Legal Counsel - Employment

Position Overview

Remote is seeking a talented and eager Employment Lawyer to join our Legal Team as an Employment Law Counsel. This role is an exciting opportunity to make a personal difference in the global HR-tech space by supercharging our business through excellent legal advice and solid legal processes. You will be instrumental in supporting our Employee Lifecycle team, People team, and the wider Legal Team in managing global employment matters, including advisory, litigation, and arbitration.

About Remote

Remote is dedicated to solving the modern organization's biggest challenge: navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We empower businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With a strong emphasis on our core values and a future-focused work culture, our team tackles ambitious problems asynchronously from across the globe. Remoters hail from six continents, and all positions are fully remote. We encourage our team members to bring their unique talents, experiences, and cultures to help us build a best-in-class HR platform. If you are energetic, curious, motivated, and ambitious, join us and define the future of work!

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of employment legal work for your qualified jurisdiction(s), with a primary focus on the UK and Ireland, and the broader EMEA region.
• Support the Employment Legal Team on global jurisdictions as needed, including managing or contributing to internal projects and instructing local counsels.
• Help improve our processes, templates, and knowledge resources.
• Promote a "compliance-focus" approach in all our activities.
• Provide solutions rather than escalating problems.

Requirements

• Experience as a UK or Ireland employment lawyer post-qualification.
• Experience in advisory and litigation employment law work, covering the entire employee lifecycle (recruitment, HR policies, benefits, and terminations are key areas).
• Interest in working for a tech-scaleup, specifically in HR-tech.
• Keenness to understand a wide range of international employment law challenges, rather than solely focusing on your trained territory.
• Ability to learn and master Remote's communication application (Slack), contract management system (Juro), documentation sources (Notion, Google Drive, etc.), and task management system (KissFlow).
• Fluent written and spoken English; strong knowledge of another language is an advantage.
• Ideally, both law firm and in-house experience (not a strict requirement).
• Ideally, international employment experience (not a strict requirement); willingness to learn and handle international employment issues is required.
• Experience working remotely is considered a plus.

Practicals

• Reporting to: Managing Counsel, Employment
• Direct Reports: N/A
• Team: Legal - Employment
• Location: Applications are welcome from all regions, but priority will be given to applications from the EMEA region time zone.
• Start Date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and equitable pay, along with competitive benefits in all locations where we operate. We do not endorse or encourage cheap-labor practices; therefore, we ensure pay above in-location rates. We aim to inspire others through our compensation practices.