.Legal Advisor Employment Hr Compliance (Remote) Legal Advisor Employment Hr Compliance | Horizons | Portugal About Horizons At Horizons, we're building the infrastructure to power borderless teams. By handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance, our technology enables businesses to hire anyone anywhere compliantly at the push of a button. If you're interested in adding to our vision of enabling people to work in dream jobs, for every company, and from anywhere in the world, apply now! We're committed to building a global, diverse team representing different and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability. Being a Horizoneer means being part of a growing, international family. The main mission will be: Maintain global HR compliance standards, with specific requirements from an Employment and Compliance perspective, across multiple jurisdictions, including with regards to: Statutory obligations with regards to employees representation: organization of elections, etc. Statutory company policies & rules (implementation, monitoring, revision): employment policies (handbook), health and safety policy, additional policies specific to each country (LGTBI, equality, etc.), disciplinary code, grievance procedure, notices of good practice. Your day-to-day: Compliance Monitoring, Analysis and Solutions: Conduct researches and monitor local changes in employment laws and regulations. Conduct comprehensive assessments of HR compliance gaps across all Horizons' entities worldwide (40+ countries) and implement effective solutions, including the development of policies and practice. Optimize and standardize company policies and approaches across all Horizons' entities worldwide, with specific emphasis on employees representation and statutory company policies & rules (employment policies, health and safety policy, additional policies specific to each country, disciplinary code, grievance procedure, etc.). Develop and maintain up to date the company's internal knowledge base on employment law and internal practices. Support for teams: Operations team: during employees life cycle with Horizons, especially when grievance, discipline, offboarding occurs. HR team: regarding internal Horizons' employment (during full employees lifecycle). Requirements: Strong academic background, with a Bachelor degree or higher in Law, with specialization in Labor Law, Contracts Law, Private Law, or Law applied to HR. Experience in a similar role within a fast-growth environment, with deep knowledge and understanding of all types of employment matters and labor relations in general. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects at once. Excellent time management and organization in order to meet strict deadlines. Ability to analyze problems and come up with a solution
