Czech Republic

Employment and Labor Law Practice

White & Case is one of the few law firms providing full-service employment and labor law-related advice in Prague. Both Czech and international corporations doing business in the Czech Republic come to us for a "one-stop shop" in legal services.

Through the strength of our global network, foreign investors trust our employment law capabilities for their first-ever investments in the country. We also advise a number of Czech firms on a full spectrum of labor law matters.

Clients seek our advice on a wide range of issues spanning from hiring new employees and drafting employment and management contracts, to reviewing their codes of conduct and internal regulations related to employment or evaluating remuneration structures and pension plans. We advise on the transfer of employees and collective dismissals, as well as disputes related to employees.

We also negotiate with unions on behalf of our clients and advise on work permits, residential permits and visa requirements.

Our employment advice includes: 

• Benefits and stock option plans
• Cross-border labor issues, transfer of employees and outsourcing
• Layoffs, collective redundancies and closing down companies
• Litigation and litigation avoidance
• Settlements
• Data protection
• Employee tax and related social and health insurance issues

Our services

We counsel clients on a range of employment-related rules and regulations in the Czech Republic and the impact they can have on our clients‘ businesses. As part of a global law firm, we have particular experience advising on the Czech aspects of multinational deals, advising foreign employers making investments in the Czech Republic and advising Czech employers investing overseas. Our team has worked on some of the largest commercial transactions in recent years and has substantial experience in providing the necessary employment advice.

We provide employment law advice in the following key areas:

• Review and preparation of all labor law contracts
• Remuneration issues and benefits
• Stock option plans
• Labor IT/IP
• Disability, occupational and safety matters 
• Outsourcing
• Labor law due diligence
• Data protection
• Restructuring and redundancies
• Collective bargaining 
• Advice on mobility of workers
• International and EC labor law
• Discrimination, harassment and fair treatment 
• Termination issues
• Litigation in labor law cases; litigation avoidance
• Representation before labor authorities
• Business immigration
• Full tax services