Employment

In an era in which technology and global mobility are transforming labour and employee relations into a complex equation, guidance is often needed in navigating the current complex labour landscape.

Our top-ranked employment experts deliver tailored solutions that align with our clients’ unique needs and objectives. From multinationals looking to streamline their global workforce in Luxembourg or abroad, to entities seeking guidance on individual or collective employment issues, or startups launching a business, our legal team provides expert advice and support.

Our clients

We advise a range of clients, including multinational groups, financial companies, public institutions, and startups, in all sectors.

Our services

We deliver a full range of services on employment law including:

Individual employment relations 

• Recruitment
• Employment contracts and service agreements
• Day-to-day HR advice
• Employee benefits and incentives (including insurance, stock options, equity incentives, profit-sharing, employee shareholding or deferred consideration arrangements, etc.)
• Pension schemes
• Restrictive covenants (confidentiality, non-compete, non-solicitation obligations, IP rights, etc.)
• Training
• Employee leave and absenteeism
• Disciplinary matters
• Internal investigations
• Performance assessment
• Termination
• Representation before EU and Luxembourg courts

Collective employment relations 

• Social elections
• Social dialogue procedures and negotiations with staff representatives and unions at local or EU level, including information, consultation and co-decision processes
• Employee participation
• Collective bargaining agreements
• Collective redundancy and social plan negotiations

Employee policies

Assistance in drafting, implementing and adapting internal policies:

• Employee handbooks or other internal rules and regulations
• Remuneration policies
• Personal data protection
• Working time arrangements and flexible working time
• Health and safety in the workplace
• Teleworking policies
• Whistleblowing
• Moral harassment

M&A, restructuring and reorganisation 

• Due diligence
• Transfer of undertaking (TUPE)
• Cross-border mergers
• Liquidation
• Collective redundancy

Health and safety

• Occupational risk management of work accidents
• Internal or external redeployment
• Employee sickness and progressive return to work
• Accidents in the workplace
• Disability

Employee global mobility

• Recruitment of foreign nationals
• Posting of workers
• Employee intragroup transfers
• Corporate immigration assistance including visas, work and residence permits (including renewals and change of category where applicable)
• Social security and tax matters
• Cross border migration projects
• Business travel

Social security and tax matters

• Tax, social security and employment advice regarding remote working from foreign countries
• Tax, social security and employment advice relating to immigration

Pension

• Statutory pension scheme
• Supplementary pension schemes

Litigation and pre-litigation advice 

• Settlement agreements
• Litigation before national and EU courts on labour law and social security law, including abusive dismissal claims, enforcement of restrictive covenants, senior executive issues, internal redeployment, etc.,
• Informal and formal appeal of administrative decisions issued by labour authorities (e.g. Labour and Mines Inspectorate, ITM; Luxembourg Employment Agency, ADEM, etc.)

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