Schellenberg Wittmer’s Employment Law Group has extensive experience in advising clients in all matters of employment and employment-related law. We offer advice and assistance to our clients, in particular, in the following areas:

• General advice in all employment law matters
• Due diligence and assistance in M&A operations
• Negotiation, drafting and review of employment contracts, termination agreements, personnel handbooks, staff policies (whistleblowing, harassment, expenses, etc.),  and all contractual documents related to employment law
• Structuring of remuneration and bonus schemes, such as deferred compensation, employee participation (share or stock option plans, etc.) or other schemes

• Negotiations and settlements with employees and top managers
• Litigation cases (summary dismissals, bonuses, holiday pay claims, pension funds, expatriate employee issues, gender equality, data protection issues, harassment, breach of loyalty duty and competitive behaviour, employer liability, etc.)
• Investigations into suspected employee misconduct
• Assistance to companies in relocation of their business to Switzerland, relocation or secondment of key employees from/to various countries; immigration law issues, residence and work permits

• Assistance in restructuring of businesses, including preparation and implementation of redundancy programmes (individual or collective) with evaluation of mass dismissal procedures, etc.
• Social security issues
• Advice and litigation in all pension fund matters
• Legal advice on other miscellaneous topics (internship, validity of non-competition clauses, etc.)