Employment Solicitor

Slater and Gordon Lawyers (UK); Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Aviva Digicare+

BUPA private healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Health & wellbeing perks

Life assurance cover

Income protection

Benefits Hub discounts

Free legal support & discounted legal

Job summary

Slater + Gordon in Manchester is seeking a Lawyer to join our Employment team, with expertise in equality/discrimination and employment tribunals. You will advise on discrimination, redundancy and contracts, manage your own caseload, and lead complex negotiations.

We offer a broad benefits package and opportunities for professional development, together with a supportive, award-winning law firm environment. Applications from other locations are welcome.

Qualifications

• Experience in equality/discrimination within employment law.
• Experience of employment tribunals and managing client meetings.
• Proficiency in employment law and ability to lead complex negotiations.
• Knowledge of redundancy, restructuring, and TUPE requirements.

Responsibilities

• Advise on discrimination, redundancy and contracts; review and draft contracts.
• Negotiate settlements and support clients through their cases.
• Manage your own caseload and provide top-class legal advice as required.
• Lead client meetings and complex negotiations within employment law matters.

Skills

Equality / discrimination

Employment tribunals

Employment law

Client meetings

Negotiations

Redundancy & restructure

TUPE

Job description

We are recruiting for a talented Lawyer to join our hugely successful Employment team in Manchester. We are also open to applications from those in other locations, such as Cardiff and Liverpool.

We’re seeking those with experience in equality/discrimination and have experience of employment tribunals. We would like those who are extremely proficient within Employment law and have the ability to manage client meetings and lead complex negotiations. It's also vital to have experience within redundancy and restructure, employment terminations and TUPE agreements.

We would be looking for those with the ability to advise on various matters such as discrimination, redundancy and contracts (along with reviewing and drafting contracts). There will also be further duties, including (but not limited to) negotiating settlements, supporting our clients through their cases, managing your own caseload and providing top class legal advice where required.

What we offer in return:

We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:

• Option to buy or sell up to 5 extra days of leave
• Access to Aviva Digicare+ (health checks, Digital GP, mental health support, second medical opinions, and more)
• BUPA private healthcare after 1 year (single cover, tax applies)
• Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling and wellbeing webinars)
• Health & wellbeing perks including gym discounts, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions, and more
• Life assurance cover
• Income protection if you’re unable to work long-term due to illness or injury
• Access to a Benefits Hub with discounts on shopping, travel, food, and entertainment
• Free legal support and discounted legal services

Important to know

Some benefits are dependent on passing probation or length of service, and may change over time.

Your Professional Development

We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.

Our Values

Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.

How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:

• We do what we say we will
• We don't wait we create
• We own it, we sort it
• We respect and encourage each other
• We make time to live

The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.

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