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Senior Employment Counsel – International Lifecycle

General CounselGeneral CounselFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2012H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Canada

Posted

4 days ago

Salary

€98K - €127K / year

Seniority

Senior

Postgraduate Degree5 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Senior Employment Counsel – International Lifecycle

Justworks

• Lead the Legal workstream for sensitive, complex, or escalated EOR lifecycle matters that require Legal involvement. • Serve as the legal point of contact for complex termination and offboarding matters that require Legal involvement. • Partner with regional employment counsel to translate local legal requirements into practical guidance. • Build and maintain lifecycle standards, playbooks, escalation paths, controls, decision frameworks, and training. • Advise Product and Operations on lifecycle legal requirements, risk parameters, workflow logic, case-management controls, customer-facing guidance, knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures. • Monitor lifecycle-related legal and operational developments across key markets and help update internal guidance, training, and processes as needed.

Job Requirements

  • Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree and admitted to practice in at least one relevant jurisdiction.
  • Minimum of 5+ years of substantive employment law experience, preferably including in-house experience, international employment counseling, EOR, PEO, global mobility, HR technology, or other cross-border employment operations.
  • Deep experience advising on employee lifecycle matters, including complex terminations, performance management, leave, employee relations, employment documentation, recurring compliance, and dispute risk across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Strong understanding of how employment-law requirements should be translated into operational workflows, product requirements, customer guidance, and internal controls.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders in a practical and concise way.
  • Fluent in English; proficiency in another relevant language is a plus.

Benefits

  • wellness program offerings
  • company retreats

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