Employment Lawyer

About the Opportunity

This role is ideal for candidates with a strong employment and labour law background who are keen to gain hands-on experience working directly with business and HR stakeholders on a broad range of workplace-related matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise on employment and labour law matters across the employee lifecycle.
• Partner closely with HR, Employee Relations and business teams on workplace and employee-related issues.
• Conduct and support employment investigations, including misconduct, ethics, policy violation, whistleblower and workplace complaints.
• Advise on employee relations matters, including performance management, grievance handling and sensitive workplace issues.
• Provide legal support on disciplinary actions, employee exits and separation-related matters.
• Advise on POSH matters, including investigations, policy interpretation and compliance requirements.
• Support legal aspects of restructuring initiatives, workforce changes, organisational realignments and role eliminations.
• Review and draft employment contracts, policies, handbooks, employee communications and workplace procedures.
• Provide practical, risk-based HR advisory support to business stakeholders.
• Assist with labour law compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholders to identify and mitigate employment-related legal risks.

Candidate Profile

2-4 years PQE with significant exposure to employment and labour law matters.

Experience advising on:

• Employment investigations
• Employee relations matters
• Disciplinary proceedings
• POSH compliance and investigations
• Restructuring and workforce changes
• Separation and termination matters
• General HR advisory work

Strong drafting, analytical and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to provide pragmatic and commercially focused legal advice.

Prior in-house, secondment or client-facing advisory experience would be an advantage.

Preferred Background

This opportunity would be particularly suitable for associates from Labour & Employment practices who are looking to gain exposure to an in-house legal environment and work closely with HR and business teams on day-to-day employment law matters.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on gender, race, age, sexual orientation, and religious identities or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. We seek individuals who uphold the highest standards of integrity, demonstrate professionalism in every interaction, treat others with respect, and consistently align personal ambition with the collective goals of the firm.

The incumbent is required to comply with the Firm's Information Security policies and procedures, including safeguarding confidential information, adhering to secure data handling practices, and promptly reporting information security incidents.