DaWo’s Employment law department provides practical advice and solutions to companies, senior managers and employees on all matters related to employment laws and regulations, including:
Employment Contract & Other Employment Related Documents:
- Preparation, amendment and perfection of employment contracts and related documents
- Participation in consultations, negotiations, signing of employment contracts and related documents
- Design and optimization of international mobility (dispatching, recruitment, employment, etc.)
- Optimization of shareholding structure and tax planning (in coordination with the Corporate and Tax Department)
Company Rules & regulations:
- Preparation, amendment and perfection of employee handbooks and other company rules and regulations
- Establishing legal formulation and publication procedures of all company rules and regulations
Daily Advisory:
- Providing practical answers to various questions concerning labor laws and regulations
- Providing updates on laws and regulations and adjusting employment related documents accordingly
- Providing advice regarding the termination of employment contracts or labor relationships
- Advisory on health and safety operations and work-related accident management
- Streamlining labor relationships, including relationships with the labor unions
Business reorganizations:
- Employment law due diligence for mergers and acquisitions
- Employment law advice related to transactions such as sales, spin-offs, mergers, business transfers, changes of control, etc.
- Designing employment preservation plans, preparing related documents and providing advice regarding the implementation of the preservation plan
Labor Disputes:
- Providing advice on adhering to legal requirements and contractual obligations to prevent disputes
- Providing settlement suggestions and participating in non-judicial negotiation, mediation and conciliation regarding labor disputes
- Representing clients during labor arbitration and litigation
Legal Audit and Compliance Investigation:
- Conducting internal investigations regarding fraud, corruption and other misconduct of the management and related employees
- Conducting compliance audits regarding employment management
Training Services:
- Providing knowledge and hands-on training on labor laws and regulations
- Providing anti-bribery & corruption training and other compliance trainings
- Providing trade secrets protection training
Some legal cases managed by our Employment Law team:
- Successfully assisting a European company in automobile industry to relocate its WFOE from Shanghai to Wuxi smoothly, in particular the employees’ arrangement and labor disputes resolution
- Conducting employment compliance audit for the acquisition of a French high-tech Company by a Japanese high-tech company and assisting with the employment preservation and transfer plan
- Successfully assisting a global logistics company to dismiss a senior manager who was taking fake sick leave
- Assisting a European company in the subcontracting and semi-finished products sectors with long-term disputes between the management and the labor union
- Assisting a European company in the subcontracting and semi-finished products sectors with long-term disputes between the management and the labor union
