Practice area
Labour law
Labour law governs the relationship between employers and employees, from the conclusion of the employment contract to its end, while regulating the performance of the employment relationship and the management of conflict situations. Within a legal framework shaped by the interplay of the Code of Obligations (CO), the Employment Act (LTr), collective agreements applicable to certain professions and numerous applicable public-law provisions, our firm assists private individuals and businesses both in their advisory needs and in resolving their disputes. We act in particular in the drafting and negotiation of contracts, the management of employment relationships, transfers of contracts, dismissal and restructuring, as well as in litigation before the competent Swiss courts.
FORI Avocat·e·s SA advises businesses and private individuals on all matters relating to the employment relationship, from its establishment to its end: drafting and negotiating contracts, remuneration, bonuses and benefits, working time, holidays, incapacity for work, duties of diligence and loyalty, protection of personality, non-competition clauses and the management of conflict situations.
The employment relationship rests on a body of private-law and public-law rules whose interplay can prove complex. Alongside the provisions of the Code of Obligations, there are in particular those of the Employment Act, collective agreements and standard employment contracts, as well as the rules on protection against discrimination and respect for the employee's personality. FORI Avocat·e·s SA thus assists its clients in establishing employment relationships that comply with the applicable legal framework, while seeking solutions adapted to the economic and human stakes specific to each situation.
Our firm also acts at the sensitive stages of the employment relationship: warnings, prolonged absences, reorganisations, changes to working conditions, ordinary or immediate dismissals, negotiated departures and settlements, as well as in the application of non-competition clauses or in situations involving the transfer of contracts in the context of business transfers. We advise our clients upstream to prevent the risk of litigation and assist them, once a conflict has already arisen, in negotiating an amicable solution or in conducting the proceedings.
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