Employment Legal Specialist

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The Employment Legal Specialist is a professional in Meijer’s Legal Department responsible for managing civil rights charges. The Employment Legal Specialist also supports the legal team in other labor and employment matters, including litigation, arbitration, and wage-and-hour claims.

What You’ll be Doing:

• Assesses the merits of claims.
• Determines investigative scope and strategy.
• Articulates the Company’s defense in written position statements describing the relevant facts.
• Responds to agency requests for additional information.
• Coordinates discovery activities, including document collection, review, and productions.
• Prepares witnesses for interviews with government agency investigators.
• Serves as the Company’s primary point of contact with federal, state, and local civil rights agencies.
• Implements and administers litigation holds and information technology holds to preserve relevant records and electronically stored information.
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilites of this position; may perform

What You Bring with You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience conducting workplace investigations.
• Strong interest and aptitude in learning employment laws and agency processes, including Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and ability to apply relevant company policies.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including ability to draft clear and concise written communications.
• Sound judgment, discretion with highly confidential information.
• Ability to manage and prioritize case load with competing deadlines.
• Ability to think critically, solve problems, plan and organize activities, serve clients, and embrace new challenges.
• Analytical skill necessary to make decisions and resolve complex issues.
• High attention to detail.
• Strong organizational and document management skills.
• Works independently with periodic supervision.

About Us

We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we’re a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request. Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.