Employment & Social Security

Faithful to our belief that the human being must be at the heart of the employment relationship, because it is there that the wealth of a company resides, we assist entrepreneurs, human resources managers, associations and staff representatives in order to make the best use of the company's human capital.

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The working relationship

 

From the very first meeting, it is essential to establish a relationship of trust in compliance with the laws in force in order to encourage the development of the employee within a strong company. We intervene on :

 

  • Drafting of the employment contract (internship, trial period, part-time, fixed-term or permanent contract, remuneration, special clauses in the contract)
  • Analysis of the employment contract
  • Status of corporate officers
  • Drafting of confidentiality agreements
  • Setting up benefits in kind (housing allowances, lease contracts, leasing)
  • Setting up participation plans (share allocation, stock options)
  • Setting up supplementary pension schemes
  • The introduction of teleworking
  • Ensuring health and safety at work for all employees

 

Hazards in the course of the employment relationship

 

The situation of the company or its employees changes during the course of the employment relationship. We can help you to manage the hazards that arise in the best possible way. We intervene in the following areas

 

  • Management of employee illness and chronic absenteeism
  • Management of overtime
  • Leave, buying back leave, time-saving accounts
  • Leave for family reasons
  • Leave for training
  • Maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave
  • Work-related accidents
  • Internal reclassification
  • Data protection and confidentiality rules at work
  • Retirement

 

Atypical employment relationships

 

  • Au Pairing
  • Trainees and students
  • Unpaid work
  • Temporary work

 

Collective relations

 

We help you to manage the relationship between the company and its representatives:

 

  • Organisation and election of staff representative bodies
  • Collective agreement and its application

 

International mobility

 

Our combined experience in labour law and immigration law enables us to assist you when you wish to resort to

 

  • Hiring of European and similar nationals, third country nationals or beneficiaries of international protection (temporary and permanent residence permits)
  • Managing the relocation of employees and their families
  • Transferring employees within the group
  • Seconding employees

 

Conflict management

 

  • Setting up and monitoring disciplinary procedures (reprimands, precautionary layoffs)
  • Moral or sexual harassment
  • Mobbing

 

 

Termination of the employment relationship

 

Whether by mutual agreement or as a result of a conflict, the end of the employment relationship must be carefully thought out in collaboration with your lawyer in order to avoid litigation as much as possible. It is in a spirit of risk limitation that we approach this difficult passage, in order to bring you our expertise in :

 

  • Contractual termination
  • Settlement
  • Dismissal with notice or with immediate effect

 

Litigation in labour law and social security law

 

CERNO's lawyers not only have academic and professional experience in labour and social security litigation. They also undergo continuous training in order to keep abreast of the changing case law and doctrine in this area. This experience is used to defend you before the Justices of the Peace (Diekirch, Luxebourg, Esch/ Alzette), as well as before the District Court and the Superior Court of Justice.