Employment Solicitor NQ

7 days ago

Reading, United Kingdom Boyes Turner Full time

Role Description



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We are seeking an ambitious and bright solicitor (NQ - 1 year PQE) to join our highly-regarded Employment team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a Tier 1 Legal 500 ranked department, advising an array of clients on a variety of complex employment matters.


You’ll be working closely with our experienced partners, contributing to a busy team that handles everything from employment tribunal claims to restructuring projects with an international scope.

In this role, you will have the chance to hone your expertise across a wide range of employment issues, including TUPE transfers, advocacy, and HR support for employers. With opportunities for growth and development, you will be encouraged to take on real responsibility, supporting client seminars and business development efforts while offering commercially aware solutions to our clients.


If you are ready to take the next step in your legal career and contribute to a leading Employment team, we encourage you to apply.


Experience/ Attributes required


  • Have a broad understanding of the legal principles involved and experience of assisting with a desire to become an expert in this challenging field.
  • You must possess excellent drafting skills, legal analysis, verbal & written communication skills and employment law knowledge.
  • An ability and willingness to complete marketing and business development activities is essential.
  • You must also be able to apply the law with a degree of commerciality and be prepared to give your viewpoint to clients.
  • Experience in supporting with seminars and workshop programmes for employers will be an advantage.


Work type:


  • HR Support for employer clients on a day-to-day basis.
  • Guiding clients through disciplinary and other internal proceedings.
  • TUPE issues in transactional work (including due diligence) and on outsourcing.
  • Employment termination, including compromise and other settlement agreements, as well as taxation implications and avoidance.
  • Advocacy before the employment tribunals and courts.
  • Litigation unfair and wrongful dismissal claims & sex, race and disability discrimination claims.
  • Training seminars and workshop programmes for employer clients.
  • There will be an opportunity to gain experience of immigration and data protection issues.


Example of recent assignments


In the past 12 months the group has:


  • Advised on the closure of a manufacturing site for a global medical devices company.
  • Successfully acted for luxury hotel group on a significant unconscious bias claim by an individual who was made redundant during the pandemic.
  • Advised on numerous restructuring and TUPE scenarios often involving an international element.
  • Sourced international employment advice on a wide range of issues affecting its clients.
  • The Group is extremely busy currently handling over 35 Employment Tribunal Claims.
  • The Group has seen an increase in the use of SARs against its clients and has assisted its clients to deal with them.
  • Although not a mainstay of its practice the Group regularly assist the corporate group on due diligence exercises.
  • The group acts for several international and national household names. ​


Benefits


  • 25 days holiday
  • Pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution and the employee pays 4%
  • Life Assurance - 5 x final salary
  • Private medical insurance
  • Flexible Hybrid working
  • An additional days holiday for your birthday
  • A weekly wellbeing hour
  • 8 hour per annum charity work
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Bring your dog to work
  • Social committee events
  • Season ticket travel loan
  • Eligible to purchase an additional five days holiday


Team structure


  • 3 x Partners
  • 1 x Head of Immigration
  • 1 x Director (Head of Employment Training)
  • 2 x Senior Associate Solicitors
  • 1 x Associate Solicitor
  • 3 x Solicitors
  • 1 x Chartered legal executive
  • 2 x Paralegals
  • 4 x Secretaries

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