French employment law is based on both an employment code – which is continually changing – and a substantial and complex body of case law, which we monitor on a daily basis.
International companies established in France need to understand all their employment law obligations. They must also manage and control the commitments they give and the risks associated with their business initiatives.
We are members of the Franco-British Chamber.
- We support you in managing risk and issues in the area of employment law, adopting a value creation approach at all times.
- We assist you:
– with the drafting of employment contracts (in particular: issues of mobility, competition, remuneration packages, working hours, flexibility, etc.);
– during the performance of the employment contracts of your teams on a day-to-day basis;
– with issues associated with your business’s employee representatives (putting the representation in place, holding meetings, negotiations), and those associated with the French employment authorities (the Direccte, the Labour Inspectorate) and your business’s other interlocutors (occupational health, URSSAF, etc).
- Finally, we can represent you in legal proceedings before courts and tribunals.
- A “paperless” office, we work with all the available digital tools to ensure we work as efficiently as possible.
- We recently assisted:
an American management consulting group with its human resources management issues.
- Areas covered:
home working, working hours, hiring of French employees by an English subsidiary of the group, hiring of US employees by the French subsidiary, transfer of French employees to the United States, the issue of conflict of laws applicable to employment contracts, the issue of hierarchy and articulation of the different sources of law applicable, the introduction of an “employee handbook”.
- We recently advised:
on the consequences of the merger-absorption of a French company by its Spanish parent company.
- Areas covered:
performance of an audit, issues raised by the international transfer of French employees’ employment contracts, the issue of the law applicable to the employment contracts.
- We recently advised:
an American mechanical engineering group established in France and southern Europe.
- Areas covered:
restructuring, transfers of employment contracts, mobility, job protection plan.
- Aline HAMLAOUI
Human Resource Director – THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
“Human Resources Manager in an American international group with 37,000 employees, more than 1,000 of whom are in France. I have worked with Anne-Gaëlle Finalteri in her capacity as an employment lawyer.
- Anne-Gaëlle Finalteri has assisted us at the different stages of development of our organisations, providing support on both day-to-day issues to the various Human Resources teams in France and on highly specific cases, as well as with larger merger and business transfer transactions.
- I am most grateful for these years of collaboration, in the light not only of Anne-Gaëlle Finalteri’s high level of technical competence, but also her responsiveness, the speed with which she understood the complexity of a matrix organisation in Europe, and her knowledge of Anglo-Saxon culture and American culture in particular.
- In addition to her high level of professionalism, Anne-Gaëlle has a very sensitive approach to Human Resources. She is, moreover, very pleasant to work with on a day-today basis.”
