Employment Associate

Employment Associate | Hybrid, San Diego | $260,000 to $390,000

The harassment training is at nine in a hotel function room. Forty managers, one projector that won’t talk to anyone’s laptop, and a regional director in the front row who’s clearly been sent and wants everyone to know it.

By the end of the morning the regional director is asking the best questions in the room, and in this San Diego job mornings like that sit right alongside the litigation.

You’d be three years in or more, working on discrimination and wage and hour claims, some breach of contract fights, the HR advice, the policies and agreements, the investigations and the training. It’s hybrid, roughly three days a week in the San Diego office, and pays $260,000 to $390,000 with a bonus on top.

Why this firm:

• Litigation, advice and training all on one desk
• Investigations and training work a lot of associates never get near
• Bonus eligible from the start

What you’ll be doing:

• Employment litigation, discrimination, wage and hour and contract claims
• HR counselling and drafting policies and agreements
• Running workplace investigations
• Compliance training for managers, projector permitting

What you’ll have:

• 3 years or more of employment law and the California Bar, or eligible for it
• Good communication and organisation

Next Steps:

Not actively looking? That’s fine. Most people I speak to aren’t, they just like knowing what’s out there.

If this job turns out to be no better than what you’ve got, no harm done. You’ve lost 15 minutes and you get to go back to your desk feeling a bit smug.

And if you’d rather talk to a human than fire your resume into cyberspace, grab a slot here

Or if you’re more old school, just call me on .

I’m around from 6am Pacific and at weekends, because your weekdays probably belong to judges and billing software.

There are 100+ recommendations at the bottom of my LinkedIn profile if you fancy doing your due diligence on me first. I’m Arran Jaiswal at Distinct North America.