About Your New Employer

My client is one of Ireland’s leading law firms and are trusted legal advisors to a broad client base including public sector bodies, multi-national companies and owner-managed businesses operating in Ireland and beyond. The firm has an excellent reputation as an employer with a strong sense of teamwork and fair play.

About Your New Job

They have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Associate with experience in employment law to join their 5-person growing team.  Applications are invited from Solicitors at Associate level with 6+ years’ experience advising on both contentious and non-contentious employment law. Experience in M&A would also be an advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drafting a full range of employment contracts and handbooks together with third party contracts for services, outsourcing arrangements, employment agency contracts and bespoke policies.
• Advices in relation to compensation and benefits-contractual terms, bonus and incentive schemes, “good” and “bad” leaver provisions.
• Advices in relation to confidentiality and know-how protection.
• Advices in relation to day-to-day HR procedures including redundancies, disciplinary matters and terminations, long term absences, negotiation of settlement agreements, bullying and harassment complaints and grievance complaints.
• Managing contentious matters such as injunctions and WRC hearings and mediations.
• Assisting our corporate colleagues with employment related due diligence, negotiation of warranties and indemnities, completion deliverables and TUPE.
• Drafting articles and updates and assisting with webinars and client training on various policies, procedures and legislation.
• Corporate immigration advices to include work permit and trusted partner applications.
• Occasional Continuing Professional Development presentations to the wider firm on topics of employment law expertise.

What Skills You Need

• A minimum of 6+ years’ experience in employment law.
• Ability to work in a culturally diverse and global business, maintaining close working relationships with stakeholders, clients, and business partners.
• Strong technical and drafting skills.
• The ability to demonstrate clear communication skills with colleagues and clients.
• Ability to work on your own and as part of a team.
• Leadership skills in working with junior members of the team.

What’s on Offer

• Competitive Salary
• Performance Bonus
• Pension
• Generous Annual Leave allowance
• Hybrid working – city centre location
• VHI Medical Insurance

What’s Next

• Apply now by clicking the “Apply Now" button or call me,  on +353 1 4744645
• Or if the job isn’t quite right but you are looking for something similar, please get in touch – egavin@sigmar.ie

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