Restructurings and collective redundancies

The approach

A restructuring turns on its timetable as much as on its substance. The order of consultations, the meeting dates, the time allowed to the works council's expert and the consistency of the documents with one another determine how robust the process is before both the administration and the courts. The timetable is therefore settled before the first meeting, and kept.

The firm works both on designing the project — scope, selection criteria, support measures, budget — and on running it in the meeting room. Eight employment protection plans were prepared and delivered while heading employee relations for a financial group, before admission to the bar.

Matters handled

• Employment protection plans: unilateral document or majority agreement
• Collective termination agreements and collective performance agreements
• Individual redundancies and redundancies affecting fewer than ten employees
• Business transfers and the application of article L. 1224-1
• Defining scope, job categories and selection criteria
• Administrative approval and subsequent litigation