Employment law and industrial relations

Legal advice and judicial assistance in employment law and industrial relations

Since 1925, we have been providing companies with legal assistance and advice in employment law and industrial relations. We also deal with M&A, restructuring, and commercial agency agreements. Our lawyers also assist companies in national industrial disputes, as well as in the implementation of flexible work projects and in privacy audits.

In the last three years, we have assisted over 3,000 national and multinational companies operating in a variety of sectors, such as banking, insurance, fashion and luxury, as well as many public administration agencies.

Employment contracts and related requirements

• Employment contracts for all worker categories: executives, middle-managers, white-collar and blue-collar workers in a variety of sectors and for different job duties;
• Special clauses: non-competition, confidentiality, secrecy and stability agreements, to avoid employee solicitation, and to handle employee inventions;
• If collective bargaining agreements are not applied, drafting of company regulations containing all the regulatory issues governing employment relationships;
• Digital solutions to download company contract templates on demand;
• Disciplinary codes.

Management of employment relationships

• Applying disciplinary sanctions;
• Transfers, changes to duties and other conditions concerning employment contracts;
• Individual and collective dismissals;
• Procedures and policies for the managing confidentiality, and employee use of IT tools and e-mail;
• Non-competition agreements, retention agreements and all tools useful for consolidating the relationship of loyalty between companies and their workers.

Organisation

• Procedure policies and handbooks;
• Applications to public bodies for specific authorisations (e.g., Art. 4 Workers’ Statute);

Management of remuneration policies

• Bonus schemes and profit sharing;
• Stock option and stock grant plans;
• Employee welfare benefit plans;
• Internal and external remuneration consistency analysis and support in communicating the Total Reward package;
• Salary reviews;
• Definition of guidance, evaluation and performance incentive systems.

Privacy management

Our specialised team can provide advice on the following issues:

• Drafting of the relevant privacy documentation: policies, information, appointments and organisation charts;
• Data flow management analysis;
• Audit reports and drafting of reports concerning critical privacy issues;
• Opinions and general advice.

Labour law & industrial relations

• Negotiation of company-level collective agreements;
• Negotiation of collective bargaining agreements;
• Participation in collective bargaining negotiations;
• Assistance in the development of negotiation and management strategies;
• Assistance in agreements for the establishment of European trade union representatives;
• Consultation and information procedures;
• Issues concerning employment law and labour law, with a view to restructuring processes.

Transfers of undertaking and M&A operations

• Due diligence on all aspects of employment law, labour law, commercial agency agreements, and income taxes and social security contributions;
• Planning of employment and labour law issues in relation to M&A operations;
• Corporate restructuring;
• Outsourcing;
• Procurement contracts;
• Collective dismissals and CIGS (Special Redundancy Fund) and mobility procedures.

Assistance in court proceedings

• Assistance in court proceedings for every stage and level of proceedings concerning labour and employment disputes before Employment Courts and any judicial authorities, to include the Court of Appeal and Italian Supreme Court (Cassazione);
• Drafting of defence documents (briefs, notes and appeals);
• Pre-trial activities, preparation of defence (analysis of documents, meetings with the client, case evaluation, and strategy);
• Participation in hearings and any related activities.

Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo relies upon its in-house Research & Development team that continuously produces content relating to the Firm’s practice areas. The purpose of the R&D team is to update not only our consultants, but, above all, our clients, through the production of webinars, newsletters, guides or e-books.

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