Overview
Reporting to the VP Chief Counsel Labor & Employment, the Labor & Employment Counsel will be a trusted advisor to Veralto’s Corporate functions and Operating Companies (OpCos), delivering practical legal solutions and scalable best practices across a diverse and dynamic region.
Responsibilities
* Advising on EU, national, and local employment laws including discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, restrictive covenants, leaves, accommodations, hiring, contracting, labor relations, and whistleblower protections.
* Assist operating companies with complex HR-related investigations/audits including overseeing third party investigators, supporting internal Operating Company investigators and sometimes personally conducting such investigations.
* Leading employment-related litigation and adversarial matters, including strategy development, agency responses, and settlement negotiations.
* Acting as EMEA legal subject matter expert on cross-functional initiatives, M&A activity, and compliance reviews.
* Designing and implementing turnkey legal solutions that embed compliance and efficiency across OpCos of varying sizes and complexities.
* Provide pragmatic L&E legal advice to HR and business leaders on entire range of labor and employment matters and drive sustained compliance through development and implementation of scalable and process-based solutions.
* Monitor new laws, regulations and decisions affecting the substantive legal areas above and provide strategic advice to company leadership.
Essential requirements
* Legal certification from an accredited law school and eligibility to practice in relevant jurisdictions.
* 5+ years of experience in labor and employment law, ideally with exposure to Germany, France, and Benelux countries.
* Proven ability to manage complex investigations and employment disputes.
* Strong process orientation with a track record of scaling legal solutions across matrixed organizations.
* Experience working independently across geographies and an established track-record of constructively partnering across functions.
* Agility and a business-first mindset, with the ability to align legal advice to operational and strategic goals.
* Business-fluent English; German or French are a plus.
About Veralto
With annual sales of $5 billion, Veralto is a global leader in essential technology solutions with a proven track record of solving some of the most complex challenges we face as a society. Our industry-leading companies with globally recognized brands are building on a long-established legacy of innovation and customer trust to create a safer, cleaner, more vibrant future. Veralto’s Water Quality companies—Aquatic Informatics, ChemTreat, Hach, McCrometer, OTT HydroMet, Sea-Bird Scientific, Trojan Technologies, and XOS—manage, treat, purify, and protect the global water supply. Veralto is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with 300+ locations worldwide.
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