Employment & Labour Lawyer

SpringLaw; Toronto; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing employment law firm in Ontario seeks an innovative lawyer to handle a variety of employment and labour law matters. The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years of experience and a collaborative spirit, thriving in a tech-savvy, remote environment. Benefits include competitive salary, health & dental plans, and development opportunities. Applicants are encouraged to submit their resumes and a brief video introduction to share their enthusiasm for the role.

Benefits

Full range of health & dental benefits

DB pension plan

Education allowance

Generous paid sick days

Vacation time

Qualifications

• At least 2-3 years of private practice experience in employment and labour law.
• Comfortable with both litigation proceedings and a solicitor's approach.
• Proficient in collaborative systems and tech tools.

Responsibilities

• Handle solicitor and litigation workplace law issues for diverse clients.
• Collaborate with team members on legal solutions.
• Play a key role in client interactions and case management.

Skills

Collaboration

Creativity

Attention to detail

Growth mindset

Tech-savvy

Client-facing practice management

Problem-solving

Education

Qualified to practice law in Canada

Tools

Clio

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Asana

Job description

Looking for an innovative, collaborative and creative employment & labour law firm to put down your lawyer roots this fall?

Come join SpringLaw! We are a growing, busy group of smart, tech-forward employment & labour lawyers looking to add to our team. We serve both employers and employees in a wide range of industries, from tech to landscaping to finance. If you are a lawyer looking for a high-impact position with strong support, training and mentoring to grow your career, SpringLaw might be for you!

What Sets Us Apart

• SpringLaw is a virtual employment law boutique whose purpose and passion is to disrupt old-school law for an amazing client journey.
• We have been remote workers since day 1. The firm was founded 8 years ago on a paperless and virtual model with a tech and cloud-based infrastructure to thrive in our new online environment.
• We have lots of collaborative systems to keep us all connected, including daily watercooler chats on our internal channels, recurring and deliberate 1:1 mentoring and office hour meetings, weekly team file strategy review, quarterly meet-ups, and an annual all-team strategy retreat out of town.
• We are an equity-seeking employer, and we operate with an anti-oppression mindset. We maintain awareness of and remain sensitive to structural oppression/privilege at work and in the communities we serve.
• Location: Ontario. Your work will be remote with the exception of occasional in-person client legal proceedings, and 4 scheduled all-team meet-ups a year.
• Competitive Market Salary based on experience, plus performance and referral bonuses.
• Benefits: full range of health & dental; DB pension plan (yes DB!), education allowance and learning & development experiences; generous paid sick days & vacation.

What You’ll Do

We serve both employer and employee clients in a wide range of solicitor and litigation workplace law issues, including contract reviews, disability management, discrimination and harassment claims, workplace investigations, M&A employment matters and termination claims and litigation. This is a high-impact client-facing role, and your input to the firm, to our mission and to our clients will be felt directly.

What You’ll Bring

We are looking for someone collaborative, creative, forward-thinking, tech-enthusiastic and who enjoys working in an entrepreneurial environment. Our ideal Lawyer:

• At least 2-3 years of private practice experience with employment and labour law work, with client-facing practice management experience, and the ability to ground every legal solution in real life.
• For this role, we particularly need someone comfortable with both litigation proceedings and a solicitor soul who loves to nerd out on innovative and enforceable contracts and legal precedents.
• Collaborate effortlessly with other lawyers on our team. Though we often work independently, we use a shared system and always avoid silos – everyone must roll up their sleeves and simply ask, “How can I help the client and our team?”.
• Shared values for how you want to help clients: see our Client Values Manifesto.
• A relentless growth mindset always seeking to improve workflows, legal knowledge, lawyer skills and client services.;
• A tech-savvy, forward-thinking and bold outlook on the future of law and how to solve people’s legal problems today and in 20 years;
• Grit, work work-hard ethic and an instinctive focus on getting the client’s problem solved.
• Proficiency in Clio, Google, Microsoft and Asana, with a deep growth mindset in learning new software as the firm continues to grow and evolve.
• A desire to join a team long-term, where you belong, grow and become core to the firm’s fabric;
• A connection with your community, friends and family while working hard for clients – it doesn’t need to be one over the other. You’ll be a better lawyer for it.
• And finally … we are a group of innovative individuals with can-do attitudes. We are kind to each other, and we all help out wherever we can. We have fun and we’re respectful, no matter how busy we get. We avoid egos and brilliant jerks. Our collaborative culture is in our firm’s DNA. We’re looking for someone aligned with our firm’s core values who will be a positive and creative addition to our team!

How to Apply

If you are qualified to practice law in Canada and meet 80% or more of the ideal requirements, send an email to [e-mail], addressed to Jessica Raposo and attach your resume and the names of two references.

What about a cover letter? We’d prefer a 60-second video introducing yourself and letting us know something that stood out to you in this post that made you say “This is for me,” as well as something role or firm-related you’re interested in learning more about. If making a video is not possible for you at the moment, don’t let it stop you from applying. Including the information in a short paragraph in your cover email is fine with us.

SpringLaw is an equity-seeking organization. People who identify as being from marginalized communities, including Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people identifying as 2SLGBTQ+, and people from low-income backgrounds, are especially encouraged to apply. Disability-related accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in our hiring process. Please contact Jessica Raposo at [e-mail] with your needs or any questions you have about this.

What to Expect

• Selected candidates will be invited to a first-round interview. Following that, selected candidates will be invited to a second and possibly third interview.
• Candidates taking part in the full interview process will meet a mix of operations and legal services team members.
• To help with the efficiency of the process, there will likely be two interviewers in each session.
• All interviews will be online via Google Meet.

Trusted virtual counsel wherever your workplace. Representing employers and executives, SpringLaw embraces technology for automating what it can in the backend of the office, so that we can focus on the complicated and often messy human relationships and legal issues of the workplace.

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