Oyster - Senior Counsel (Employment Products)
Requirements
• Law Degree (e.g. JD or equivalent) and admission to practice law in one or more jurisdictions. • 4+ years of experience practicing employment law, preferably with a combination of law firm and in-house practice. • Deep expertise in employment law, including hands-on experience with standard employment processes: drafting and reviewing contracts, managing templates and policies, advising across a wide range of employment matters and interpreting local labor regulations across multiple jurisdictions. • Understanding of the EOR model and ability to anticipate and navigate its unique legal challenges; prior experience working with or within an EOR is preferred. • Experience managing multi-jurisdictional and/or cross-border employment matters, with the ability to work across diverse legal systems and regulatory environments. • Strong business acumen with the ability to distill complex legal concepts into clear, practical, and actionable guidance for non-legal stakeholders; creativity and pragmatism in risk mitigation are essential. • Excellent analytical, communication, and research skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment. • A technology-forward mindset, including curiosity and comfort with leveraging AI and automation tools to work more efficiently and continuously improve legal processes. • A positive attitude and willingness to assist others, no matter how small the task. • You'll also need • You'll also need • A reliable home internet connection. • Fluency in both written and spoken English. • How we work together at Oyster • Our values guide the work we do, the decisions we make, and the culture that makes us special. We make it happen. We drive change. We build and give trust, and we are a united team. • Our mission is to create a more equal world, one global hire at a time. Everything we do ladders up to our mission, and that doesn’t just mean building software. We develop programs, participate in workshops, and create dedicated teams to ensure we successfully support companies and knowledge workers in this new world of work. • We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work and share our practices in the Oyster Public HQ to help other global teams learn from our experiences. • How YOU work • How YOU work • With diverse locations, cultures, and needs, we created How YOU Work; a program supporting your whole human experience at Oyster: • Work from anywhere: Oyster has no borders or HQ. As long as work is timely, your team is supported, and you're authorized to work where you live, you can work from anywhere. • Work from anywhere: • Paid time off: Enjoy 40 days off per year (including holidays and vacation), or more if required by your country. • Paid time off: • Mental health support: Access Plumm, our mental well-being service. • Mental health support: • Wellbeing allowance: Each month, receive a wellbeing allowance in your ThanksBen wallet. Spend it on a wide range of options; see the benefits catalogue for ideas. • Wellbeing allowance: • Flexible parental leave: All new parents are eligible for at least three months’ paid leave, with job protection for up to 12 months or as required locally. • Flexible parental leave: • WFH stipend: Receive a stipend for your laptop and home office equipment to get you set up quickly. • WFH stipend: • ✨ The best jobs should be available to everyone • We embrace diverse perspectives and intentionally build our product and company with an inclusive, global mindset. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet every criterion, and are committed to a trust-based, thriving environment. • Oyster is committed to ensuring equal opportunity of employment for qualified persons with disabilities and actively fosters an inclusive work environment. If you require reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process, please email [email protected] with the subject line: Interview Accommodations. • Our available positions are on our careers page. Our team will only contact you from an @oysterhr.com email, and we will never ask for money as part of an interview process or job offer. If you receive a suspicious email about Oyster jobs or are directed to a site other than www.oysterhr.com/careers, please report it via our Compliance and Ethics Helpline. • we will never ask for money as part of an interview process or job offer.
Responsibilities
• Own and maintain employment templates, policies, and processes across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring Oyster's employment offering remains compliant, scalable, and operationally effective. • Monitor legislative and regulatory developments globally, assess their impact on Oyster's products and operations, and drive implementation of required changes. • Partner closely with Product, People team and other cross-functional stakeholders to design and implement compliant employment solutions that balance legal requirements with business objectives. • Advise on a broad range of employment law and compliance matters across the employee lifecycle, including hiring, compensation, leave, performance management, terminations. • Support strategic initiatives such as Direct Expansion, indirect-to-direct migrations, and the launch of new employment products and features. • Research complex employment law issues and translate legal analysis into clear, practical, and business-focused recommendations. • Develop and maintain employment guides, knowledge resources, and compliance documentation to support scalable operations across Oyster's global footprint. • Support labor inspections, audits, regulatory inquiries, and other employment compliance initiatives. • Use data, stakeholder feedback, and operational insights to identify risks, improve processes, and enhance the effectiveness of Oyster's employment compliance framework. • Identify and champion opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and process innovation to improve team efficiency, reduce manual work, and enable the scalable delivery of employment compliance and legal support. • Contribute to a highly collaborative, remote-first team culture and help drive continuous improvement across Employment Products.
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