Associate General Counsel, Weee!
Employment
$212-250k
+ Equity; This role may be eligible to discretionary bonus, incentives and benefits
More information about location
5 days a week in office (Fremont, CA)
Online grocery delivery platform
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Online grocery delivery platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$212-250k
+ Equity; This role may be eligible to discretionary bonus, incentives and benefits
More information about location
5 days a week in office (Fremont, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make Asian & Hispanic groceries exciting and affordable!
Role
Who you are
- JD degree; member of CA state bar in good standing
- 10+ years of employment law experience with at least 5+ years in an in-house position, preferably in the technology and/or retail industry
- Deep expertise in California employment law and federal employment regulations, including rules and regulations related to drivers
- Demonstrated experience handling classification issues, wage and hour compliance, workplace investigations, and employment litigation
- Experience managing class actions in the employment context
- Specific experience with employment issues in warehouse/distribution environments, with drivers and technology workplaces
- Strong business sense and judgment balancing legal compliance with business priorities
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to provide clear guidance on complex employment matters throughout the Company
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and professionalism
- Versatility and willingness to take on legal matters outside of employment law when needed
- Ability to collaborate effectively with the People team
- Strong analytical skills with experience in data analysis, trend identification, and developing metric-driven employee relations strategies
- Proven ability to independently manage complex casework and investigations while building scalable processes and tools
What the job involves
- The Associate General Counsel, Employment will be responsible for both strategic and tactical legal initiatives in employment law, setting employment legal strategy, and serving as a partner to the rest of the company, especially the People team and logistics teams. As a key member of the Legal team, this highly visible individual will provide effective advice and strategic support to the People team leaders and business leaders on employment strategies, policies, and compliance matters.
- The Associate General Counsel will be directly involved in employment litigation, policy development, training programs, and ensuring regulatory compliance across all employment-related activities. This role will also have significant responsibility for internal investigations, proactive workplace risk management strategies, and employee relations. While primarily focused on employment law, this role may also be called upon to handle other legal matters and provide support across various legal disciplines as needed by the organization
- Reports to: General Counsel
- Set the overall philosophy and strategy regarding employment-related legal matters and decisions, ensuring all practices, policies, and business activities align with Weee!'s values and culture
- Provide expert legal services and counsel on employment classification issues, wage and hour compliance, workplace harassment prevention, and other employment law matters
- Manage and supervise outside counsel on all types of employment litigation, including class actions, single plaintiff actions, agency inquiries and charges, audits, and pre-litigation disputes
- Advise the People team on a broad range of employment law issues, including People policies/practices; employee relations issues and investigations involving alleged misconduct, retaliation, discrimination, and harassment; performance management, hiring, employee and executive exits; severance; leaves and reasonable accommodations
- Manage employment-related litigation, select internal investigations, and other employment-related inquiries in partnership with the People team
- Assist the People team with audits, employment classification reviews, and other compliance efforts
- Manage employment-related administrative proceedings, including EEOC complaints, state and local EEO agency matters
- Prepare, draft, review, negotiate, and modify employment agreements, separation agreements, and other employment-related documents with legal significance
- Assist with the development and coordination of policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws while supporting Weee!'s multilingual, multicultural, multi-location workforce
- Identify employment law risks and develop mitigation strategies for logistics, warehouse operations, technology, and other teams
- Keep abreast of legal decisions and changes in employment laws and regulations to provide current advice and ensure policies comply with relevant laws
- Manage the selection and direction of outside employment counsel and monitor related legal expenditures
- Advise on employment aspects of corporate transactions, including due diligence and integration
- Provide strategic advice on high-level, critical and time-sensitive employment issues to senior executives and other members of the leadership team, including working reactively on crisis-oriented situations with travel as necessary
- Support and manage non-employment litigation matters as needed, including commercial disputes, consumer claims, and other general litigation
- Collaborate with other members of the legal team on cross-functional projects and provide legal guidance on matters outside of employment law when required
- Assist with general legal matters during periods of high workload
Our take
It's often hard to find foreign or imported food ingredients in the United States. Weee is an online delivery platform aiming to address this by offering groceries and products for Asian Americans and underserved communities across North America. CEO Larry Lui founded the company after having difficulty finding Chinese ingredients in local stores when he moved to the U.S.
Since its launch in 2015, Weee caters to approximately 300,000 households in the U.S and fulfils thousands of orders a day. Originally targeting Asian consumers, the company now brands itself as an “ethnic e-grocer” in a move to attract the United States' 60 million Hispanic consumers as well. This diversification is in response to growing competition in the Asian grocery space from the likes of e-grocers Chowbus and Umamicart and retail chains H Mart and 99 Ranch Market.
The ethnic grocery market is expected to reach more than $460 billion by 2030. Weee plan to grow into this market by launching its service in over 30 additional North American cities over the next three years, expanding into the Canadian market as well. Further, 2022 funding will be used to tap into new cultural cuisines and scale development in AI and warehouse automation.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2022
$425m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$315m
SERIES D
Total funding: $835.1m
Company benefits
- Company stock options
- Work from home opportunities
- Comprehensive health insurance package, including medical, dental, and vision
- 401k
- Annual bonus plan
- Vacation and holiday time off
- Monthly mobile stipend
- Monthly Weee! Points credit
- Valuable opportunity to grow into your dream role by contributing to a venture-backed startup in a high-growth stage
- Thoughtful, talented, and supportive coworkers and leadership team
Company HQ
Baylands, Fremont, CA
Leadership
Larry Liu
(CEO)Larry started his career as an Intel Product Development Engineer, before working as an Investment Intern and as a Teaching Assistant at the University of California. He spent 3 years at Brocade, another 3 at Amtel, and founded Happitail in 2012, prior to starting Weee! in January 2015.
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