Solicitor
Employment
Lancashire
£32,000 - £42,000

Employment Lawyer

Ref: 1458| Posted: 2nd Dec 2024

Eventus Legal is seeking an Employment Lawyer to join a premium commercial law firm with an outstanding reputation based in Chorley, Lancashire. This is an exciting time to join the firm due to a further expansion of the business as they have secured a new client recently. This is in a central location with good transport links, free parking in the town and walking distance to the town centre.

Role Responsibilities

The incoming Employment Lawyer will be joining a well-established team that manages contentious and non-contentious matters. You will be working alongside 3 of the partners and will be dealing with:

  • Employment tribunals.
  • Absence and performance management.
  • Grievances and conduct issues.
  • Redundancies.
  • Contracts and policies.
  • Collective agreements.
  • Holiday Pay.
  • Immigration.
  • TUPE.
  • Trade unions.

Person specification

The incoming Employment Lawyer will have experience in handling the above-varied caseload. Applications are sought from lawyers with between 1-4 years' PQE in Employment Law. You must be professional, approachable, driven to succeed and can also demonstrate the following:

  • Client focused.
  • Drive and ambition.
  • Commercial awareness.
  • Positive attitude.
  • Strong communicator.
  • Excellent organisation and time management skills.

Benefits and Rewards

This exciting opportunity will be working with a progressive, expanding commercial law firm in their beautiful head office based in Lancashire. This is a successful firm with a team that works incredibly well together in a relaxed and friendly working environment. Their benefits include the following, but also a bespoke package can be negotiated:

  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Free parking locally.
  • Pension contributions.

About the Company

This is a well-established law firm with three offices in the Northwest. They have a strong client base with excellent staff retention, so this is a rare opportunity to join. The team tend to stay due to the genuinely friendly and relaxed atmosphere and outstanding management team.

Having collaborated with this firm many times and placing legal professionals with them I can genuinely say this is a fabulous firm to work for. We have placed from NQ to Partner level and the feedback from the candidates is always incredibly positive.

Next Steps

Apply now to be considered for this career-enhancing job opportunity. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion about this Employment Lawyer role, please send your CV to Nikki Phillips at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email at nikki.phillips@eventuslegal.com or phone 07530 737 333.

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