Experience

Liane Wong Consulting LLC

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Employment Law and Employee Relations Consultant

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  Practical, knowledgeable employment law attorney with deep in-house experience in a variety of industries with multi-state and global employees. EMPLOYMENT LAW COMPLIANCEI work with clients to create and implement workplace policies and processes to ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations.LEADER AND EMPLOYEE TRAININGI create and provide employee and leader training on a variety of employee relations topics specifically suited to your workplace.WORKPLACE INVESTIGATIONSWhen sensitive employee relations matters arise, I conduct thorough and confidential workplace investigations.WORKPLACE FACILITATION AND MEDIATIONI help resolve workplace issues through facilitation and mediation with groups and individual employees.



Tennant Company

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Legal Counsel, Employment Law

  • Mar 2016 - Nov 2019

  In-house employment counsel for multinational manufacturing company• Created numerous policies and processes to improve global Human Resources compliance • Successfully managed federal government audit of Affirmative Action Plans In-house employment counsel for multinational manufacturing company• Created numerous policies and processes to improve global Human Resources compliance • Successfully managed federal government audit of Affirmative Action Plans



Liane Wong Consulting LLC

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Employment Law and Employee Relations Consultant

  • Apr 2011 - Mar 2016



Shanghai University

• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Career sabbatical teaching at a post-secondary institution• Contributed to student global competence by developing and coordinating SILC Talks, a series of presentations• Awarded the SILC “New Star” Award for an outstanding first-year teacher Career sabbatical teaching at a post-secondary institution• Contributed to student global competence by developing and coordinating SILC Talks, a series of presentations• Awarded the SILC “New Star” Award for an outstanding first-year teacher



SUPERVALU

• United States
• Wholesale
• 700 & Above Employee

• Employment Law Counsel

  • Apr 2007 - Apr 2011

  In-house employment counsel for retail, corporate, and supply chain clients, covering over 70,000 union and non-union U.S. associates and over 600 associates in India• Successfully negotiated settlement of class action litigation brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Chicago-based subsidiary• Reduced legal costs by negotiating favorable representation agreements and decreasing the number of outstanding court cases• Founding member of enterprise-wide Diversity Council, which provided strategic direction to corporate diversity initiatives



Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President & Group Counsel, Employment Law

  • Jan 2000 - Apr 2007

  Sole in-house employment counsel for company (post spin-off) with over 8,000 employees and 7,000 independent contractors located in all 50 states, Europe, and India• Responsible for substantial cost savings by reducing the number of outstanding legal cases and contested charges• Designed and implemented cutting-edge policies and programs to mitigate risk and reduce costs, such as a nationwide mandatory arbitration policy and corporate immigration program• Created and implemented comprehensive employment law and employee relations training programs for Human Resources professionals and leaders• Negotiated contract language and managed employment law issues in major business initiatives and projects, including spin-off, divestitures, and acquisitions• Served as Senior Advisor to East West Exchange, an Ameriprise Financial employee network



U.S. Bank

• United States
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Labor And Employment Attorney

  • Nov 1998 - Jan 2000

  Provided legal advice and representation to corporate client groups covering over 18,000 employees nationally Provided legal advice and representation to corporate client groups covering over 18,000 employees nationally



UnitedHealth Group

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Employee Relations and Employment Counsel

  • Feb 1996 - Oct 1998

  Provided employee relations and legal advice and representation to corporate client groups covering over 12,000 employees nationally• Conducted employee opinion measures, such as sensing sessions and focus groups, to proactively determine employee issues and prepared and implemented recommendations• Negotiated contract language and managed employment law issues in corporate merger, acquisition, and divestiture transactions Provided employee relations and legal advice and representation to corporate client groups covering over 12,000 employees nationally• Conducted employee opinion measures, such as sensing sessions and focus groups, to proactively determine employee issues and prepared and implemented recommendations• Negotiated contract language and managed employment law issues in corporate merger, acquisition, and divestiture transactions