Slovakia

Employment Law Practice

For more than a decade, White & Case has been serving clients doing business in the rapidly evolving Slovak Republic. Independent benchmarking publications regularly acknowledge White & Case as one of the leading law firms in the Slovak Republic, in all fields, including employment.

We guarantee an individual approach to the employment issues that our clients encounter and we offer personalized solutions according to their specific needs. The knowledge and professional experience of our team of legal and tax advisors enables us to help clients with comprehensive employment issues arising during the course of their business and investment activities involving legal and tax matters.

We offer our clients assistance on a wide range of general corporate and M&A matters involving diverse employment and labor law-related issues. Clients seek our distinctive advice on matters such as: 

• Preparing and revising contracts of employment
• Developing staff handbooks, such as codes of conduct and ethical rules for employees
• Advising on any relevant issues regarding salary policies
• Arranging residency and work permits
• Dismissals, including collective redundancy programs
• Structuring and advising on stock option plans and other benefit plans
• Outsourcing
• Advising on noncompetition, confidentiality, data protection and other similar provisions
• Litigation related to breaches of employment contracts, wrongful termination claims, and noncompetition agreements

When establishing businesses and operations in Slovakia, clients seek our counsel on all employment-related issues, including the preparation of employee hiring procedures, contracts of employment and staff handbooks, as well as analyzing Slovak and EU employment legislation.

Mergers and acquisitions often impact existing employment relations. We help our clients draft the employment aspects of transaction documents, including revising the terms and conditions of employment and collective bargaining arrangements.

The current market condition often calls for the corporate restructuring of businesses, where recommendations for the optimal processes for future activities are of the essence. Our team advises on all aspects of collective redundancy programs, including analyzing the employment structure, defining the subsequent legal steps and ensuring a smooth execution of the program.

Outsourcing represents a flexible tool for corporations that are considering optimizing the costs of their operations. We design tailor-made arrangements for seconding employees between employers and the outsourcing of employees throughout the EU from other countries.