Labor And Employment Attorney

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Legal Expert Employment / Labor (Remote Hourly)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $85$120/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 2040 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Design realistic workplace scenarios from your practice including EEOC charges severance and non-compete drafting harassment investigations wage & hour analyses NLRB matters and employment policies.
• Write golden reference responses at attorney-level quality.
• Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics.
• Provide written feedback to the research team to improve model behavior.
• Participate in onboarding office hours and specialty calibration sessions.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 14 years of professional experience in employment/labor law at a law firm in-house legal department government agency or labor union.
• Hold a J.D. (U.S./Canada) or LL.B./LL.M. (U.K.) from an accredited law school.
• Licensed to practice law in the U.S. Canada or U.K. (active or inactive).
• Strong experience with EEOC charge response wage & hour analysis severance and non-compete drafting harassment investigations employee handbook drafting NLRB proceedings or collective bargaining.
• Excellent written communication skills with high attention to detail.

Preferred

• Class action/wage and hour collective experience.
• Workplace investigation certification (AWI-CH).
• Multi-state employment compliance experience.
• Familiarity with HRIS / case management tools.

Start Date

• Immediate; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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