Employee Relations, Associate - 18-Month Contract
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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $70 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
About the People Operations Team
Our People Operations Team is growing to help foster an environment where all Wealthsimple employees can thrive. We champion a human-centric approach, striving to simplify complex processes and ensure a supportive, compliant, and equitable workplace for all.
About the Employee Relations, Associate
The Employee Relations, Associate will help Wealthsimple operationalize and scale its employee relations function! This is a unique opportunity for a newly called lawyer with an interest in employment law to work in a dynamic role with both legal and operational aspects, on an 18-month contract. Reporting to the Legal Counsel, Employment, you will be instrumental in fostering a fair, compliant, and supportive workplace for Wealthsimplers. You will bring your legal knowledge and a passion for people to a variety of employee relations matters, ensuring we navigate both routine and complex matters with a human touch and a keen eye for legal requirements. We will work together to advance multiple exciting projects while providing functional and operational support across the business, and grow Wealthsimple’s employee relations function.
This role offers an exceptional chance to apply your legal acumen in a practical, in-house setting, developing essential skills as a lawyer. You'll gain hands-on experience in legal risk analysis, drafting, and strategic problem-solving while performing an operational function and contributing directly to Wealthsimple’s culture and success.
In this role you’ll have the opportunity to
- Employee Relations Triage, Support, Administration & Operations: administering and processing employee relations policies and programs including employee exits, leaves (such a parental, sick, and job-protected leaves), and accommodations. You’ll serve as a primary point of contact for employee relations inquiries, intake, and assessment, providing support and guidance to employees, human resource business partners, managers, and other stakeholders on applicable policies and procedures; ensuring compliance with relevant employment standards; and escalating matters to the Legal Counsel, Employment as appropriate.
- Legal & Compliance Partnership: Collaborating closely with Legal Counsel, Employment on routine and complex employee relations matters including terminations, leaves and accommodations, immigration, workplace investigations, and employment litigation matters. You will assist in the preparation of termination documentation, settlement agreements, contracts, employee correspondence, and other documentation and correspondence, ensuring legal compliance.
- Policy Development & Implementation: Contributing to the development, review, and implementation of employee relations policies and procedures, ensuring they are clear, compliant, and reflective of Wealthsimple’s values. You'll also identify opportunities to simplify, improve, and scale existing processes related to employee relations matters.
- Project Work & Scaling Function: Taking the lead or supporting exciting project work aimed at scaling our employee relations function. This includes creating self-service resources for employees, automating current processes and practices, and exploring how AI can enhance our efficiency and effectiveness in managing employee relations. You will also analyze trends in employee relations cases to identify opportunities and propose proactive solutions to improve processes and the overall employee experience.
What you’ll bring
- Active membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.
- A demonstrated interest and foundational knowledge in employment law.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to apply legal principles to practical workplace scenarios.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly and empathetically.
- A proactive and operational mindset, eager to simplify and improve processes.
- Curiosity and an openness to explore and leverage new technologies, including AI, to enhance efficiency in legal and employee relations operations.
- A human and approachable demeanour.
Why Wealthsimple?
🤑 Competitive salary
📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business
🌴 Generous PTO offerings
🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!
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Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple
We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI and tooling, to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.
DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
