Associate Counsel, Employment Law

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad‑supported streaming service.

We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world‑renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities.

We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world. Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, Golf Now, Golf Pass, and Sports Engine.

The well‑capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure‑play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin‑off is expected to be completed during 2025. Join our NBCUniversal EPIC Legal Team! EPIC symbolizes key foundational principles as we strive to be extraordinary partners to our businesses in an evolving environment. Here at NBCU Legal, we are Expert Partners who provide Inspiring and Creative solutions to our clients.

We are subject‑matter experts who collaborate with our legal colleagues and clients to guide, solve and push for our collective success. We inspire by bringing optimism and positivity to our work, and apply strategic and innovative thinking to support our businesses. Based in Miami, Telemundo produces and distributes premium Spanish‑language news content to U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world.

Its flagship nightly news program is Noticias Telemundo. Telemundo Stations Group consists of 30 local television stations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It serves the largest Hispanic television markets in the country.

Role

Purpose:

NBCUniversal seeks an Associate Counsel, Employment Law to provide strategic and practical legal counsel for NBCUniversal Local Stations, Telemundo Enterprises and NBCUniversal business units throughout Latin America.

• Provide employment law advice and counsel to human resources, management, business affairs and other internal lawyers across the company on a variety of employment‑related matters including but not limited to business restructuring, workforce management, recruiting & hiring, accommodations, leaves of absence, discrimination, harassment & retaliation, and wage‑and‑hour issues
• Provide advice and counsel on internal investigations of employment‑related and other types of complaints, ensuring that claims are promptly and thoroughly investigated and documented appropriately
• Managing various aspects of the pre‑litigation process, including conducting internal investigations and drafting responses to federal and state agencies' charges of discrimination, and negotiating resolution with opposing counsel and/or agencies
• Represent the Company working with other in‑house and outside counsel as appropriate, with respect to mediation and litigation of employment claims
• Create and deliver management and employee training programs covering various employment laws throughout the United States and Latin America
• Support the development and implementation of personnel policies and procedures, keeping abreast of all pertinent federal, state, and local laws and communicating changes and trends in those…