Bill Adams
Assistant General Counsel, Labor, Employment & Benefits at PPG
- Role
- Assistant General Counsel, Labor, Employment & Benefits at PPG
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bill Adams
Labor and employment attorney with over 30 years of experience, including litigation and general advice practice as outside counsel and a strategic business partner role as inside counsel. Currently serving as the lead global labor and employment counsel to a Fortune 200 company.
Experience
Assistant General Counsel, Labor, Employment & Benefits
Aug 2022 — Present
Counsel and advise regional and global human resources and senior function and business unit leaders regarding compliance with full range of labor and employment-related legal issues for the Company’s operations worldwide; partner with internal human resources and business clients regarding strategic initiatives (including acquisitions and divestitures) that implicate labor and employment laws; work closely with the corporate compliance office regarding ethics and compliance issues, investigations and training; manage U.S. immigration activity; advise regional human resources and business leaders in connection with internal investigations and related personnel issues globally; engage, direct and manage outside counsel representing the Company in labor, employment and benefits litigation, including class and collective actions; directly represent the Company’s interests in pre-litigation employment disputes, in proceedings through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and similar state agencies, in labor arbitrations involving contract interpretation and just cause terminations/discipline, and in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.
Education
Allegheny College
B.A., Political Science
1985 — 1989
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
JD
1989 — 1992
Skills
- Legal Issues
- Labor Relations
- Collective Bargaining
- Chemical Industry
- Environmental Awareness
- Employment Law
- Workforce Planning
- Legal Compliance
- Dispute Resolution
- Corporate Law
- Union Avoidance
- Policy
- Leadership
- Fmla
- Arbitration
- Litigation
- Employee Handbooks
- Management
- Litigation Management
- Human Resources
- Executive Pay
- Deferred Compensation
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Strategy
- Succession Planning
- Employee Benefits
- Employee Relations
- Employment Contracts
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