export control license

About the company

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company. Its mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR).