The individual in this position will provide employment legal support for RELX business units in the Philippines, reporting to and supporting the Associate General Counsel – Asia-Pacific.

This role involves working with the HR and other stakeholders with REPH responsibilities.

Key job duties include:

• providing legal advice and services by combining skill in employment law with sound business acumen and knowledge of business goals and objectives of RELX and REPH;
• working closely with HR regarding the day-to-day issues that arise with respect to individual employees;
• assisting with the promotion and enforcement of global policies, including in conjunction with RELX’s compliance functions;
• ensuring the business is meeting its obligations under anti-sexual harassment legislation;
• overseeing internal investigations involving employment-related issues;
• conducting training regarding employment law issues, as well as special sessions on an as-needed basis for HR and management;
• drafting documents such as employment contracts, settlement agreements, corporate policies, etc.;
• attending to employment-related litigation including attending initial hearings at the Department of Labor and Employment, National Labor Relations Commission, courts of justice, and other government adjudication bodies.
• overseeing outside counsel with carriage of litigation matters, otherwise supervising and actively directing outside counsel;
• working with HR to assist with implementation of corporate employment-related policies;
• working with HR to ensure compliance with local laws affecting fundamental employment documentation such as contracts and restrictive covenant agreements.
• The person in this role will work with a team of employment lawyers based in other countries.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree holder
• Qualified as a lawyer
• Significant expertise in all aspects of Philippine employment laws so that the jobholder can succeed against the requirements noted above from day one. This includes significant experience in: drafting employment documentation (including contracts of employment and internal employment policies); providing day-to-day advice to human resources on employment law issues; overseeing and/or carrying out internal investigations; and conducting employment litigation
• The ideal candidate will have exclusively practiced as an employment lawyer over the last 5 years in an employment law team at a major law firm and/or working as employment counsel in-house at a multinational company. Candidates who have not exclusively practised as an employment lawyer but who have had employment law as a majority focus on their practise over this period may also apply.
• Must be comfortable facilitating trainings internally
• Preferably has International employment laws experience
• Preferably has People management experience

The successful candidate will have:

• Good commercial awareness and understanding of the needs of internal clients
• Strong organization and planning skills
• Good commercial awareness and understanding of the needs of internal clients
• Strong organization and planning skills
• Capability to deliver training courses and transfer knowledge to key internal clients
• Ability proactively to suggest improvements to processes and ways of working
• Excellent and diplomatic communication skills and ability to advise colleagues at all levels of the business, sensitive to the needs of a broad range of groups
• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
• A high degree of a commercial acumen
• Excellent written communication skills, and, in particular, strong plain language legal drafting skills
• Ability to apply sound judgment in decision-making and convey confidence necessary to establish credibility
• Ability to carry out risk assessments and provide related advice
• Ability to travel when required, local and international (1-2x/year)

Why join us?

• Continuous improvement for our employees
• 24 Annual Paid Time-Offs, will become 30 once the 5th year is reached
• Competitive benefits with annual merit increase and incentives
• Comprehensive HMO Coverage on Day 1 - for you and up to 4 dependents
• Life and Accident Insurance on your Day 1
• Flexible Retirement Plan
• Hybrid Work Set-Up. IT equipment will be provided.

Please refer to job description.