Employment Counsel - IT

Employment Counsel

We are Antal International, a Senior Recruitment Firm; currently hiring for Employment Counsel; Mumbai for Large sized Global IT MNC.

Essential Attributes:

- Legal experience in corporate environment with focus on employment Laws or labor practice.

- Understanding of Immigration Regulations of Countries like USA, UK, Europe etc.

- Law degree in any outside counsel (UK, US, APAC or Europe).

- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills required.

Job Description:

- Responsible for providing overall legal support for Corporate Human Resources Department and coordinating support for global labor matters of the organization and its subsidiaries world-wide.

- Supporting and advising Corporate HR on all legal matters relating to employment, termination and compensation and benefits policies.

- Support HR compliance programs, including monitoring changes in employment laws and providing employment law alerts on major court decisions.

- Legal advise and support in development, implementation and enforcement of HR policies, Handbook of Employment and HR manual of instructions and interpretation.

- Review and negotiation of employment contracts, settlement agreements and Release documents.

- Managing disputes and litigation related to HR functions, including engagement of outside counsel and managing outside counsel relationship.

- Handling Litigation raised by employee concerns with respect to any terms and conditions of employment.

- Representing the organization before Govt. Authorities on various compliance / legal notices related issues.

- Drafting employment agreements that minimize risks and maximize legal rights of the company

- Advising Management for organization's HR Policy framing on all legal related aspect and its impact on the Company.

Education:

- Bachelor's degree in Law / LLM with Labor Law specialization.

- Additional (desirable) qualifications: Law degree in any outside counsel (UK, US, APAC or Europe)