Employment Law & Benefits

Deloitte Legal assists companies in the following areas:

• Employment contracts and engagement letters
  
• Employee performance including disciplinary action, contract suspension, contract modifications, and transfers
  
• Terminations
  
• Employee discrimination and harassment issues
  
• Internal procedural manuals and codes of conduct
  

Our services include:

Individual employment law
Hiring and firing; drafting employment contracts, handbooks and policies; employee performance; flexible workforce; wage issues; non-compete and restrictive covenants; sick employees; working hours; health and safety issues; holiday and leave.

Worker representative bodies
Setting up of workers representative bodies; co-determination rights; collective negotiations; management of trade unions and works councils.

Restructuring services
Down- and right-sizing; managing the process and timetable; due diligence; outsourcing; collective dismissals; transfer of undertakings (TUPE); Post Merger Integration (PMI).

Social security law
Compliance services, advice on applicable legislation, disputes relating to social security.

Cross-border employment/mobility
Secondments; posting of workers; applicable law issues; international mobility policies; hiring and firing issues; and assignment letters.

Pensions and benefits
Pensions; remuneration; benefits; profit sharing; equity plans.