Legal Counsel, Labour & Employment
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Description
What are your contributions to the team?
- Support legal services team in various matters notably through legal research, drafting of documents and preparation of litigation files.
- Provide advice to internal clients on various legal issues in collaboration with the team's legal counsels.
- Coordinate and oversee occupational health and safety litigation files in collaboration with external partners.
- Review and draft employment contracts, policies, agreements and various legal documents.
- Organize and maintain litigation files and analysis tools.
- Monitor relevant legislative and regulatory changes.
- Manage the receipt of proceedings and the role of administrative tribunals.
- Collaborate and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for the Legal Services service offering, including the development and deployment of tools and training for internal teams.
- Collect information and process requests for access to personal information.
- Occasionally participate to mediations or hearings.
- Perform any other tasks required by the role.
How to thrive in this role?
- You have a bachelor's degree in law (LLB), or the equivalent;
- You are a member of the Quebec Bar ;
- You are a lawyer who has one (1) to three (3) years of experience motivated to develop your competencies in a dynamic corporate environment;
- You have some experience or have taken university courses in labour and employment law, or have a keen interest in this field;
- You are completely bilingual (French and English) and have excellent oral and written communication skills;
- You have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team;
- You have strong organizational skills and attention to detail and demonstrate a high level of initiative and rigor in a dynamic business environment;
- You are familiar with most of the IT tools generally used in such positions (e.g. Microsoft Office, including Excel and Power point, Soquij, CanLII, etc.);
- Experience or interest in data protection and privacy is an asset.