Legal support for the employer in the area of labor law in the process of staff reduction
Client
International company. Activities:
- Wholesale and retail trade in clothing and footwear in specialized stores
- Sale of products via the Internet
- Rental and management of owned or leased real estate property
Objective
- Resolution of individual labor disputes with an employee in connection with dismissal on the employer's initiative (staff reduction).
- Minimizing risks for the company in terms of fines, compensation payments, and reinstatement.
Work stages
- Analysis of documents prepared by the client for dismissal
- Negotiating with the client on identified violations and inaccuracies in the course of the redundancy procedure
- Study of the statement of claim to identify weaknesses of the plaintiff, preparation of the defendant's legal position, response to the statement of claim in order to maximize the client's defense and prevent reinstatement at work
- Finalization and development of necessary documents, identification of inaccuracies, preparation of a package of documents for the court
Result: successful conclusion of the case in favor of the company, dismissal of the claim in full.
Comprehensive review of all required internal regulations of an international company
Client
International company. Activities:
- Wholesale of industrial electrical equipment, machinery, apparatus and materials
- Manufacture of computers, communication equipment and spare parts and components
- Manufacture of instruments and devices for measuring, testing and navigation
- Electrical installation, sanitary engineering and construction works
Objective
Verification of missing internal regulations, the presence of which is mandatory for the company, verification of existing internal regulations for compliance with labor legislation, taking into account the latest amendments and additions, reducing the risks of bringing the company to administrative responsibility for violation of labor law. Read more about the service.
Work stages
- Examination of the presence of all minimally required internal regulations in the company
- Analysis and risk assessment of missing internal regulations, recommendations on their development
- Verification of the provisions of all existing internal regulations, making amendments and additions taking into account the current labor legislation
- Preparation of all missing internal regulations, updating of the existing ones to minimize the risks of bringing the company to administrative responsibility in case of detection of violations by the Labor inspection or prosecutor's office.
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