People, HR, Global Mobility
People, and the way work is organised, are essential and directly affect the stability, efficiency and development of every successful employer. New models of work, changes in the market and increasingly pronounced international mobility require employers to find solutions that protect the business and at the same time allow it to develop.
We advise domestic and international employers on taking decisions that are legally sound and grounded in the business, throughout the life cycle of the employment relationship. From putting in place effective employment structures and HR processes to reorganisations, relations with management, employment disputes and cross-border work, we adapt our advice to the organisation, the culture and the business objectives of each client.
We do not limit ourselves to resolving individual legal questions. We understand the wider business context, identify risks in good time and turn the complex requirements of employment law into clear and workable solutions. In that way we enable management and HR functions to take decisions with greater certainty, to run processes more effectively and to carry out changes with as little disruption to the business as possible.
On international questions we connect local legal knowledge with an understanding of cross-border business relationships, including the global mobility of employees and management and the related tax and regulatory aspects.
Ongoing advice to employers on day-to-day employment questions:
- employment contracts and amendments to them
- rights and obligations of employees
- working time, rest and leave
- salary, bonuses and other benefits
- warnings and disciplinary questions
- termination of employment
- advice to HR and management
Our services include:
- work rules
- remuneration rules and policies
- internal HR policies
- remote-work policies
- procedures and internal acts of the employer
- alignment of documentation with changes in the rules
- harmonisation of international HR policies with Croatian law
Our services include:
- representation in individual employment disputes
- disputes connected with dismissal
- employees’ claims arising from the employment relationship
- discrimination and other disputed questions in the workplace
- negotiation and out-of-court resolution of disputes
- preventive advice before a decision is taken that may lead to a dispute
Our services include:
- reorganisations
- reduction in the number of employees
- individual and collective redundancies
- changes to the organisation and to jobs
- transfer of employees in the case of corporate changes
- closure or relocation of business units
Our services include:
- contracts with members of the management board and directors
- management agreements
- bonuses and incentive arrangements
- termination of the mandate and of the employment relationship
- confidentiality
Our services include:
- employment due diligence
- employment-law aspects of acquisitions
- transfer of employees
- reorganisation after the transaction
- management arrangements
- analysis of contracts and of potential obligations towards employees
The international expansion of a business is accompanied by the growing mobility of employees and management. Whether it is entry into a new market, the establishment of a new business function, the delivery of a project or the transfer of knowledge within an international group, employees increasingly work temporarily or permanently outside the state in which they otherwise work. At the same time, some employees work in more than one state, and members of the management board run companies in different jurisdictions. Each such engagement raises a series of connected questions, from the contractual terms and the employment-law position to residence, the right to work and social security. In practice, international mobility appears through different models of cross-border work, namely:
- long-term secondments abroad (long-term assignments / expatriation)
- short-term secondments for a project, implementation or training
- cross-border business travel
- cross-border commuters
- permanent relocation of an employee from one state to another
- work by one employee or director in more than one state
- remote work from another state
- digital-nomad models
- social security
- related tax aspects