Senior Attorney Employment

Overview

You will join TJX Europe’s legal team to provide UK-focused and cross-border employment law guidance supporting business goals. You’ll work with HR, Employee Relations and cross-functional partners to manage risk, deliver compliant policies, and advise on complex individual and collective matters. The role offers exposure to the ERA 2025 changes and seasoned, multinational stakeholders. You will help shape employment practices in a fast-paced, retail environment, with a focus on practical, business-friendly solutions.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary and benefits package

Responsibilities

• Provide timely, accurate advice on a broad spectrum of employment issues (exit procedures, disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, pay and benefits, documentation, right to work, TUPE, strategic projects)
• Offer risk-based counsel to senior stakeholders on individual and collective labour law matters
• Advise on ERA 2025 implementation, policy updates and compliance strategies
• Handle trade unions and works council matters and cross-border union coordination
• Manage employment disputes alongside HR and external counsel
• Monitor UK/EU employment law developments and support compliance programs
• Develop precedents, policies and procedures; raise risk visibility and trends
• Deliver or coordinate legal training and updates for the business and function
• Maintain effective relationships with external counsel and coordinate advice across jurisdictions

Key requirements

• UK qualified employment lawyer with at least 10 years post-qualification experience
• In-house or recognised law firm background; retail or FMCG experience preferred
• Experience in multinational organisations and跨-border legal advice
• Ability to navigate union environments and provide practical solutions
• Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to influence at senior levels
• Excellent commercial awareness with strategic, risk-focused thinking
• Self-motivated, proactive, autonomous and collaborative
• Strong English written and oral communication skills
• Right to work in the country of application
• Desirable: experience with ERA 2025 implications and TUPE

• stakeholder engagement
• clear communication
• pragmatic problem-solving
• employment law expertise (UK/EU)
• ERA 2025 knowledge
• TUPE and collective labour law

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