Legal Associates - Employment Practice at Rajah & Tann

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The role

This role is for a Legal Associate with 2-4 years of PQE in Rajah & Tann's Singapore-based Employment practice. The associate will work on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters for multinational clients, with a focus on high-value, complex, and cross-border issues.

What you'll do

Advise on hiring and onboarding, including appointments, employer and employee rights and duties, and fair, merit-based recruitment practices
Advise on the work pass regime and Fair Consideration Framework in hiring, mobility and corporate transactions
Draft documents across the employment lifecycle, including offer letters, employment contracts, executive service agreements, variation letters, employee handbooks and HR policies
Design and draft compensation and benefit plans, ESOPs and LTIPs, and advise on benefits issues in reorganisations
Advise on and document local and cross-border secondments and relocations
Advise on Singapore employment legislation, CPF, work injury compensation, and tripartite guidelines and advisories
Conduct employment due diligence and advise on employee transfers and post-integration HR alignment in mergers, acquisitions and business combinations
Advise on cross-border restructuring and retrenchment exercises, including pre-retrenchment obligations and engagement with government authorities and unions
Advise on terminations and wrongful dismissal risk, prepare separation agreements and exit documents, and support exit negotiations
Advise on and represent clients in employment-related litigation at all levels of the Singapore courts
Advise on and conduct workplace investigations for clients in respect of complaints ranging from harassment, work-related grievances, bullying, discrimination, etc
Advise on and support clients in investigations by regulatory authorities
Advise and represent clients in engaging with the unions over issues including recognition of unions, employee rights under collective agreements or memorandums of understandings
Advise and represent clients in the enforcement of post-employment obligations including non-competition and non-solicitation obligations, confidentiality obligations

What we're looking for

Qualified to practise law in Singapore

2 to 4 years' post-qualification experience

Good working knowledge of Singapore employment law and practice

Strong and meticulous drafting skills

Commercially astute, with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving

Ability to give clear, practical and commercial advice to HR, in-house legal and senior management teams

Good organisational skills, and the ability to handle several matters at once and work well in a team

Interest in regional and cross-border work, and in employment issues arising in corporate transactions

Works well in a fast-moving team and comfortable operating in a high-performance environment

Proactive and takes ownership of issues

Prior experience in employment law is preferred· nice to have

Benefits

Exposure to high-value, complex and multi-jurisdictional employment matters for leading multinational clients

Close mentoring by partners in a top-ranked practice

Opportunities to work with regional colleagues across the Rajah & Tann Asia network

A clear path for professional development and career progression

Hiring contacts

HR (Recruitment)

recruitment@rajahtann.com

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Legal Associates - Employment Practice