Swile is a fintech and HR tech company that helps employers manage employee benefits digitally, with a focus on meal vouchers and gift vouchers. Its smartcard and mobile app let employees make contactless payments, receive real-time spending notifications, and manage their benefits, while giving HR teams a simpler way to administer these services. Founded in 2018, Swile serves 5.5 million users and operates in the B2B benefits technology sector, with services available throughout France.
Senior Employment Legal Counsel at Swile, Paris Hybrid
Advise Swile’s HR and operational teams on employment law, including disciplinary processes, terminations, employment documentation, disputes, and compliance. Manage complex individual cases while supporting a digital employee-benefits and worktech business.
Description
- Lead disciplinary procedures and terminations related to personal circumstances, misconduct, or underperformance from initiation through completion.
- Negotiate employee departures through mutual termination and settlement agreements.
- Provide day-to-day employment relationship advice to the HR team.
- Draft, review, maintain, and update job offers, employment contracts, amendments, information letters, and disciplinary documentation.
- Handle a diverse case portfolio with speed, ownership, and proactive communication.
- Manage approximately ten complex individual matters and high-stakes disputes concurrently.
- Apply the SYNTEC Collective Bargaining Agreement and other relevant employment regulations correctly.
- Partner with operational teams while reporting to the Director of Employee Relations.
Requirements
- Bring at least 5–7 years of experience as an in-house employment legal counsel.
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of individual employment law, including litigation, pre-litigation matters, terminations, and settlements.
- Knowledge of the SYNTEC Collective Bargaining Agreement is preferred.
- Offer legally sound, practical guidance aligned with operational needs and HR leadership priorities.
- Produce accurate employment agreements, contracts, amendments, and disciplinary correspondence under tight timelines.
- Prioritize and anticipate effectively while managing high volumes of daily questions alongside complex, high-impact cases.
- Be available to start immediately or as soon as possible.
Benefits
- Work within Swile’s employee-benefits platform and worktech environment.
- Join an international company.
- Help shape a more fulfilling world of work.