Counsel, HR Products
Lead Counsel providing employment and product legal guidance for Rippling's HR products, with focus on EOR expansion, wage/hour compliance for Payroll/Time, and building scalable compliance solutions across jurisdictions.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Provide employment counsel to EOR HR Advisor teams.
- Provide product counseling to Time and Payroll teams, focusing on wage and hour compliance.
- Analyze and provide product counseling on employment rules and regulations for compliant hiring and offboarding through EOR in different jurisdictions.
- Prepare employment agreement templates, termination notice and agreement templates, and policy documents for EOR.
- Partner with Product, Operations, Business Development, Sales, and Client Services teams to build and manage the product counseling function.
- Navigate complex regulatory frameworks in the U.S. and abroad to create scalable and innovative solutions for products and services.
- Drive the compliance culture at Rippling and embed integrity and compliance in operations.
- Advise and assist with general legal needs as they arise.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in-house or at a law firm.
- Substantive knowledge of and experience with employment law.
- Law degree (e.g. JD or equivalent).
- Entrepreneurial mindset, solution-oriented ethos, and ready to roll up sleeves.
- Passion for efficient processes.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Excellent drafting and written and verbal communication skills, with ability to break down complex legal jargon into practical advice.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with PEOs or EORs.
Skills
Employment Law, Wage And Hour Compliance, Product Counseling, Eor Services, Peo, Regulatory Compliance, Contract Drafting, Policy Development
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