With more than 30 years of experience, benefit from the European Employment and Labor group's well-developed practice based on employment law and social protection and on the preparation and management of corporate strategies.

Whatever your needs, look to our experienced team to provide counsel and act in litigation in all areas of employment law, such as:

• National and international employment contracts: negotiating, drafting, modifications, breach of contract
• Detachment: expatriation and international mobility policies
• Remuneration: structure, implementation, adaptation
• Disciplinary law: proceedings and case management
• Contractual termination
• Individual redundancies: procedures, negotiated redundancy, transactions, etc.
• Collective redundancies: employee adjustment schemes, voluntary dismissals
• Employee representation: implementation, management (elections, etc.)
• Collective bargaining
• Working hours (implementation and management)
• Implementing remuneration systems, such as savings plans, employee shareholding, profit sharing, and stock options.
• Health and safety in the workplace (workplace accidents, psychosocial risks)
• Social protection and social security (URSSAF inspections, etc.)
• Criminal employment law and criminal responsibility of executives: preventing offences and defending employers (obstructionism, undeclared labor, work hours, hygiene and safety, illegal supply of workers, illegal subcontracting)
• Administrative employment law: appeals and litigation

Whether you seek advice focusing on individual and collective relations and social protection, or on issues relating to corporate choices and options, such as restructuring, mergers, sales, transfers and relocations, the Employment and Labor group work with you at every step: audit, negotiation, creation, implementation, counsel and litigation, as either the primary practice group, or with other interdisciplinary services—tax, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, etc.

Rely on our cross-disciplinary approach to provide solutions and counsel, integrating and taking into account issues involving tax, corporate, regulatory, IP/IT, completion law and others, to meet your specific project or other needs.

Recognition

Dentons recognized for quality in Chambers France 2025

February 7, 2025

In the inaugural edition of Chambers France 2025 guide, Dentons lawyers received 15 individual rankings of which five were new or improved ratings. 

Dentons ranks among top law firms in Slovakia

November 26, 2024

The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's leading English-language newspaper, ranked Dentons' Bratislava office as the second largest law firm by revenue, the third largest international law firm by headcount, and the sixth largest law firm in the Slovak market overall.

Dentons highly recommended in WIPR’s 2024 Global Trade Secrets Rankings

October 7, 2024

Global law firm Dentons has been recognized as "Highly Recommended" in the 2024 edition of the Global Trade Secrets Rankings published by the World IP Review (WIPR). 

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Insights

Employment and Labor 3A Newsletter - April 2025

April 22, 2025

France: Did you know? Historically, the week following Easter Sunday was known as the "Easter Octave"—an eight-day public holiday. However, this extended time off was curtailed in 1801 under Napoleon’s reforms, which aimed to reduce the number of non-working days (at the time, over 50 per year) to avoid disruptions to productivity.

Reorganisations in Europe: Key Employment Law Strategies for Employers in Mass Dismissal Processes

April 9, 2025

We were pleased to hold this one-hour insightful webinar during which our Dentons Employment lawyers in Europe broke down the complexities of restructuring from an employment law perspective, while ensuring compliance and business continuity.   

Flexible amendment to the Labor Code approved

April 7, 2025

Czech republic: On 9 April 2025, the Senate approved an amendment to the Labor Code aimed at improving flexibility in employment relations. Now it waits for the president’s signature.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises Wavestone on its acquisition of Wivoo

June 9, 2025

Dentons has advised Wavestone, a global consulting firm listed on Euronext Paris, on the acquisition of Wivoo, a leading French consulting firm specializing in Product Management.

Dentons advises Saniverse Bathrooms on conversion to the legal form of an SE

May 30, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has advised the shareholders of Saniverse Bathrooms GmbH, part of the Turkish Eczacıbaşı Holding, on the conversion of the company into a European stock corporation (SE).

Dentons advises Nehlsen on acquisition of Karl Meyer AG

March 27, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has advised the international environmental and waste management service provider Nehlsen Aktiengesellschaft on the acquisition of Karl Meyer AG.

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