Senior Labor & Employment Associate

Management-Side | 5+ Years

Location: Concord, NH (hybrid or remote arrangements tailored)

Compensation: Base salary to be discussed and flexible for the right candidate, plus an associate bonus of approximately $10,000 or more for good performance and an approximately 5% origination bonus for portable business.

About the Opportunity
Senior-partner succession is creating immediate employer work, strong mentoring, and a clear path to greater responsibility. The attorney will take on substantial existing work, advise employer clients, handle counseling and disputes, and progressively assume more file and client responsibility. Portable business is not required.

Requirements

• 5+ years of focused management-side labor and employment experience
• Strong counseling, writing, drafting, and dispute-resolution skills
• Ability to independently handle substantive work
• Active attorney license in good standing; New Hampshire admission specifics to be confirmed

Key Responsibilities

• Advise employers on policies, discipline, leave, accommodations, and workplace compliance
• Handle wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, and employment disputes and litigation
• Draft employment agreements, policies, restrictive covenants, and separation documents
• Support investigations, negotiations, grievances, collective bargaining, and arbitration
• Take increasing ownership of files and client relationships during senior-partner succession

Preferred Experience

• Healthcare or hospital employment experience
• Collective bargaining, grievance, or arbitration experience
• Depth in employment litigation and investigations
• Portable business

Why Join

• Immediate existing work from senior-partner succession
• Professional development, client exposure, and a path to leadership
• 1,600-hour expectation in the first year and 1,700 hours ongoing