OUR EXPERTISE
RASS provides qualified and thorough assistance and advice across the various areas of employment law. RASS has developed its expertise in this field through consolidated experience acquired over decades of practice, representing national and international clients (leading industrial and commercial operators) in managing their companies and business activities in Italy and abroad.
The Firm’s employment law professionals, together with their teams, are able to assist the Firm’s clients both with day-to-day operations and extraordinary transactions, providing a wide range of tailored services covering all aspects of employment law.
In the field of employment and industrial relations law, RASS has developed specific expertise in managing employment-related matters concerning:
- all acts required for personnel management (disciplinary notices or dismissal letters, related challenges, interpretation of statutory provisions and contractual clauses, workplace transfers, changes in duties, promotions, bonuses, incentives, additional salary components, etc.)
- corporate restructuring processes and workforce reductions (outsourcing, transfers of businesses and business units, mergers, demergers and acquisitions, collective dismissals, wage supplementation schemes, etc.)
- contractual matters (employment and/or self-employment contracts; special and/or atypical employment contracts such as part-time contracts, fixed-term employment contracts and collaboration agreements; agency, brokerage, including financial brokerage, and business procurement agreements)
- litigation (disputes relating to employment and agency relationships, management of trade union disputes, management of inspection and social security litigation, i.e. challenges against tax collection notices and/or payment notices)
- industrial relations (management of trade union matters, assistance in managing trade union issues and disputes, support to clients in collective bargaining/negotiations at company and/or ministerial level)
- expatriate management (secondment operations to/from abroad, secondment agreements and secondment letters from Italy and abroad, fulfilment of requirements relating to the management of expatriates from Italy to abroad and from abroad to Italy, obtaining the necessary permits for the entry and employment of non-EU employees, specialized personnel and senior executives)
- corporate training: updating, training and internal seminars for clients on key legislative, case-law and regulatory developments through scheduled and dedicated meetings
- unfair competition (unfair competition actions pursuant to Article 2598 of the Italian Civil Code, assistance to clients in assessing the elements of unfair competition, management of any related litigation, including urgent proceedings)
- negotiation of employment relationships for top managers, both at entry and exit stages, whether acting on behalf of the company or the top manager
- general contractual matters and preparation of confidentiality and non-compete agreements, as well as minimum guaranteed duration agreements, and management of related litigation (breach of agreements, unfair competition, employee poaching, etc.)
- drafting of corporate policies and regulations, as well as corporate welfare programmes and supplementary agreements
- preparation of incentive plans and stock options
- occupational health and safety
