Practice areas

Employment, Social Security and HR Law

We offer a broad spectrum of employment related work, in both individual and collective labour law, from contract drafting and issues concerning industrial relations law to collective bargaining and representing clients in litigation before the labour court.

We are offering legal services to a range of public and private organizations, advising and representing enterprises, executive managers and employees as well as conducting extensive restructuring measures and social compensation plans.

Our employment team advises on a variety of matters from setting up employment contracts to managing major organizational changes.

People can be the hardest asset to manage and laws can sometimes make that challenge even harder. Our lawyers understand the challenges our clients are dealing with in relation to recruitment, retaining and managing personnel. We help them manage the risks involved and provide strategic, board-level advice on a broad range of human resources related issues.

In today’s dynamic business global environment we support our clients with all HR related topics. We cover all aspects of our clients' relationships with their individual employees from recruitment to departure, as well as collective issues. We are able to operate effectively at national level within our jurisdictions, as well as on a European basis.

In terms of collective labor law, we advise on sector-wide collective bargaining agreements and on the rules governing the collective bodies. We provide pragmatic and effective advice in a broad range of business restructurings including collective dismissals with or without closure of all or part of the local business and in the event of transfer of all or part of a business. We support clients with collective body negotiations, including works council information and consultation proceedings. Our lawyers will provide guidance throughout the process of setting up intra-enterprise collective bodies representing the employees and the unions and offer hands-on assistance in case of conflicts with public authorities (such as social inspections or disputes on the application of specific laws).

Our lawyers are experienced litigators in employment disputes at every level of court proceedings. We handle many contentious issues across a full range of individual and collective labor disputes.

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