As a Legal Counsel you provide advice, guidance, and representation related to employment laws and regulations. You partner with relevant stakeholders to ensure that the company is compliant with relevant employment law and regulations and company policy. You handle all labor relations and employment negotiations, grievance procedures and disputes in-house.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide legal advice about legal rights and obligations in the context of employment like hiring practices, wage disputes, discrimination claims, workplace safety regulations and termination procedures
• Draft, review and negotiate contracts and other legal documents such as employment contracts, non-disclosure agreements, severance agreements and company policy documents
• Support the organization to be compliant with relevant employment laws and regulations by collaborate on the creation or review of policies and procedures, conducting audits, and providing relevant training to leaders and team members
• Partner with HR on labor inspections relative to working conditions; lead inspections driven by active claims, or moderate risk such as media risk, brand risk etc.
• Support the resolution of moderate risk disputes and grievance procedures between employers and employees through negotiation or litigation
• Represent the organization in court, arbitration or hearings before regulatory bodies, presenting evidence, making legal arguments, and navigating procedural rules for low risk matters in the location where you are licensed to practice Support media escalations related to labor relations, employment and litigation
• Support media escalations related to labor relations, employment and litigation

We are looking for someone with:

• Strong knowledge in law including legal code, government regulations, precedents, and political process
• Ability to analyze large amounts of information, identifying relevant facts, and propose viable solutions
• Ability to articulate complex legal concepts and strategies in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner, both orally and in writing
• Ability to act independently with moderate supervision/ oversight
• Strong litigation skills
• Ability to solve complex problems, to take a new perspective on existing solutions, to exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
• Senior stakeholders management and negotiation skills

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in legal roles related to employment laws and regulationes
• Law degree from an accredited law school
• Bar license is required
• B2/ C1 oral and written English

About us: TELUS Digital Bulgaria is a publicly traded company (NYSE & TSX: TIXT) and is the largest employer in the CX (Customer Experience) industry in the country with over 4,200 team members. The company provides a broad portfolio of services - designing, building, and delivering next-generation digital services, AI solutions, customer experience, and much more. The company's primary focus is strict adherence to all our clients' procedures and practices. We are an independent outsourcing services provider and do not function as a local representation of our partners.