Labor & Employment Attorney

The posting, as Kairos Power wrote it

Company Overview

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

Job Summary

Kairos Power is seeking its first in-house labor and employment attorney to advise on a wide range of employment, labor, and compliance matters. In this role, you will provide practical legal advice on hiring and recruiting, investigations, discipline and termination, leaves of absence, disability accommodation, wage and hour, anti-discrimination, compensation and benefits, labor activities, and other issues affecting the company’s employees and workplace. As a member of a small legal team, you will have significant ownership over assigned areas and play a key role in shaping legal strategy and processes as the company continues to grow.

Work location in Alameda, CA (hybrid).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary attorney supporting Kairos Power’s People Operations team.
• Advise on employment-law aspects of recruiting and hiring practices, including job postings, candidate selection, background checks, and pre-employment requirements, as applicable.
• Provide legal advice on discipline, termination, leave of absence, wage and hour compliance, anti-discrimination requirements, and compensation and benefits matters.
• Advise on employee classification matters, including exempt/nonexempt status and independent contractor classification.
• Advise on employee accommodations and the interactive process, including disability, pregnancy, and religious accommodation matters.
• Partner with People Operations and other internal stakeholders on employment-law considerations arising from organizational and workforce changes, including reductions in force, restructurings, reorganizations, and applicable notice and compliance requirements.
• Draft and review employment document and templates, including offer letters, employment agreements, policies and procedures, and separation agreements.
• Collaborate with the Learning & Development team to develop and implement training programs for employees, managers and People Operations on employment-related topics.
• Monitor developments in employment and labor laws and regulations, proactively identify areas of risk, and propose practical company-wide strategies for mitigating risks.
• Oversee or conduct internal investigations and provide guidance on employee performance or conduct concerns.
• Manage employment-related claims and demands, including agency complaints and investigations.
• Manage outside employment counsel.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

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salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.

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About our Benefits

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.

Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.

Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810