Labour and Pensions

Mazars represents and advises a wide range of international clients on all aspects of employment law, from advice at the outset of an employment relationship through to its termination, on both contentious and non-contentious issues.
The firm advises its clients in order to optimize and implement their employment strategy, in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Mazars' expertise also encompasses corporate reorganisations, implementation of downsizing, collective bargaining and analysis of employer- and employee- related risk exposures in the context of mergers and acquisitions.
The firm’s experience covers various areas of practice, including in particular :

Planning

  • Review of hiring procedures and personnel practices for compliance with law
  • Overseeing actions taken by work committees and occupational health and safety committees
  • Individual and group remuneration policies
  • Stock Option Plans
  • Implementation of restructuring and redundancy plans, and related filings
  • Collective bargaining agreements

Assistance and advice

  • Work time management
  • Negotiations with staff representative bodies
  • Transfer, merger or restructuring of business operations
  • Termination of contracts of employment and conclusion of settlement agreements
  • Work status and social coverage of staff (non-cadres) and officers (cadres)
  • Labour and social security litigation

Compliance and audits

  • Conformity of company rules and regulations to applicable laws
  • Individual and group remuneration policies
  • Job descriptions and job classifications
  • Pre- and post-acquisition due diligence reviews

Training seminars

  • Labour and social security law
  • Intra- and inter-company seminars