Employment and Labor Law

Legal advice specializing in labor law

We help companies to take advantage of all the opportunities that employment law offers, in order to have well-organized, engaged and productive human resources, limiting the pitfalls that arise from regulatory uncertainties and complexities.

We help plan, evaluate and implement extraordinary transactions: mergers, sales of business, acquisitions, furlough schemes, collective redundancies, outsourcing, and relocations.

We know how important it can be to set up appropriate agreements with CEOs and top executives, especially when launching a new venture or planning a turnaround. Sometimes it becomes necessary to deal with breaches of the duty of loyalty, acting swiftly and paying attention to reputational impact.

We know the crucial importance of occupational safety and how sensitive the delegation of authority concerning safety matters can be, the need to act in case of safety accidents and inspections, the importance of compliance.

Labor relations and non-competition agreements

We assist in the establishment, management and termination of employment relationships. We can tailor contracts for key personnel and non-competition agreements, to your needs. Whether you are at the edge of technology and research, or deal with sensitive information in the financial or the communication business, we can effectively help in protecting confidentiality and know-how.

We are conscious that transfers, secondments, disciplinary proceedings and dismissals can be challenging, and we can help you to plan ahead and retain control over the process.

In order to successfully engage and retain talents, it is important to offer attractive remuneration and benefits, incentive plans and welfare plans: we shall be happy to guide you through the laws that regulate their adoption and the opportunities to maximize the value offered to your employees, while keeping control over costs.

Remote working

Remote work, in its many variants, has also become a crucial differentiator to attract talents and often an organizational need for employers: we can assist you to prepare a policy that fosters your goals and implement it with individual agreements and collective negotiations, depending on cases.

In today’s world, the adoption of company codes of conduct, ethical policies and organizational models of crime prevention have become a strategic choice and we partner with you in identifying what is needed for their adoption and how they interact and influence your relations with the employees.

Labor reconciliation and union negotiations

We assist employers in their relations with the unions, in negotiations with the unions and the works councils, in the establishment of European works councils and subsequent relations with them.

In the case of disputes, we plan the best strategy for a judicial defense or to pursue settlements, depending on cases.

 

Our Italian working group works in synergy with European Employment and Labor professionals.