Legal Counsel Employment and Labour Law

Position Snapshot

Location: Vevey, Switzerland

Company: Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.

Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100%
Type of contract: Permanent contract

Target Start Date: As soon as possible

What we offer at Nestlé

Exciting opportunities to develop your career your way; across different brands, businesses, functions, and regions. 

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A culture of respect, with diversity, equity and inclusion at its core. Learn more here. 

A dynamic international environment empowering you to learn, develop and grow. 

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Position Summary 

To further strengthen our Legal Department, we are looking for a Legal Counsel for Employment & Labour Law. In this role, you will be part of Nestlé’s Employment & Labour Law Competence Centre and act as a trusted advisor to the HR community, providing high‑quality, Nestlé‑specific legal counsel and pragmatic business solutions.

You will support Nestlé’s headquarters and other Swiss legal entities on Swiss employment and labour law matters, while also contributing to global employment and labour law initiatives led from the Swiss headquarters.

A Day in the Life of a Legal Counsel for Employment and Labour Law

• Provide operational legal advice on HR related legal matters in Switzerland, including:
  • Legal advice to HR on Swiss group policies, projects and pre-litigation matters
  • Support in negotiation and conclusion of contracts or agreements related to HR
• Handle compliance and litigation cases in Switzerland:
  • Support dispute resolution, and represent Nestlé in front of external lawyers, courts and authorities
  • Manage complaints and oversee internal investigations
• Proactively advise and educate HR, Legal and business stakeholders and share knowledge on relevant employment law issues in Switzerland:
  • Manage reviews and updates to core HR and Legal & Compliance documentation, processes and policies in Switzerland
  • Anticipate legislative developments and implement them when related to employment & labour law matters in Switzerland
• Support the Head of Legal Employment & Labour Law in delivering guidance to the global HR function and managing employment law issues that affect the organisation globally:
  • Support the HR Function on global projects, issues and policies globally;
  • Provide legal support to the Head Office and to Markets on employment law matters regarding expatriates or senior executive employees located outside Switzerland
  • Support HR in negotiation and conclusion of contracts or agreements related to HR projects globally
• Manage outside counsel and control outside legal spend

What will make you successful

• Master’s degree in Law with a focus on Employment & Labour law
• Bar admission is a plus. Specialist SBA Labour law would be highly valued (FSA)
• Extensive legal experience focused on Swiss Employment & Labour law ideally with a multinational company and/or a law firm focusing on corporate clients.
• Experience negotiating with opposing counsels, unions or employees representatives
• Experience in the implementation of HR initiatives in a multicultural environment as well as proven experience in HR policy understanding and interpretation
• Proactive, collaborative, curious and autonomous, you can drive initiative and engage & influence in a positive way your stakeholders
• Written and spoken fluency in English, German and French.

Nestlé is committed to the accessibility of its recruitment process. If you require an adaptation during the recruitment process, please do let us know so we can support you effectively. All information will be treated confidentially.

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win. We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

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