Vice President of Labor and Employment
Job Description
Caesars Entertainment is North America’s largest casino entertainment company, with over 50 casino properties in sixteen states., employing more than 51,000 team members, approximately 47% of which are union members.
We are currently seeking a Labor and Employment attorney to join the corporate Legal Department for our eastern region (encompassing Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) as Vice President, Labor and Employment. The position will report to the company’s Deputy General Counsel and will work closely with the company’s Human Resources professionals at corporate headquarters and at the company’s casino properties in the eastern region. The attorney will also be responsible for managing and supervising outside counsel in the various jurisdictions where the company does business for all employment matters, labor relations, union negotiations and disputes, and litigation.
Job Duties And Responsibilities
The following responsibilities are intended as general examples of the duties of this position and are not all-inclusive for specific positions. Other reasonable duties may be assigned.
- Provide high quality, prompt, and practical legal advice to company executives and HR professionals at corporate headquarters and casino locations relating to labor and employment issues, such as human resources issues, wage and hour law, workers’ compensation, unemployment, labor relations, collective bargaining agreements, employee benefits, employment agreements, and policy related issues
- Provide advice to the company executives and HR professionals relating to compliance with applicable laws, including NLRA, OSHA, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, Title VII, and similar state laws
- Provide advice and counsel on labor union issues, including collective bargaining, union disputes, unfair labor practice charges, and union grievances and arbitrations
- Ensure compliance with all applicable state and federal employment and labor laws
- Assist with the development and enforcement of company labor and employment related policies, directives, and procedures
- Counsel and train the company’s HR professionals on pending and new labor and employment laws, rules and regulations, collective bargaining agreements, and industry trends that may impact the company and its operations
- Assist with drafting and reviewing certain employment-related agreements, including employment contracts, collective bargaining agreements, service agreements, confidentiality agreements, and separation agreements
- Collaborate with Human Resources to conduct or manage internal investigations, develop investigation plans, interview witnesses, and assess and document findings
- Represent the Company at arbitrations, mediations, state and federal fact-finding hearings, wage and hour hearings, NLRB hearings, OSHA investigations, and other labor-related state and federal administrative matters.
- Handle pre-litigation demand letters and agency charges received from current and former employees and/or their counsel
- Receive and respond to EEOC (or similar state) Charges, conduct investigations, prepare position statements, and represent company at administrative level
- Supervise and manage outside counsel on employment related matters, including litigation
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
- JD from an ABA accredited law school with excellent academic credentials
- Active license to practice law (no specific state required, but state where a Caesars property is located preferred)
- Minimum of 7 years of demonstrated work experience in employment and labor law with hands-on, practical experience in counseling clients, conducting training, handling significant employment litigation, and engaging in collective bargaining and other labor-related matters
- Highly developed written and oral communications skills, with the ability to clearly articulate recommendations and options about complex legal issues
- Self-starter with good business sense and a sense of urgency, honesty, and fairness
- Good team player who can remain calm under pressure
- Demonstrated ability to operate with a high level of independence, proactively identify potential legal and business risks, balance multiple business demands, and work collaboratively with colleagues in a high-volume and fast-paced environment
- Willingness and ability to travel
[Note: This is not a remote position: the attorney will be required to work from one of our properties in the Eastern Region]
About Us
At Caesars Entertainment, Inc., our Team Members create the extraordinary. We are the largest casino-entertainment company in the U.S. and one of the world's most diversified casino-entertainment providers. Since beginning in Reno, Nevada, in 1937, Caesars Entertainment has grown through the development of new resorts, expansions and acquisitions. Our resorts operate primarily under the Caesars®, Harrah's®, Horseshoe® and Eldorado® brand names. We focus on building loyalty and value with our guests through a combination of impeccable service, operational excellence and technological leadership. The company is committed to its Team Members, suppliers, communities and the environment through its PEOPLE PLANET PLAY framework.
Our Caesars family is driven by our Mission, Vision and Values. We take great pride in living these values – Together We Win, All In On Service and Blaze the Trail – every day. Our mission, “Create the Extraordinary”. Our vision, “Create spectacular worlds. That immerse, inspire and connect you. We don’t perform magic; we create it with excellence. #WeAreCaesars”. If you are ready to create some magic, we invite you to explore our dynamic, yet unique, career opportunities.
