Counsel – Employment Law
Veeam Software
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Czechia
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About the role
- Provide day-to-day legal counseling to HR, management, and other stakeholders on global employment matters, including hiring, classification, accommodations, leaves, discipline, and terminations.
- Draft, review, and negotiate employment-related agreements and documents, including offer terms, separation and settlement agreements, and policies/templates. Develop templates and guides.
- Manage employment-related claims, charges, and litigation (including pre-litigation demands), setting strategy and partnering with internal stakeholders; supervise outside counsel through resolution.
- Partner with HR and business leaders to support employee relations matters and workplace investigations, including advising on process, privilege, findings, and recommended corrective actions.
- Manage outside counsel on immigration matters.
Requirements
- Law degree and active bar membership (Czech Bar Association)
- Proficient level of English
- 7+ years of relevant employment law experience, either in-house and/or at a law firm, with exposure to multi-jurisdictional or global employment issues strongly preferred.
- Strong legal judgment and ability to own projects without supervision and communicate complex issues clearly and pragmatically to non-lawyers; proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with strong organizational skills; proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools and matter/document management systems a plus.
Benefits
- 25 vacation days, 4 sick days, 21 paid medical leave days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
- Premium private medical insurance for employees and dependents
- Daily meal vouchers for restaurants and groceries (180 CZK per working day)
- Flexible cafeteria platform with thousands of lifestyle benefit options
- Multisport Card for gym and wellness, with family add-on options
- Annual public transport reimbursement up to a set limit
- Corporate mobile plan with optional family tariff
- Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
employment lawlegal counselingdrafting agreementsnegotiating agreementsmanaging claimslitigation strategyemployee relationsworkplace investigationsimmigration lawmulti-jurisdictional issues
Soft Skills
legal judgmentproject ownershipcommunicationinfluencing stakeholdersorganizational skillsadaptabilityproblem-solvingcollaborationpragmatismconfidentiality
Certifications
law degreeactive bar membershipCzech Bar Association