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Employment Counsel
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We are seeking an experienced Employment Counsel to join our team at Justworks. As an Employment Counsel, you will play a critical role in guiding and implementing our legal strategy for our EOR product in support of various functions in the organization.
Key Responsibilities- Analyze and define legal risks, support Senior Employment Counsel to determine employment requirements, and advise on how to compliantly hire and manage employees as an employer-of-record across different jurisdictions in the Americas.
- Support Senior Employment Counsel Partner in establishing and reviewing our contractual architecture, risk frameworks, as well as the policies, processes, and workflows required to ensure compliance in existing and new jurisdictions in the Americas; in partnership with the Product, Finance, Operations, and Expansion teams.
- Collaborate with Product to advise on new solutions in the Americas.
- Ensure adherence to the jurisdictional legal requirements in your region across Justworks products, policies, knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures.
- Structure, clarify, and escalate complex compliance challenges for the risk-based acceptance of cross-functional leadership groups.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts and assist with corporate matters and transactions in the jurisdictions in your region.
- Work closely with and manage outside counsel relating to various matters in your region.
- Support Sales teams with the resolution of complex employment or contractual requests from potential or existing customers for your region.
- Support Customer Success and Operations teams with the resolution of complex employment requests from existing customers or employees for your region.
- Prepare and enhance Justworks employment documents, policies, knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures in your region.
- Prepare and conduct training, as necessary.
- Educate stakeholders on legal matters, policies, and changes in relevant laws and regulations that impact our business.
- Work with other Justworks teams, including Product, Engineering, Customer Success, People, Payments & Tax, Risk & Insurance, Marketing, and Sales relating to various legal and compliance matters in your region.
- Help drive compliance program awareness and handle other related responsibilities. Some travel might be required.
- Other duties as needed based on department and/or organizational needs.
- Qualified to practice in Canada.
- Minimum of 2 to 3 years of substantive legal experience in employment matters with a corporate legal department and/or law firm. Proven experience in EOR across different jurisdictions in the Americas is a plus.
- Experience in counseling clients on Canadian employment matters across the employee lifecycle: recruitment, onboarding, recurring employment compliance and termination. Employment experience in other jurisdictions in the Americas is a plus.
- Must possess a superior knowledge and application of contract and business law with strong legal analysis skills.
- Sound judgment in managing risk and exposure.
- Committed to being a legal business partner to internal clients.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated time management, organizational and analytical skills
- Ability to multitask and meet deadlines.
- Collaborative team player with a positive attitude
- Fluent in English, another European language is a plus.
- Occasional travel is required.
