Counsel - Employment Law

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day legal advice on the broad spectrum of employment-related matters to the Wells Fargo India HR team and other key partners, such as Legal, Compliance, Risk and line of business stakeholders;
• Managing employment threats and/or claims arising within the region, and working closely with HR, Employee Relations (ER) and other stakeholders to develop and execute plans to bring such matters to a satisfactory resolution;
• Providing timely input on enterprise and regional HR and employment law related initiatives; such as review of incentive plans, benefit plans, new policies and procedures, and new processes;
• Keeping abreast of latest developments in employment law and communicating these developments to stakeholders within Wells Fargo India in a timely and thoughtful manner;
• Providing subject matter expertise to disciplinary and conduct committees as appropriate;
• Liaising with and appearing before labour and other statutory bodies with respect to labour law compliance matters; and
• Managing outside counsel relationships.

Qualification & Experience

• Graduate Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized University.
• 4+ years of post-qualification experience, preferably with tier 1 law firm and a period spent as in-house employment counsel.
• Good legal and regulatory knowledge of Indian employment/labour laws (CLRA, state shops and commercial establishment laws, and other labour laws applicable to ITES industry) relating to employment, contractors, vendor compliance and other day to day legal issues.