Employment Paralegal
Employment Paralegal
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Full time in the office
GBP19,000 - GBP23,000 DOE
A highly regarded legal practice are seeking an ambitious, motivated Employment Paralegal to join their Bedford office.
They are experts across a range of matters to include:
- Settlement Agreements
- Reviewing and drafting documentation such as contracts of employment, service agreements, bonus schemes, staff handbooks, policies and procedures and Settlement Agreements
- Drafting and enforcing restrictive covenants
- Managing and handling severance negotiations, including senior executive terminations and Settlement Agreements
- Advising on redundancies, including collective redundancies
- Discrimination complaints and investigations
- Flexible working and work/life balance issues
- Advising on strategic issues such as trade unions, pension changes and information and consultation in the workplace
- Employee tax issues
- Assistance with data protection issues
- Business transfers
- Conducting and advising on all aspects of employment tribunal claims (including advocacy)
- Representation in High Court and County Court proceedings
- Advising on alternative methods of dispute resolution such as mediation.
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Taking instructions and progressing the files under the solicitor's instructions
- Assisting the team with complex matters
- Attending to clients of the firm
- Drafting a wide range of legal documentation such as settlement agreements and contracts of employment
- Active involvement within business development
- Secretarial support is provided to all fee earning members of the team
Desired skills:
- Knowledge of Employment law
- Law and LPC graduate essential with a genuine interest in Employment law
- Handling own files under supervision
- Client focused
- Good knowledge of relevant computer systems e.g. MS Office and online time recording.