Hybrid Employment Lawyer - Compliance & Workforce Advisory

EY

Melbourne

Hybrid

AUD 100,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Wellness incentive

8 weeks flex leave per year

Gender-neutral parental leave

Job summary

EY is seeking an Employment Lawyer with 2-5 years post admission experience to join the Oceania team. The role supports wage compliance, workforce transformation, enterprise bargaining and due diligence across Australia and internationally.

Hybrid work is available in Naarm – Melbourne or Warrang – Sydney, with potential flexible hours. You will collaborate with clients and cross-disciplinary teams, leveraging legal tech and data-enabled solutions to deliver market-leading outcomes.

Qualifications

2-5 years PQE in employment law.
A can-do attitude.
Experience interpreting modern awards, enterprise agreements and workplace legislation.
Strong analytical skills and an interest in technically complex compliance work.
Interest in legal technology, data-enabled solutions and innovative approaches to legal service delivery.

Responsibilities

Reviewing and interpreting modern awards, enterprise agreements and workplace legislation as part of wage and entitlement compliance projects.
Assisting with employment law and industrial relations advice across a range of workplace issues, including compliance projects, workforce flexibility, workplace change and employment obligations.
Supporting enterprise bargaining projects, including reviewing enterprise agreements from a compliance perspective, enterprise agreement strategy, drafting EAs and BOOT analysis.
Assisting on employment law aspects of business restructures, transactions, workforce transformation projects and employment-related due diligence activities particularly from a compliance perspective.