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EMPLOYMENT LAWYER

Employer
Origin Legal
Location
Chelmsford, Essex
Salary
£excellent + benefits
Closing date
17 Jul 2019
Reference
ARP/LSG056

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Practice area
Employment
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years, 7 years+
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

An employment lawyer is required by a law firm only 20 minutes from London Liverpool Street in Chelmsford, Essex. Our client are a modern and extremely progressive player with a strong history of success, driven to deliver the highest possible standards to clients.

They wish to recruit a Lawyer with at least 12 months PQE to become the third member of the team and give advice to in the following areas

  • Employment documentation including disciplinary and grievance, health and safety, social media, internet and email, equal opportunities, contracts of employment, executive service agreements, consultancy agreements, staff handbooks, maternity and paternity policies.
  • General/strategic advice eg redundancy, TUPE transfers, collective consultation, capability/ill health, misconduct/discipline, working time, references, restrictive covenants and settlement agreements.
  • Employment tribunal/court proceedings including defending unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal claims, defending all types of discrimination claims
  • High Court Actions for injunctive relief and damages.

You will also require a willingness to be involved in the networking and marketing activities of the department, including presentations, briefings, and attending external functions.

Company

Origin Legal is a specialist legal recruitment company launched in January 2005 by a management team that first came together in 1996. Origin Legal is recognised as one of the UK's leading providers of legal jobs at all levels for lawyers, legal executives, solicitors and paralegals. The company’s primary goal is to deliver the highest quality of service and through successful legal recruiting develop and maintain long term client relationships with firms throughout the UK and internationally.

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