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Trainee Employment Solicitor
WorkNest is a powerhouse of Employment Law, HR, Compliance and Health and Safety support services, weaving pragmatic advice with powerful technology platforms.
Purpose of the Role
WorkNest is seeking to recruit a Trainee Employment Solicitor to join our Employment Law team in September 2025. The position will be based in our Glasgow office,
Working with a diverse range of clients of all shapes and sizes throughout the UK, your role as Trainee Employment Solicitor will be to advise and represent our clients dealing with anything from straightforward queries to complex, high-value employment law issues. The role involves a high degree of autonomy and client contact. You may also have the opportunity to represent clients at employment tribunal hearings throughout the UK.
Core areas of work and accountabilities
• To draft, using template documents and following the instructions of the individual adviser, contracts, handbooks and a range of letters and documents for clients.
• To assist colleagues in the preparation of ET cases.
• To assist colleagues by researching legal points.
• In due course, to provide basic telephone and email advice direct to clients on basic employment law queries, subject to suitable supervision.
• To make sure all advice to clients is timely, efficient, accurate, practical, and commercial.
• To support the team as directed enabling them to provide high quality advice and legally compliant documentation to clients to ensure we provide the best fixed fee legal & ER advisory service in the UK.
About you
The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in the various aspects of employment law and will have achieved at least a 2:1 LLB Honours degree (or equivalent). The candidate will also have successfully completed the Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. The candidate should have undertaken some legal work experience: employment law experience is desirable but not essential.
The Package
This role attracts a salary equivalent to Law Society of Scotland recommended trainee rates + 5% as well as acompany benefits package. The role will be for an initial two-year fixed term contract with an opportunity for those who thrive in the role to then remain with WorkNest in a permanent position.
If you think this role is a good fit for you, please click on this link https://worknest.livevacancies.co.uk/#/job/details/268 to apply.
All applications must be received by 9am on 29th August.
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