The Labour Law Department is dedicated to assisting companies and managers in employment law.
We assist our clients in the context of specific human resources needs (major restructuring projects - economic redundancies with PSE, PDV or staff transfer issues -, collective negotiations - NAO, working hours -, organisations in terms of working hours, a situation of moral or sexual harassment or discrimination, company, complex or high-risk litigation, status of your managers (employment contract/mandate, unemployment insurance, non-competition, deferred remuneration), recruitment of employees in France (for foreign companies), conflicts with trade union delegates or elected representatives or staff (strike), redundancy procedures, termination of contract, retirement, termination of trial period, work permits for foreign employees, non-competition clauses, intellectual property, geographical mobility, etc.), use of atypical forms of employment (e.g. employment contract, employment contract, etc.).), recourse to atypical forms of work: fixed-term contracts, temporary work, wage portage, freelancers, creation of employers' groups, etc.).
We also advise our clients in their day-to-day needs, (recommendations with legal risk assessment), or in the context of exceptional situations (restructuring with collective redundancy plan, merger, acquisition or sale, transfer operation concerning an autonomous economic entity, takeover of personnel within the framework of a takeover offer of a company in receivership, social audits, etc.).
We defend our clients before the labour courts (contestation of dismissal, regularity of recourse to fixed-term contracts, harassment, discrimination, etc.), the criminal courts (prosecution by the Public Prosecutor following reports drawn up by the labour inspectorate or others), the Tribunal Grande Instance (in the context of disputes between our clients and the works council).We defend our clients before the labour courts (challenges to dismissals, regularity of fixed-term contracts, harassment, discrimination, etc.), the criminal courts (prosecution by the public prosecutor following reports drawn up by the labour inspectorate or others), the Tribunal de Grande Instance (in the context of disputes between our clients and the works council), the Tribunal d'Instance (challenges to the appointment of union delegates, or disputes relating to professional elections), and the administrative courts (challenges relating to the procedure for the dismissal of protected employees).
Our contacts are Human Resources Departments (all HR and operational staff), Legal Departments, General Management and Administrative and Financial Departments, Managing Directors or HR of English, American or German companies with subsidiaries or branches in France, foreign lawyers located in London, Madrid, Milan and New York.
