Counsel - EMEA

Overview

Who We Are At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.

We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re united by shared goals and motivations se are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.

Our Values

If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.

Who You Are

You have a labor law background and expertise and you thrive in applying that knowledge in practice, connecting and engaging with customers and stakeholders to build our legal strategy in markets and ensure ongoing compliance in a complex regulated environment. Your presence fosters reassurance from others and people know they can depend on you. You are a collaborative, team player with superior communication and negotiation skills.

You are great at explaining complex legal topics in clear and concise ways to drive decision making at the organization.

As part of the Legal team, the Employment Counsel - EMEA will assist and implement the legal strategy for our EOR product in support of various functions in the organization, including Product Operations, Expansion, Customer Success, and Sales, among others. You will provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to internal stakeholders, ensuring our EOR solutions operate seamlessly and in full compliance with local labor laws.

This is a unique opportunity to shape our legal strategy in a rapidly evolving market and make a significant impact on our global growth.

Your Success Profile

What You Will Work On

• Analyze and define legal risks, determine employment requirements, and advise on how to compliantly hire and manage employees as an employer-of-record across different jurisdictions in EMEA.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, and Expansion teams to establish our contractual architecture, risk frameworks, as well as the policies, processes, and workflows required to ensure compliance in existing and new jurisdictions in EMEA.
• Provide advice and strategic support to Operations and customer-facing teams on employment law matters across EMEA jurisdictions, including hiring, training, performance management, employee relations, terminations, collective bargaining agreements (CBA), labor relations and works councils, compensation, benefits, leaves of absence, accommodations, diversity and inclusion programs, and other employment-related matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate employment-related agreements, templates and other documents, including employment contracts, restrictive covenant agreements, severance agreements, and performance management documentation.
• Partner with Product to advise on new solutions in EMEA.
• Ensure adherence to the jurisdictional legal requirements in your region across Justworks products, policies, knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures.
• Structure, clarify, and advise cross-functional leadership groups on complex compliance challenges, partnering with them to reach informed, risk-based decisions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts.
• Support Sales teams with the resolution of complex employment or contractual requests from potential or existing customers for your region.
• Support Customer Success and Operations teams with the resolution of complex employment requests from existing customers or employees for your region.
• Prepare and enhance Justworks employment documents, policies, knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures in your region.
• Work closely with and instruct external counsel in various jurisdictions within EMEA as needed, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality legal support.
• Assist in developing and conducting training and education programs for other stakeholders, as…