Head - Employment Laws (Global)
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading team of lawyers on employment law compliance and disputes across the globe with specific responsibilities as described below;
- Providing real-time labour and employment law advice regarding personnel hiring, retention and separation issues to Human Resources (HR), Talent Acquisition teams and to strategic business unit and business vertical management;
- Working closely with the HR and Risk teams to advise on and conduct internal investigations across a mixed caseload of employment law matters. You will advise on cases which include unfair dismissal, transfer of employment by law, redundancies, whistle blowing, discrimination and settlement agreements.
- Leading audits, handling employee-related disputes, reviewing pre-litigation claims, shepherding and tracking all employment litigation, arbitration & mediation, including(where licensed) representation in civil courts and state agencies;
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating various employment-related agreements and related legal documents;
- Proactively monitoring and advising on new developments in employment laws and assessing and advising their impact on the organization, working collaboratively with different internal teams to ensure statutory compliance;
- Developing and improving employment law-related compliance processes, policies and guidelines to minimize legal exposure;
- Responding to any statutory audit queries and reviews by regulatory authorities;
- Advising on equal pay claims and overtime law compliance (conducting reviews/ audits,handling claims and administrative appeals)
- Advising on transfer of employment (as a consequence of transfer of undertaking) including review of customer contract clauses, negotiating the same, advising on process of transfer and integration of transferees with minimum risks.
- Responding to customer enquiries and audits related to labour law compliance;
- Identifying areas for employment law-related training and providing such training to HR,employees and management;
- Managing outside labour and employment counsel for cost control and effectiveness;
- Identifying areas of change required in employment law and engaging with appropriate external stakeholders in advocating these changes;
- Performing other related duties as required.
This position will be based in Bangalore and will directly report to the Senior Vice President & General Counsel. And will work closely with other members of the global legal team in EU, US and in India.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Graduate from a top-tier law school and excellent academic credentials
- Appropriate level of Relevant post qualified legal experience as a labour and employment lawyer at a top-tier law firm with a large labour and employment practice and/or as an in house attorney with a significant focus on labour and employment law, preferably with litigation experience
- Hands-on experience managing employment litigation, negotiations, mediation and arbitration
- Demonstrable technical excellence across a broad spectrum of employment law case
- Ability to function as a self-motivated, diligent, effective strategic labour and employment thought leader providing a practical, business-oriented approach to problem solving in afast-paced, results oriented environment with limited supervision
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to interact with different levels and cultures throughout our multinational organization
- Ability to demonstrate strong negotiation and advocacy skills and hands on experience in negotiations on commercial / Legal clauses in contracts relevant to employment law
- Willingness to travel, as may be required, sometimes frequently
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