Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/d) - Labor Law

Description and Requirements

As a Senior Legal Counsel, you provide advice, guidance, and representation related to employment laws and regulations. You partner with relevant stakeholders to ensure that the company is compliant with relevant employment law and regulations and company policy. You handle all labor relations and employment negotiations, grievance procedures, and disputes in-house, including cases in court, arbitration, and agency hearings.

Your tasks:

1. Provide legal advice about legal rights and obligations in the context of employment like hiring practices, wage disputes, discrimination claims, workplace safety regulations, and termination procedures.
2. Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and other legal documents such as employment contracts, non-disclosure agreements, severance agreements, and company policy documents.
3. Support the organization to be compliant with relevant employment laws and regulations by collaborating on the creation or review of policies and procedures, conducting audits, and providing relevant training to leaders and team members.
4. Support the resolution of moderate to high-risk disputes and grievance procedures between employers and employees through negotiation or litigation.
5. Represent the organization in court, arbitration, or hearings before regulatory bodies, presenting evidence, making legal arguments, and navigating procedural rules for low-risk matters in the location where you are licensed to practice.
6. Support media escalations related to labor relations, employment, and litigation.
7. Provide support, focusing on customers.

Your profile:

1. 7+ years of experience in legal roles related to employment laws and regulations.
2. Law degree from an accredited law school.
3. Bar license is required.
4. C1 oral and written English.
5. Expert knowledge in law including legal code, government regulations, precedents, and political processes.
6. Expert ability to analyze large amounts of information, identifying relevant facts, and propose viable solutions.
7. Expert ability to articulate complex legal concepts and strategies in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner, both orally and in writing.
8. Expert litigation skills.
9. Ability to act independently with little to no supervision/oversight.
10. Ability to solve complex problems using sophisticated thought, exercise judgment, and identify innovative solutions.
11. Expert senior stakeholder management and negotiation skills.

What we offer:

1. Diverse and impactful role within a thriving and dynamic company.
2. Varied and challenging responsibilities.
3. Freedom to innovate and implement ideas within a highly motivated team.
4. Private health insurance after the probation period and daily meal allowance from day one.
5. Working as part of a dynamic and multicultural team, with flat hierarchies and a first-name workplace culture.
6. Advanced job opportunities in our internationally growing company.
7. Great office with modern workspaces at the city center of Barcelona.
8. Positive international working environment; fun floor with PlayStation, table tennis, and many more.
9. Comfortable leisure areas and opportunities to join different activities like yoga or guided meditation.
10. Regular fruit deliveries for a healthy lifestyle and free drinks.
11. Several partnerships with fitness centers, restaurants, beauty care, and more.

Join our team and apply now!
If you are looking to develop your career, join our lovely team. Feel free to submit your CV (in English) including your salary expectations.

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About us: TELUS Digital is one of the world’s leading providers of customer experience (CX) and digital services. With over 70,000 team members across the world, we provide customer service at its best in more than 50 languages for our international and well-known partners.

Equal Opportunity Employer
TELUS Digital values diversity and grants equal opportunity regardless of age, civil status, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion and political beliefs, sex or sexual orientation. At TELUS Digital, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. All aspects of employment, including the decision to hire and promote, are based on applicants‘ qualifications, merits, competence, and performance without regard to any characteristic related to diversity.#J-18808-Ljbffr