Position: Employment Law Lead - Canada
Level: Manager
Organization: Corporate Functions/Legal & Commercial Services
People in Corporate Functions contribute to the running of Accenture as a high-performance business through specialization within a specific functional area and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Employment Law Attorney to join our legal team. This role will be responsible for managing all aspects of employment law compliance and risk management for our Canadian operations. The role is responsible for providing expert legal counsel on workplace policies, employee relations, labor regulations, and compliance matters, ensuring adherence to Canadian employment laws and best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide strategic legal advice on employment law matters, including hiring, termination, compensation, benefits, and workplace policies.
Ensure compliance with Canadian employment legislation, including the Canada Labour Code, provincial employment standards, human rights laws, and privacy regulations.
Draft, review, and update employment policies and internal procedures.
Advise on workplace investigations, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
Work with our internal employee litigation group to directly handle or manage outside counsel in connection with employment-related disputes, negotiations, mediations, and litigation.
Monitor and interpret changes in employment laws and provide training and guidance to HR and management teams.
Support HR in handling accommodations, diversity and inclusion initiatives, workplace safety, and employee relations matters.
Collaborate with global legal and HR teams to align employment practices with corporate policies and international labor standards.
Provide pre-acquisition due diligence and post-merger integration advice, ensuring compliance with employment laws and smooth workforce transitions.
We are committed to hiring military and Veteran spouses and encourage you to identify your connection with the MSEN when reaching out to us or applying to any of our open roles.
Have questions or want to learn more about us? We would love to hear from you!
Richard Murray
Email: richard.a.murray@accenture.com
Accenture is a talent and innovation-led organization helping companies to reinvent and keeping our clients ahead of change. Across more than 120 countries and 40 industries, we work as one team with a common goal: to create 360-degree value for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities, by embracing change.
You’ll work with top companies - clients and ecosystem partners and interact with leaders from every industry. When we bring our breadth of technological capabilities together with our ingenuity, they are greater than the sum of their parts. Help our clients reinvent. Reimagine iconic brands. Bring new products, ideas and ways of working to life with emerging technology.
We take a broad view of diversity that reflects all our people, and we are committed to ensuring everyone feels connected, with a strong sense of trust and belonging. We focus on fostering allyship, learning, inclusive ways of working, vibrant employee resource groups and networks, and accessibility, along with marking meaningful cultural observances with our people. Our networks nurture trusted relationships, mentorship opportunities and avenues for growth, benefiting participants across all career levels and fostering community and inclusion at both the global and local levels.
We take flexibility seriously — focusing not only on where but also when and how you work. We hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives, and different lived experiences. Wherever you work, whatever skills you want to grow, there’s a program for you. We invest in our people’s capabilities so they can work with purpose, and boldly and innovatively solve problems. Continuous learning is our superpower. We put skills at the heart of everything we do. We continuously prepare our people to meet new demands and in turn, help ensure they remain highly relevant with vibrant career pathways, inside or beyond Accenture.
We encourage our people to bring their authentic selves to work and our commitment to our 750,000+ people from a variety of cultures, beliefs and backgrounds makes us more innovative. Our offices are more than just places to plug in—they're environments designed to support connection, creativity and well-being. They’re inclusive and accessible, too. We operate our business with a clean conscience – with strong commitment to the environment, ethics and human rights, responsible buying and community impact.
Join our exceptional people who are combining their ingenuity with the latest technologies to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.