At FBT Avocats SA, we help clients navigate complex employment regulations and leverage them as tools for growth. The specificity and constant evolution of employment law require the intervention of a responsive team capable of handling all related matters, particularly negotiations with trade unions.

With nearly 30 years of experience, our seasoned specialists maintain close relationships with the administration authorities and the judiciary. They have an in-depth understanding of the legal and jurisdictional, political, local and economic context. For each matter, the most experienced employment law specialists are mobilised to address the often complex, sensitive and challenging issues our clients face in their professional activities. Our lawyers actively and successfully manage administrative, civil and criminal proceedings.

With our extensive experience, we provide strategic advice to leading clients across diverse sectors, including banking, finance, insurance, transport and luxury industries.

The labour law group advises, assists and represents business enterprises and entrepreneurs, both domestically and internationally, in the following areas:

  • Individual litigation before labour tribunals
  • Collective litigation before collective law tribunals
  • Follow-up of all problematic situations with employees of the enterprise (pre-litigation management)
  • Review of all contractual and regulatory documentation of the enterprise related to labour relations;
  • Negotiations related to the conclusion or renewal of collective labour agreements
  • Company restructuring, collective redundancies, severance schemes
  • Management of work contract transfers within the framework of a total or partial transfer of the enterprise
  • Management of contractual documentation in the event of a relocation of the enterprise to Switzerland
  • Obtention and/or renewal of work permits for key personnel of the enterprise
  • Intra-group transfer of the company’s executives
  • Litigation against supervisory authorities regarding public labour law provisions
  • Obtention of authorizations for temporary employment and personnel placement service

Publications

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Team members

Serge Fasel
Head of practice | Geneva

+41 22 849 60 40
sfasel@fbt.ch

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Sara Pugliese-Charfadi

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