Employment Counsel

Intel Legal Department - Employment & Labor Legal Greater Asia Region
What we do: Execute fearless solutions to business goals that accelerates growth
How we do it: Experts in labor laws to keep Intel legal
Drive informed and optimized risk taking
Obsessed with the business need, context and goals
Execute with velocity and clarity
Act as one team
Maintain growth mindsets
Champion Intel's Culture and Values
Put Intel first
Who we are: A team of passionate employment law specialists dedicated to excellence in everything we do.

The Position
We are looking to hire an experienced and passionate employment counsel to support the HR teams and business managers across Malaysia, one of Intel's biggest sites outside of the US.
The employment attorney must have high technical skills, ER and inter-personal skills and be a strategic thinker. This is a fast-paced role in a lean but busy Employment Legal and HR team dealing with a wide range of employment law legal issues. Reporting to the Employment Law Director for Asia you will partner with another Employment Counsel in Malaysia in supporting all business divisions of Intel in Malaysia and as such you need to have a good understanding of Malaysian labor law, including an awareness of future changes that may impact the business.

What you'll do
- Employment Law Advice and Consultation: Keeping Intel legal and our HR operations compliant through strategic and proactive legal advice and consultation. In doing so, to respond in a timely manner and to consult/escalate to the team Director. To be our policy expert making judgment calls on whether exceptions can be granted on certain policies and/or compliance issues.
- Legal Compliance and Controls - You are expected to know changes in the law in advance at each province where Intel's sites are located -ensuring legal compliance and controls
- and advise on the consequences of non-compliance -fines/notices/impact internally and externally, as well as options/mitigations.
- Managing employee litigation cases - Attending Court hearings if appropriate - travel required. Leading and partnering closely with external counsel. Provide preventative strategy advice/get well plans to the business following any case being.
- Internal investigation work - Secure Intel's Culture and Values through Intel's investigation process. Investigate, manage or review certain grievance cases -Open Doors
- in Malaysia ,e.g. Harassment, including highly contentious escalations to senior management. Advising other investigation teams and HR on what evidence would be required to secure safe terminations and to lead the stakeholder management, whilst minimizing both internal and external risks, ER concerns, as a part of ensuring a fair process is followed.
- Labor Relations - You are expected to understand Trade Union laws/practice, as needed, to maintain positive Labor Relations with local Government or quasi government bodies and influence for the best position for Intel as needed while managing Labor issues smoothly and strategically. This includes advising proactively on matters that may require external involvement and being proactive with Govt Departments on employee related actions.
- People Movement Actions
- Exiting employees due to redundancy is always a last resort. However, from time to time, Intel Malaysia will experience restructuring and you are expected to partner with all relevant stakeholders in advising proactively on the legal and ER risks associated with these actions, including proactively consulting with the relevant government departments if necessary in order to ensure a smooth and fair exit of all employees, or provide alternative solutions that meet business needs - and influence that position as needed
- Training - Providing learning and development training to HR, other legal teams and the business on employment law and employee relations areas and doing so in an innovative and exciting way to engage fully with the audience.
- Labor authorities relationship and partnership - Maintain healthy and strategic relationship with local labor authorities and partner with HR in regarding to new legislatives and compliance requirement, activate Intel's voice and mitigate ER risks as needed.
- Risk Management: To take a proactive approach in relation to the identification of risk and risk management, and to identify proactively, and guide the HR team and business in responding to labor law compliance or regulatory issues and legislative changes
- Labor Law Changes: Actively monitor judicial and regulatory employment law rulings, legislative changes and developments in employment law/labor relations areas that may affect Intel's business or policies, work strategically with government affairs to influence the right direction and guide the Company's response.
- Travel - Given the different locations of Intel Malaysia's operations you may need to travel to the different sites-mainly Penang and Kulim.
**Qualifications**

Must have:

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