• Manage all phases of employment-related litigation, including wage and hour class actions, PAGA representative actions, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, from pre-litigation assessment through trial or resolution. • Provide day-to-day employment law counsel to the Human Resources department on a wide range of employment law matters, including hiring, performance management, discipline, terminations, compensation, and workplace conduct. • Draft, review, and update employment policies, handbooks, offer letters, separation agreements, and other employment-related documents to maintain compliance with California law and emerging regulatory requirements. • Manage and direct outside counsel retained for employment and litigation matters. • Lead or oversee internal workplace investigations involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, policy violations, and other employee misconduct, and prepare written investigation reports and recommendations. • Manage the company's response to administrative charges and complaints filed with the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the California Labor Commissioner, and other federal and state agencies. • Develop and deliver training programs for HR professionals, managers, and senior leadership on employment law topics, including anti-harassment, anti-discrimination, wage and hour compliance, and leave administration. • Represent the company in mediations, arbitrations, and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including preparation of mediation briefs, settlement analyses, and negotiation of resolution terms.

• Lead end-to-end vendor and commercial contract negotiations, including drafting, redlining, and resolving contested business and legal issues across SaaS subscriptions, master services agreements, procurement contracts, data processing agreements, and terms of service. • Identify, evaluate, and deploy AI-powered legal solutions (e.g., contract lifecycle management platforms, AI-assisted review and abstraction tools, clause libraries) to accelerate throughput, reduce cycle times, and scale the contracting function to meet growing business demand. • Build and own a library of standardized contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and approved fallback positions that enable business teams to self-serve on routine transactions, reduce legal bottlenecks, and enforce consistent contracting standards at scale. • Drive proactive legal operations initiatives that identify inefficiencies, redesign workflows, and implement automation to eliminate manual bottlenecks and establish repeatable, scalable processes across the legal department. • Partner directly with Procurement, IT, Finance, Security, and Sales teams to guide vendor onboarding, resolve contracting questions, and ensure compliance with company standards throughout the deal lifecycle. • Conduct risk assessments on proposed commercial arrangements, flagging material exposures related to indemnification, liability allocation, intellectual property, data privacy, and regulatory compliance. • Define, track, and maintain contract and legal operations metrics, including cycle time, volume, key terms, risk areas, self-service adoption rates, and cost savings from automation, and deliver regular reporting to leadership and the broader organization. • Develop and deliver training programs for cross-functional stakeholders on contract processes, negotiation guardrails, and the effective use of legal technology tools, driving adoption and reducing dependency on legal for routine matters.

Posting Reason: New Position Location: Fauteux Hall Academic Period: 2026 Fall Semester Faculty: Section de droit civil / Civil Law Section Academic Unit: Droit civil \\ Civil Law Course Title: Droit pénal Course Code: DCC3502 Section: AA00 Course Description: Introduction; organisation de la justice pénale; théorie générale de l'infraction et de la responsabilité pénale; les principales infractions. Posting limited to: Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/04/14 Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/05/15 Expected Enrolment: 75 Approval date: 2026/04/14 Number of credits: 3 Work Hours: 39 Hourly Rate: Enseignement / Teaching: $239.47 (2024-2025)The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31. These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay. These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification. Course type: B Posting type: Régulier / Regular Language of instruction: Français | French Competence in second language: Passive Course Schedule: Mardi | Tuesday 19:00-22:00 - - Requirements: Introduction; organisation de la justice pénale; théorie générale de l'infraction et de la responsabilité pénale; les principales infractions. Additional Information and/or Comments: Virtuel An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law. The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit, here for the OLBI unit, or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more. The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact vra.affairesprofessorales@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

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