Restructuring, Hiring & Firing

Collective Redundancies In Europe

MoFo Employment Law Commentary (ELC) on 1/8/2024

One of the difficult realities of running a business is that companies occasionally find themselves needing to make reductions to their staff headcount, be it because of workplace shutdowns due to economic difficulties,...more

Employment Terminations and Severance Agreements in Business Transactions and Restructurings

CDF Labor Law LLP on 7/21/2023

To Terminate Or Not Terminate, That Is The Question. Whether selling, acquiring, or restructuring a business, the complex issue of employment relationships and what to do with them should be considered as early in the...more

APAC Reductions in Force Blog Series – Breakdown of the Top 10 Things to Look Out for – Part 2 of 4

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/30/2023

In part one of our series on Reductions in Force in Asia Pacific, we addressed the importance of planning and strategy timing. In part two, we consider the next three things that we recommend multinational employers look...more

Our Employment Law team reviews three rulings of the French Court of Cassation

Hogan Lovells on 12/6/2022

Specific consultation in the event of restructuring: no obligation to consult the works council upstream on strategic orientations. Payment of an annual bonus provided for by collective agreements provisions: strict...more

Is a decision taken by the board that a restructure is to occur manifestly unfair?

Hogan Lovells on 3/7/2019

This question arises frequently in practice. In October 2018 the Labour Appeal Court had occasion to consider the issue in the matter of South Africa Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU) obo Members v JDG...more

Mass Terminations—What Ontario Employers Need to Think About When Restructuring or Reducing Their Workforces

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/30/2016

When discharging employees, it pays to be prepared. This is especially so when an employer is considering a large-scale restructuring....more