Employment Law Specialist, HR Consulting

About Marsh McLennan Agency Midwest

Marsh McLennan Agency's Midwest Region is a full-service brokerage providing business insurance, employee benefits, private client insurance, and retirement services to businesses and individuals across the country. MMA Midwest is consistently recognized as a top workplace, attracting and retaining its insurance talent by rewarding expertise and investing in career development. Colleagues enjoy an award‑winning culture that fosters a highly productive and results‑driven working environment.

As our Employment Law Specialist on the HR Consulting team, you'll support attorneys and the HR Consulting Center of Excellence by providing legal education, expertise, and consulting support in employment law. You'll collaborate closely with attorneys, HR consultants, and colleagues across the country to deliver timely, accurate legal support and contribute to special projects and initiatives.

We’d love to meet you if your professional track record includes:

• Minimum 2 years of legal, paralegal, or legal assistant experience, preferably with a focus on employment law in an in‑house legal department or law firm
• Solid understanding of employment law and HR practices, with a demonstrated eagerness to learn and develop expertise
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to prioritize competing demands effectively
• Conducting research on federal, state, and local employment laws and responding to client inquiries on employment law issues
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including experience drafting legal briefs, memoranda, and professional correspondence
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 and familiarity with document management or e‑discovery platforms such as Relativity

These additional qualifications are a plus, but not required to apply:

• Bachelor's degree;
  Juris Doctor (JD) preferred

Recognized for workplace culture by the likes of Fortune Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, and more, our colleagues enjoy an environment that fosters creativity as well as individual and organizational growth. A small sampling of the benefits our colleagues enjoy include:

• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) benefits and more
• The flexibility to work at home or an office, based on your discretion and schedule
• Start with 20 days of paid time off
• A paid day off to volunteer and company‑organized volunteer events
• Up to $1,000 per year in matching charitable donations
• Up to $750 per year in wellness rewards
• All the nitro cold brew coffee and sparkling water you can drink
• A company‑wide mentality that you can never appreciate your co‑workers too much

MMA Midwest has created an award‑winning culture largely due to meeting our colleagues where they are, celebrating their differences and building an inclusive environment. We challenge ourselves to create a workplace where our colleagues feel not only welcomed, but feel they belong; where we not only embrace diverse perspectives and opinions but seek them out; and where we ask not how a colleague fits our culture, but what they add to it.

Marsh McLennan and its affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.

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The applicable base salary range for this role is $64,200 to $112,300. The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance‑based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401(k) savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.