AgonLex assists in the following areas:
Drafting and review of employment contracts with a view to protecting the company’s interests (in particular clauses referring to sensitive issues such as working time, non-competition, variable compensation, intellectual property, severance pay), assistance with legal formalities in the scope of the start-up of a business in France (for foreign companies, in particular), rules for disciplinary procedures
Assistance in terminating employment contracts (definition of the strategy, the procedure, the cost and potential risks, drafting of the necessary legal documents)
Pre-mobility assistance: choosing the appropriate type of contract (temporary reassignment, expatriation, split contract), drafting of the contract, implications in terms of immigration, social security and tax
Post-mobility assistance: subsequent mobility or repatriation of the employee, termination of the employment contract (strategy, timetable, cost, risks and drafting of the legal documents)
Staff representative elections, assistance in the negotiation of mandatory or non-mandatory collective bargaining agreements (concerning working time, health and safety, quality of working life, contrat de génération (recruitment of an employee of less than 26 years old to be trained by a senior employee whose contract is maintained in exchange), agreements on gender equality, etc.)
Management of all employment issues in the scope of corporate restructurings (including definition of the strategy, timetable, costs and potential risks, drafting of the documents required for the mandatory staff representative information/consultation procedure, assistance in implementing a Plan de Sauvegarde de l’Emploi complying with legal requirements)
Management of all employment issues in the scope of corporate mergers and acquisitions (including definition of the strategy, timetable, cost and potential risks, drafting of the documents required for the mandatory staff representative information/consultation procedure, assistance in harmonizing the status of employees and in drafting agreements on the harmonization of employment, etc.)
Compliance reviews, corrective measures, identification of risks and levels of risk
Drafting or review of agreements or addenda to agreements on the 35-hour working week (compliance of clauses concerning working time based on a set number of days per annum, working time modulation, etc.)
Implementation or compliance review of employee profit-sharing and incentive agreements, employee savings plans, stock option plans and bonus share plans
Assistance in the scope of inspections by the French social security contribution collection agency (URSSAF), the implementation of new tax regimes, corporate restructurings impacting the social security contributions or social insurance benefits in force within the restructured companies
Compliance review or implementation of welfare plans, health insurance and retirement plans (drafting of agreements or employers’ unilateral decisions, mandatory information/consultation procedures, tax and social security compliance reviews)
Audit of legal risks in connection with health and safety in the workplace, assistance in implementing agreements for the prevention of psychosocial risks, agreements concerning strenuous working conditions, Health and Safety Committee information/consultation procedures, review of delegations of powers, analysis of potential civil and criminal liability issues in connection with health and safety in the workplace, review of uniform occupational risk evaluation questionnaires, advice in managing the legal aspects in the event of bullying
If assignments require expertise in foreign law, AgonLex has a network of correspondent law firms with which it works on a regular basis.
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