Staff Counsel - Workers' Rights

The NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection protects and enhances the daily economic lives of New Yorkers, and its Office of Labor Policy & Standards enforces the city's worker protection laws. Those laws include the Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law, Fair Workweek scheduling protections for fast food and retail workers, and Delivery Worker Laws covering app-based restaurant delivery workers. The department seeks an attorney with an interest in issues affecting low-wage workers to enforce worker protections under all of these laws. The role involves litigating enforcement actions before the city's Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings to obtain monetary relief for workers. That work includes drafting pleadings and motions, interviewing and preparing witnesses, developing damages calculations, handling settlement conferences and trying cases. The post-holder will also edit and draft Consent Orders and negotiate settlement terms with employers to resolve enforcement matters. Legal research to support the office's enforcement and policy work is part of the role. Applicants must be admitted to the New York State Bar and have one year of satisfactory US legal experience after admission, or six months as an Agency Attorney Interne. The post may be eligible for remote work up to two days per week, and New York City residency is not required. Applications go by email with a resume and cover letter, quoting the Job ID and position name in the subject line.