# Senior Employment Counsel

**Company**: xAI
**Location**: Palo Alto, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $176,000 - $264,000 USD
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120599684

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## Description

Job Title: Senior Employment Counsel

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Employment Counsel to join our team in Palo Alto, CA. As a key member of our legal department, you will be responsible for developing and implementing xAI's compliance program for state and federal employment laws.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and implement xAI's compliance program for state and federal employment laws, including meal period and rest breaks, bonus and benefits, timekeeping and payroll, discrimination, and harassment.

- Work closely with HR and other organisations to develop policies and procedures on employment matters affecting the Company, including accommodations, leaves of absence, onboarding, and drug and alcohol programs.

- Conduct regular audits of xAI's compliance program, policies, and procedures and work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and track implementation of corrective actions.

- Provide legal counsel on employment separation matters, job classifications, background checks, and recruiting.

- Draft training, comment on training, and provide select training to people leaders.

- Responsible for OFCCP compliance reports and similar filings.

- Advise Benefits on compliance with relevant law, and review and provide comments on contracts for company benefits.

- Monitor labour, employment, and benefits law developments and advise HR and management of recommended changes.

- Own drafting and updating Employee Handbook.

- Manage other projects as required or assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

- JD from an ABA accredited school.

- 10+ years of employment law experience.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

- Excellent academic record at top-tier law school.

- Relevant experience with a major law firm or corporation.

- Experience with AAP preparation and/or OFCCP compliance evaluations.

- Experience counselling clients with significant domestic manufacturing operations.

- Experience counselling clients with significant international operations.

- Experience with California employment law.

- Demonstrated skill in providing legal training to business team members (both course development and presentation).

- Ability to communicate in a clear, concise manner.

- Capacity to focus on diverse projects with rapidly changing priorities.

- Solution-oriented thinking and communication.

- Strong problem-solving skills.

Additional Requirements:

- Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time.

- Must be admitted to the bar, in good standing, in at least one U.S. State.

- This position is based in Palo Alto, CA and requires being onsite - remote work not considered.

- Must be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Compensation and Benefits:

$176,000 - $264,000 USD.

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

## Skills

### Required
- employment law
- compliance program
- state and federal employment laws
- meal period and rest breaks
- bonus and benefits
- timekeeping and payroll
- discrimination
- harassment
- HR
- organisations
- policies and procedures
- employment matters
- accommodations
- leaves of absence
- onboarding
- drug and alcohol programs
- OFCCP compliance reports
- similar filings
- Benefits
- contracts for company benefits
- labour
- employment
- benefits law developments
- Employment Handbook

### Nice to have
- academic record at top-tier law school
- relevant experience with a major law firm or corporation
- AAP preparation
- OFCCP compliance evaluations
- domestic manufacturing operations
- international operations
- California employment law
- legal training to business team members
- clear and concise communication
- solution-oriented thinking and communication
- problem-solving skills

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