Employment Law Partner
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 04 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 03 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Birmingham office 2 days per week, with Nationwide travel required, B45 9PZ |
| Cwmni: | Compass Group |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 194938 |
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Benefits Package:
- Private medical insurance
- Car or car allowance
- Aviva DigiCare+ (health check, Digital GP, mental health & nutritional consultations), exclusive Perks at Work, free meals onsite, Employee Assistance Programme
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Ongoing training and development
Key Accountabilities
-To manage all Employment Tribunal and Early Conciliation activity within your designated sectors including but not limited to:
• Reviewing claims and assisting with ET3 response drafting
• Devising case management and defence strategy per tribunal claim, including early identification of risk areas or jurisdictional defences
• Advising/influencing stakeholders on the prospects and risks of each claim, the proposed case management and defence strategy, and the value of the claim
• Meeting regularly with key stakeholders for your sector – MD’s, Operation Directors, Head of People and People Operations Director to build solid relationships
• Preparing all documents for hearing including tribunal bundles, witness statements, counter schedules of loss, skeleton arguments and any other documents as required
• Preparing and submitting case management applications in accordance with the case management/defence strategy
• Preparing for and representing Compass Group at all types of hearing including case management preliminary hearings, substantive preliminary hearings, judicial mediation and full merits hearings including remedy if necessary
• Providing feedback to stakeholders at the conclusion of all claims and Tribunal hearings
• Liaising professionally and effectively with key internal stakeholders including line managers of all levels of seniority, witnesses, Employee Relations team, HR team (leadership team and field-based as necessary), payroll and resourcing amongst others, with a view to building positive and collaborative working relationships
• Liaising professionally and effectively with external parties such as ACAS, unions, solicitors and barristers as part of the Tribunal case management process
• To advise line managers and HR on settlement agreement process and settlement agreement terms
• Negotiating directly with employees’ solicitors where appropriate with a view to ensuring exit as expediently and cost-effectively as possible
• Reviewing and re-drafting settlement agreements in line with Company guidelines
• Providing advice and guidance to ER (Infosys), People team and line managers on complex internal cases on an as-required basis within designated sectors
• Providing advice and guidance to the TUPE team, People team and line management on complex TUPE queries or complex large-scale TUPE transfers within designated sectors
• Undertaking mediation
• Providing advice and guidance to designated sectors on ad hoc projects
• Reviewing and approving IT access requests for designated sectors
Person Specification
• Expert knowledge of Employment Law including case law
• Min. 3 years’ experience of Employment Tribunal case management including advocacy at Employment Tribunal hearing whether in person or remotely.
• Expert knowledge of HR Policy and Process
• Expert in advising on all employee relations matters with a deep understanding of discrimination law
• Excellent Stakeholder engagement
• Excellent organisational and diary management skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong oral and written presentation skills, able to communicate and influence at all levels of seniority internally and externally
• Good attention to detail
• Expert negotiating skills
• Able to communicate difficult advice effectively in straightforward, non-ambiguous terms
• Able to work on own initiative and manage caseload with minimal supervision
• Able to prioritise workload
• Able to build positive, collaborative working relationships with internal stakeholders
• Strong Commercial Awareness
Ready to make an impact? Apply today and become part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team.