Litigation | Littler France

New trends at the workplace, new forms of employment, evolution of the relationship to work, mental health issues, quiet quitting … the work place is experiencing profound changes exacerbated by a challenging economic environment and intense competition. In this context, employment relationships can become tense, and the environment can deteriorate.

Your strategic partner

In this very volatile and sensitive environment, we represent and defend our clients in any kind of labour and employment law disputes: individual and collective disputes, strikes, occupational accidents, harassment, administrative, criminal, and civil litigations related to concealed /undeclared work, etc.

We also assist professional training organisations and bodies financing vocational training in their legal and administrative disputes.

We represent our clients before a wide variety of courts and tribunals. We can also assist in reaching amicable solutions. We support and defend our clients’ decisions throughout proceedings with determination and creativity.

We provide legal assistance using a proven method. We design and develop our pre-litigation and negotiation strategy at the very early stage.

During the litigation phase, we build an efficient litigation strategy backed by meticulously designed and researched arguments.

Our areas of expertise

In employment law

Individual disputes: assistance with disputes related to terminations, harassment and discrimination, working hours, wages, equal treatment, disability, occupational accidents, occupational sicknesses.
Collective disputes
Electoral litigation
Disputes regarding the appointment of staff representatives
URSSAF litigation
Restructuring disputes: managing individual and collective disputes before the judicial or industrial tribunals filed during or after a restructuring.
Unfair competition
Criminal employment law: working hours, undeclared work

In vocational training law

With training providers and apprentice training centres

Procedures in administrative matters following an audit from the local labour authority and/or CDC delisting
Disputes with clients and/or interns

With certifying bodies

Procedures in contentious administrative matters following a withdrawal decision by France Compétences (RNCP/RS)

With financing bodies

Procedures in administrative/legal matters: dispute with a sector or member company, petition to cancel OPCO accreditation orders, debt recovery (contractual contribution), pre-contractual summary proceedings (public tenders), etc.

In employment law
In vocational training law

We appear before all competent courts

Industrial tribunals
Judicial court
Disability tribunals
Administrative bodies (Labour Inspectorate, Labour authority, etc.)
Criminal courts

Managing labour relations disputes

The firm assists businesses with managing labour crises: strikes, sit-ins, serious accidents, incidents carrying high media exposure and creating negative impacts on reputation, image, and business activities.

Our lawyers represent clients in particularly sensitive and complex situations and work alongside psychological counselling units, external service providers, and communications advisors.

Coordinating international disputes

Our firm assists employers in managing complex disputes involving several courts. Thanks to our international platform and unique knowledge of cross-border matters, we work on building a consistant global strategy, taking into account the legal, cultural and economic specificities of each country at stake. We act as an coordinator in order to prepare a standardised, efficient and responsive defence, in constant contact with local teams and decision-makers in the case.

Do you need legal assistance? Contact our teams via our contact form, and one of our lawyers will contact you to arrange a meeting and address your issue as soon as possible.

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