In the face of a rapidly changing legal landscape, our industry-leading employment & labour practice is committed to understand clients’ commercial imperatives and workplace challenges and provide multidimensional advice in all areas of employment and labour law, covering both contentious and non-contentious matters. Moreover, with our international footprint we participate in multi-jurisdictional projects addressing issues during multinational operations, along with offering consulting, advisory and bespoke training services.

Our in-depth knowledge of the market combining academic work with hands-on experience ensures innovative services, holistic strategies and out of the box solutions. In addition to our rankings among top-tier firms, our employment and labor attorneys are recognized global thought-leaders.

Our clients in the respective field range from individuals and associations to startups and multinational companies employing thousands of employees around the world. We work closely with legal counsels, HR managers and business executives to resolve legal disputes, design and implement effective human resources management strategies, render internal audits, draft workplace policies and regulations and ensure compliance with latest requirements.

Our scope of activities includes:

• Corporate strategic planning and Human Resources:

  • We use special tools to measure regulatory compliance, identify and proactively resolve potential issues

  • We undertake thorough HR due diligence processes in connection with asset purchases, stock acquisitions and merger transactions

  • We design and implement policies pursuant to the corporate strategic planning, as well as draft Code of Conducts and Work Regulations. Such policies include e.g. Intra-Company Communication Policy, Anti-Harassment Policy, Health and Safety Policy, CSR Policy, Data Protection Policy, IT Policy, etc

  • We design and implement staff opinion surveys, systems of objective measurement and reward of work efficiency, methods of evaluation of functional areas in the implementation of Quality Management Systems (QMS)

  • We provide the required support for the successful implementation of employees’ representatives elections

• Management of Human Resources issues:

  • We establish processes of selection, recruitment, integration, development of staff, advise on remuneration structures and components, as well as related benefits and productivity benchmarks

  • We design and amend organization charts, job offers/job descriptions, all types of employment contracts, employee performance evaluation systems, employee motivation- recognition-reward policies etc

  • We design and establish quality procedures, disciplinary procedures, and plan training programs

  • We cover all legal requirements surrounding TUPE transfers and provide daily guidance in cases of transfers of undertakings

  • We conduct internal investigations and extensive HRM/Social audits

• Consulting – educational support:

  • We are experienced in the design and implementation of global restructuring projects

  • We participate in mediation and arbitration procedures for the resolution of labor conflicts and disputes

  • We resolve issues and handle cases of termination of individual employment contracts as well as collective redundancies

  • We aim to improve the skills of executives and HR representatives through continuous development, as well as by conducting tailor-made seminars on a wide array of employment topics

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