Labor and Industrial Relations

These organizations often have different forums for employee representation and operate under widely differing national labor laws. It can feel like a complex picture, especially if you are carrying out complex restructuring that spans jurisdictions, or are regularly moving employees around the world.

If you are a global employer, you’ll also be under increasing pressure to demonstrate compliance with International Labour Organization (ILO) and other global labor standards. Fortunately, our dedicated labor and industrial relations lawyers have experience advising some of the world’s largest companies, and are on hand to help you chart a course through this constantly evolving area of law.

We’ll help you manage relationships and your engagement with national and global works councils, inform, consult and negotiate with trade unions on pay and terms and conditions and proactively respond to ILO and UN labor standards. Our aim is to minimize risk to your business and to help you to engage constructively to avoid disruption caused by damaging labor disputes, giving you strategic advice so you can prepare for any obstacles on the horizon. We can also help you build positive trade union and employee relations and establish employee consultation groups, so you’re more likely to be operating in harmony in the future.