Head - Employment Laws - Global

Company : One of the top & largest IT company.

Role : Head - Employment Law (Global).

Reporting to: General Counsel

Location : Bangalore.

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 case load 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, arbitrations & mediations, including (where licensed) representation in civil courts and state agencies.

- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating various employment-related agreements and related legal documents

- Pro actively 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, mediations and arbitrations

- 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 a fast-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