Director, Employment Counsel

At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high-quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Over the past 10 years, we've seen this mission spread around the world and beyond our wildest dreams. Now, we are a global food solutions group and the world's leading meal kit company, active in 18 countries across 3 continents. So, how did we do it? Our weekly boxes full of exciting recipes and fresh ingredients have blossomed into a community of customers looking for delicious, healthy, and sustainable options. The HelloFresh Group now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor_, and Youfoodz.

This role will primarily support HelloFresh’s Factor brand with site locations in Illinois and Arizona.

You will...

• Legal Advice/Counseling (IL/AZ): Provide employment counsel for the Factor brand in IL and AZ. Advise stakeholders and executives on issues like hiring, wage and hour, leaves and accommodations, workplace safety, and terminations. Train leadership and cross-functional teams on HR legal compliance. Monitor legal trends and analyze regulatory changes affecting labor and employment. 
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Manage employment litigation, demand letters, and agency investigations in IL and AZ, including overseeing cost-sensitive use of outside counsel, drafting position statements, responding to demand letters, and negotiating settlements. 
• Policy/Contract Development and Implementation: Partner with the People team to provide legal guidance on developing and refining company policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws. Draft and negotiate various employment-related contracts, including severance and settlement agreements.
• Other Duties: Handle additional responsibilities as assigned by leadership.

You are...

• A business-minded employment lawyer with an ability to translate legal concepts to non-lawyers.
• A proactive, entrepreneurial, resourceful, independent, and collaborative problem solver who thrives on change and new challenges.

You have...

• A J.D. with outstanding academic credentials. At least 5+ years of overall labor/employment law experience, including at least 2+ years of employment litigation experience at a leading law firm. Prior in-house experience (ideally e-commerce and consumer-facing) strongly preferred. 
• An active license in good standing with the Illinois state bar.
• An ability to work from one of the following HelloFresh locations: Aurora, IL; Chicago, IL; New York, NY. Long-term commitment to hybrid work pursuant to the company’s Flex-Hybrid policy.
• Familiarity and experience with major federal employment laws and Illinois state and local employment laws.

You’ll get… 

• Competitive salary, 401k with company match that vests immediately upon participation
• Generous PTO, including sabbatical, and parental leave of up to 16 weeks
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits with options at $0 monthly, effective first day of employment
• Tuition reimbursement for continuing education (upon 2 years of service)
• Up to 85% discount on subscriptions to HelloFresh meal plans (HelloFresh, Green Chef, Everyplate, and Factor_)
• Access to Employee Resource Groups that are open to all employees, including those pertaining to BIPOC, women, veterans, parents, and LGBTQ+
• Inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company that is disrupting the traditional food supply chain

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities. However, the Company reserves the right to adjust, modify, or reassign work tasks and responsibilities as needed to meet changing business needs, operational requirements, or other factors.

This position is also eligible for the HelloFresh equity plan.

About HelloFresh

We believe that sharing a meal brings people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures together. We are committed to celebrating all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging. We also aim to extend this commitment to the partners we work with and the communities we serve. We are constantly listening, learning, and evolving to deliver on these principles. We are proud of our collaborative culture. Our diverse employee population enables us to connect with our customers and turn their feedback into meaningful action - from developing new recipes to constantly improving our process of getting dinner to our customers’ homes. Our culture attracts top talent with shared values and forms the foundation for a great place to work!

At HelloFresh, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.

We want to adapt our processes and create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate our process. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with us in the application form.

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