Paralegal, Global Labor & Employment Law

Paralegal Global Labor & Employment Law

Driving Legal Excellence Through Compliance Governance and Global Employment Support
Strengthening Organizational Integrity with Expert Case Management and CrossBorder Legal Coordination

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Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company serving the oil and gas sector across more than 120 countries. The Global Labor & Employment (L&E) Legal team delivers strategic legal support to ensure compliance with employment laws reduce legal risk and protect the Companys interests worldwide. With a focus on operational excellence employee relations support and global compliance the team manages employment disputes regulatory matters and cross-border legal processes in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Fuel your passion

The Paralegal Global Labor & Employment Law supports the effective operation of the Global L&E function by delivering paralegal administrative research and casemanagement expertise across employment law matters. This role ensures timely and accurate handling of employee claims garnishment and subpoena responses global legal billing coordination compliance reporting and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program management. By strengthening legal processes and providing critical case support the paralegal enables counsel to drive efficient highquality delivery across the global legal organization.

As a Paralegal Global Labor & Employment Law you will be responsible for:

Managing and serving as Program Administrator for the Companys internal Solutions Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program.
Coordinating the receipt and processing of earlystage employee relations claims filed by Baker Hughes employees.
Overseeing employee claims reaching the mediation or arbitration stage of the ADR process and acting as billing coordinator for invoices submitted by thirdparty agencies.
Providing paralegal support to Global L&E legal counsel assigned outside of the U.S. including onboarding external law firms and serving as billing coordinator for their engagements.
Reviewing garnishments subpoenas and employee records requests and collaborating with internal stakeholders to coordinate Company responses.
Preparing monthly and quarterly reports on employment litigation case status trends and activity as required.
Performing legal research managing case files maintaining the L&E docket and identifying urgent matters requiring attorney attention.
Investigating compiling and organizing records and drafting routine legal documents for attorney review.

To be successful in this role you will:

Have a degreelevel education paralegal certificate or equivalent experience in a related discipline.
Have demonstrated experience supporting employment law or litigation processes within a corporate legal department or law firm.
Have strong casemanagement skills with the ability to prioritize tasks in a fastpaced deadlinedriven environment.
Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with attorneys HR stakeholders and external partners.
Have strong organizational abilities attention to detail and the capability to manage confidential information with discretion.
Have proficiency in MS365 applications and comfort navigating legal and casemanagement software tools.
Having experience working with international stakeholders or crossborder legal processes is advantageous.
Having familiarity with mediation or arbitration processes and billing workflow management is considered a strong advantage.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone this role we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
One of our core values as a business is collaboration and as such whilst flexible work options are available we believe there is a great benefit to having our teams colocated in one of our many office locations.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and wellbeing of our workforce train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for more than a century. But to keep moving forward tomorrow we know we have to push boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their contributions. Join us and you can expect:
Contemporary worklife balance policies and wellbeing activities
Comprehensive private medical care options
Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
Tailored financial programs
Additional elected or voluntary benefits