Employment Solicitor

Brabners

Experienced Employment Solicitor advising on recruitment, IR35, and worker-status matters in a collaborative, hybrid working environment with clear career progression.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeLiverpool • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Advise clients on contentious and non-contentious employment and recruitment-sector legal issues.
Support clients on day-to-day employment matters (disciplinary, grievance, redundancy, restructuring) and strategic advisory work.
Draft and negotiate employment contracts, settlement agreements and HR policies.
Advise on employment status, IR35 and issues arising from the engagement of self-employed consultants/contractors.
Manage Employment Tribunal litigation and help resolve disputes through ACAS, mediation and negotiation.
Advise and manage sector regulatory investigations on behalf of clients.
Work collaboratively with colleagues across litigation, corporate and commercial to deliver integrated client projects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Ideally Senior Associate level, with flexibility to consider strong candidates slightly below that level where there’s the right baseline experience.
A strong grounding in general employment law and the ability to operate commercially with clients.
Any prior exposure to the recruitment/workforce solutions space (e.g., IR35, contractor status, consultancy agreements, atypical worker issues) is highly advantageous, but we will also consider candidates who are keen to be trained into this niche.
Confident communicator, collaborative team-player, inquisitive and flexible in approach (qualities specifically called out for team fit).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Salary
Flexible approach to working hours
Hybrid working (2 days on site)
Discretionary bonus opportunities
Pension scheme
Life Insurance & Income Protection Insurance
25 days Annual Leave plus flex bank holidays (increasing with service)
Option to buy 10 additional days annual leave each year
2 My Days (in addition to your holiday entitlement)
Additional discretionary annual leave days
Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Leave
Career Development Opportunities
Wellbeing and Mental Health Benefit (24/7 Employment Assistance Program & Support)

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Hard Skills & Tools

employment lawcontract negotiationdrafting HR policiesemployment contractssettlement agreementslitigation managementdispute resolutionregulatory investigationsACASIR35

Soft Skills

confident communicatorcollaborative team-playerinquisitiveflexible