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About:
Freshworks (NASDAQ: FRSH) delivers modern, AI-powered customer and employee-service solutions that increase efficiency and improve engagement for companies of all sizes.
Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshworks operates around the world to serve more than 67,000+ customers, including s American Express, Bridgestone, Databricks, Fila, Nucor, and Sony.
Role:
Employment Counsel
Qualification:
· Bachelor’s degree in law with demonstrated excellent academic performance.
· Candidates should have in-depth knowledge of employment laws within India.
· 7-9 years of prior combined law firm and in-house experience supporting workforce on employment law related matters.
· Experience at a global company and collaboration with other employment counsels across the globe is a plus.
· Candidates must be comfortable working with local counsel, willing to learn various employment law parameters of such locations and be able to incorporate such knowledge into in-house practice.
· Flexibility and willingness to approach legal challenges with a business-partner mentality to provide solution-oriented results that balance risk with business goals.
· Ability to handle sensitive/confidential information requiring a high level of discretion, respect, and integrity.
· Ability to discern matters that require privacy & confidentiality and matters that benefit from broader input and collaboration.
Responsibilities:
You will provide legal advice on a broad range of HR related matters including recruiting, onboarding, performance management, benefits, leaves of absence, retrenchments, exits or transfers and other HR-related legal issues. Duties will include drafting, revising and providing advice regarding employment-related agreements and law (including templates for offer letters, employment contracts, confidentiality and intellectual property agreements, and separation agreements).
- Provide advice to the HR team on pre-hiring compliance matters such as registration and licenses, employment type, immigration or background verifications.
- Provide legal guidelines and support regarding the company’s contract workforce and agency workers.
- Manage personnel-related investigations and disputes, including providing oversight and advice to HR teams.
- Help ensure compliance with anti-harassment & no retaliation policies.
- Collaborate with the relevant internal teams on the development and implementation of scalable personnel-related policies, processes and training to ensure best practices and compliance with applicable laws and regulations and consistency among all regional HR teams.
- Monitor labour law developments in India, locations where Freshworks has personnel, and liaise with local in-country counsel for advice and consistency. Advise the business on these developments with practical solutions.
- Advocate for finding the “right” solution, that is compliant and meets business goals, while ensuring we remain committed to Freshworks’ core values and their People.
How to apply:
Interested candidates can Apply here
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