EMPLOYMENT LAW

We provide advice on employment law at every stage of business and at every stage of employee relations, from recruitment to termination. We support businesses in designing internal employment regulations compliant with personal data protection laws, thereby providing tailored solutions to help clients to achieve the intended goals.

Our scope of advisory includes:

• Advising on rules for hiring employees and independent contractors;
• Support in the field of personal data protection in employment-related matters;
• Occupational health and safety matters in cooperation with health and safety specialists;
• Setting up and terminating employment, including negotiating terms of employment, hiring and laying off senior executives and managers;
• Advising on developing and applying equal treatment workplace regulations and counteracting mobbing;
• Representing clients in disputes (including lawsuits) with employees and former employees;
• Advising on the transition of employees to a new employer, including further to sale of an organized part of a business;
• Obtaining work permits for non-EU nationals, including senior executives;
• Drafting agreements with personal database controllers and the like.

Examples of projects completed by our lawyers:

• Advice on drafting in-house documentation, including work regulations, remuneration policies and policies concerning use of business assets entrusted to employees.
• Advice on compliance with equal treatment and anti-mobbing laws.
• Legal advice, participation in negotiations and preparation of documentation related to the termination of cooperation with a member of the client's management board.
• Representing the employer in a dispute with an employee over infringement of a no-compete clause at the pre-trial and trial stage.