Employment Counsel Manager

eBay Inc.; Leinster; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

eBay Inc. in Ireland seeks an Employment Counsel, EMEA to advise HR and leadership on complex employment issues across Germany, Italy, the NL, France, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. You will handle restructurings, investigations, and cross-border mobility with internal partners and external counsel.

You will draft agreements, counsel on employee relations, and monitor evolving EU and local laws, ensuring compliance across jurisdictions in a fast-paced tech environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with practice across multiple European jurisdictions.
• Experience advising employers in Europe on complex employment issues.
• Familiarity with works councils and cross-border compliance.

Responsibilities

• Advise HR and leadership on employment issues across six jurisdictions (Germany, Italy, NL, France, Luxembourg, CH).
• Support restructurings, redundancies, transfers, executive matters, and investigations.
• Draft and negotiate employment, separation, and executive compensation agreements.
• Provide cross-border guidance on mobility, remote work, and worker classification.
• Collaborate with Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and Global People teams; monitor developments.

Skills

European employment law

Works councils

Cross-border advisory

Executive employment

Contract negotiation

English proficiency

Legal mentorship

Education

Law degree and bar admission in an EMEA jurisdiction

7+ years post-qualification experience

Job description

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

Employment Counsel, EMEA (covering Germany, Italy, Netherlands, France, Luxembourg & Switzerland)

About the team and the role

Join our Global Employment Law team as Employment Counsel, EMEA, offering practical and strategic employment law mentorship across Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.

You will work closely with Human Resources, Employee Relations, business leaders, Legal colleagues, and external counsel to address complex employment issues. This role supports business priorities and helps manage legal risk. Advising on works councils and other employee representative groups is a key responsibility. You will also assist with organizational change in highly regulated European regions.

What you will accomplish

• Advise HR and business leaders on employment issues across the six assigned jurisdictions, including performance management, investigations, accommodations, leave, terminations, redundancies, executive employment matters, restrictive covenants, and litigation risk.
• Manage employment law advisory services for organizational change, covering restructurings, reorganizations, reductions in force, outsourcing, business transfers, and post-acquisition integration.
• Offer advice regarding works councils, employee representative organizations, and trade unions, addressing consultation, information, and co-determination needs.
• Develop practical approaches to complex employee relations matters and draft and negotiate employment, separation, settlement, and executive compensation agreements and employment-related policies.
• Provide mentorship on cross-border employment matters, including international mobility, remote work, contingent workers, worker classification, employee privacy, workplace monitoring, and AI-enabled employment tools.
• Support employment litigation, administrative proceedings, labor inspections, and government investigations, working with internal partners and managing external counsel efficiently.
• Collaborate across Legal, Privacy, Compliance, Ethics, and Global People teams on business initiatives and organizational transformation, while monitoring legal developments and delivering relevant employment law training.

What you will bring

• Qualification as a lawyer in at least one EMEA jurisdiction, with approximately 7+ years of post-qualification employment law experience advising employers in Europe.
• Solid understanding of employment law in multiple jurisdictions such as Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.
• Experience offering advice on German and European works councils, employee representative bodies, and trade unions, covering consultation and co-determination requirements.
• Experience in assisting with organizational restructurings, collective redundancies, transfers of undertakings, executive employment matters, internal investigations, accommodations and disability matters, employee privacy, and cross-border employment issues.
• Sound legal judgment, with the ability to provide practical mentorship, manage multiple complex matters, negotiate effectively, and communicate with teams across functions and jurisdictions.
• Proficiency in English. Professional proficiency in German, French, Italian, or Dutch is preferred.
• Experience working internationally; time spent at a worldwide technology or e-commerce company, aiding multinational workforce reductions and reorganizations, or engaging with workplace tech, employee monitoring systems, AI-based hiring tools, or the EU Pay Transparency Act is advantageous.

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Additional Details

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