Internship HR Legal Consultant - Industries

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Are you passionate about international social security and labor law? Do you have a passion for helping clients navigate the complexities of cross-border employment and international assignments? Are you interested in translating the international assignment complexities into Belgian social security and labor law? Then join our HR Legal team!
Join us to expand your skills and learn about all aspects of International Social Security & Labor law. We’ll provide the global scale, personal support, inclusive culture and technology to help you grow, lead and learn. We are proud that we’ve built a workplace where people can flourish, develop and be happy. At EY you will be empowered to take responsibility and encouraged to seize opportunities to grow your expertise and your career.
Industries: Our diverse client base spans multiple sectors, including transport, logistics, manufacturing, oil & gas, pharma, retail, service providers, etc. ensuring that your experience is both broad and rich.

The Opportunity: Your Next Adventure Awaits?
As part of our team, you will play a crucial role in assisting clients with a wide range of international employment matters. You will focus on the complexity of social security law and provide comprehensive support from A to Z. Your responsibilities will include drafting essential documents such as employment contracts, assignment letters, and policies, ensuring that our clients are fully compliant with legal requirements across different jurisdictions.
You will provide assistance with the following topic’s:
• International and National Social Security: Advising of clients in the context of cross-border employment set-ups and the applicable social security legislation, including assistance with all compliance obligations. Advising on the individual social security rights and benefits, including effects of cross-border employment.
• International Employment Law: advisory and implementation of salary split, secondment within EEA and abroad, assignments, international policies.
• National Employment Law: Consulting and drafting of employment agreements and policies, payroll and social documents, dismissal, etc. Assisting and consulting on the legal aspects of compensation and benefit structures (e.g. agreements around changes to salary packages, implementation of new benefits or work structures, etc.)
• Assistance with social inspections and performing due diligence in the framework of merger and acquisitions.
Our People Advisory Services Department is looking for an intern to reinforce their Employment law and Social Security team in Antwerp or Diegem.

To qualify for the role
• You have a bachelor’s degree in law and will obtain your master degree (knowledge or interest of social law based on the chosen majors during your Law study) or you will obtain an additional degree in Social Law.
• You have strong language skills in Dutch or French and English.
• You are a team player and confident communicator.
• You demonstrate drive and determination.
• You have a commercial feeling.
• You want to become a trusted business advisor and an expert in national and international social law.
• Internships are open all year around.

What’s in it for you

• Accelerate your technical capabilities and transformative leadership skills with future-focused courses and development programs.
• Broaden your horizons by working on highly integrated teams across the globe and collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds — both professionally and culturally.
• Bring out the best in yourself with continuous investment in your personal well-being and career development.
• Develop your own personal purpose and help us create a positive ripple effect on our teams, our business, clients and society – building a better working world, together.
• The possibility to stay at EY (permanent contract) after a positive evaluation.

Interested?

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