Law​/Legal Associate, Employment Law

Position Overview

We have a brilliant opportunity to join ARAG Law as an Associate in our Employment Team, to be based on a hybrid basis, either fully remotely or based from our central Bristol or Bedwas offices. The Employment Team is made up of over 40 fee earners with a range of experience from Paralegals to Senior Associates. We are a dedicated and hard‑working team and we work in a friendly environment with regular monthly social outings.

We offer exceptional levels of responsibility and pride ourselves on our levels of supervision and internal career progression, including a detailed careers pathways programme. We have a strong values culture, which means you will be closely supported and mentored by your colleagues, learning to provide consistent and outstanding service to your clients.

The Employment department deals with all aspects of employment law which is predominantly focussed on litigation and some elements of advisory work for both employees and employers. The day‑to‑day work includes advising on unfair dismissal claims, discrimination and whistle blowing. We act for employees and employers during the litigation process and also provide advisory HR services, such as advising on employee handbooks and drafting employment contracts to support and guide businesses through the complexity of employment law requirements.

Where appropriate, we also deal with our own advocacy. We encourage early responsibility with a real emphasis on creating opportunities to promote our lawyers from within the team, giving you hands‑on experience across a broad range of claims and defences and exposure to employment law and negotiation and settlement tactics.

• Advise and represent clients in unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistle‑blowing claims.
• Provide HR advisory services, including drafting of employment contracts and employee handbooks.
• Participate in litigation preparation and advocacy for both employees and employers.
• Manage a caseload and support the career progression path within the team.

• Excellent working knowledge of employment law and procedure.
• The ability to run a caseload.
• Excellent client care skills.

ARAG UK helps businesses and individuals gain access to justice, and it is our founding principle to enable everybody, not just those who can afford it, to assert their legal rights. Thousands of businesses and individuals defend or pursue legal action each year safe in the knowledge that ARAG UK are paying their legal bills. Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm with many opportunities in both areas.

We have historically focussed on delivering legal services to customers solely via our Legal Expenses Insurance products, which provides a steady workload of litigated cases in areas such as:

• Personal Injury
• Litigation & Dispute Management
• Employment
• Business & Commercial

We believe these are exciting times for ARAG Law as part of the wider ARAG UK, and we are looking for likeminded individuals who share our ambition to make our high quality legal solutions accessible and affordable. You can expect to join an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career in ways that traditional law firms cannot. We are also committed to supporting continued professional development and promote both internal Training Contracts and alternative routes to qualification (SQE/CILEX).

By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do.

• 26 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days
• Company pension scheme with the option to increase contributions
• Group Income Protection for all employees
• Group Legal Protection for all employees
• Both European Motor Assistance and Home Emergency Assistance
• Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle scheme
• A comprehensive wellbeing programme including free eye tests
• Access to our employee discounts hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK
• The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits, wine tasting and shopping trips