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EMPLOYMENT LAW DEPARTMENT

Our Employment Law team, which is composed of fifteen lawyers, is able to address numerous issues faced by companies and their top management concerning employment law and human resources management.

Our team of lawyers is committed to offering quality services, while providing valuable assistance and advice on a daily basis, in a constantly evolving field. We assist our clients in all of their negotiations and help them to avoid disputes.

We also bring support to our clients involved in litigation that can arise in the area of employment law, before all French jurisdictions. If necessary, we can also provide advice and assistance abroad, via the international Meritas network, which is composed of 200 independent, select law firms in more than 70 countries.

Our department organizes, on a regular basis, various events (seminars on specific topics, round-table speakers, conferences, etc.) with company management, HR managers and lawyers.
Bignon Lebray & Associés assists its clients, both by advising them and by representing them in litigation, in every field of labor law, and particularly:

  • Employment contracts:
    - drafting and negotiation of clauses
    - interpretation issues, discipline, organization and duration of work, work regulations
    - termination (redundancy, dismissal, settlement, proceedings before labor courts etc.);
  • Compensation systems: profit-sharing plans, employee participation and savings plans;
  • Reorganization and company transfers: audits in the context of acquisitions or to ensure compliance with applicable regulations, employment protection plans, assistance with employment law aspects of company transfers or changes of control, collective bargaining agreements;
  • Labor relationships: implementation and management of employee representation bodies, workers’ unions and their actions;
  • Social coverage: social security schemes, disability and pension schemes;
  • Professional training;
  • Specific status: high-level executives, international mobility;
  • Risk management and prevention: health and safety, work-related accidents;
  • Employment-related criminal law.