Mannheimer Swartling provides comprehensive advice on employment law and pensions. We advise clients on everything from day-to-day employment matters to complex transactions, disputes, international projects and workplace investigations. Combining deep specialist expertise with an integrated approach, we deliver solutions tailored to each client’s business and needs.
Employment law and pensions
Employment law and pensions are key areas of law for any business with employees. Employers must navigate an extensive and evolving legal and regulatory landscape, requiring both legal precision and a strong understanding of commercial and organisational priorities.
Mannheimer Swartling has extensive experience advising employers on employment law and pensions in both domestic and international contexts. Our employment lawyers support clients throughout the employment lifecycle – from recruitment and employment contracts to restructurings, workplace disputes and termination of employment. We also advise on strategic employment and pensions matters affecting organisational structures, remuneration and employee benefits.
What do employment law and pensions cover?
Employment law governs the relationship between employers and employees and covers matters ranging from employment contracts and workplace rights to redundancies, trade union relations and employment disputes. Pensions advice focuses on pension arrangements and other long-term remuneration and employee benefit structures.
Key areas of employment law and pensions
- Commencement and termination of employment
- Reorganisations and operational restrictions
- Protection of trade secrets and non-compete clauses
- Collective employment law and trade union negotiations
- Employment law in the context of M&A
- Employment disputes and arbitral proceedings
- Pensions and insurance
- Incentive programmes and remuneration rules
- Work environment and occupational health and safety investigations
- Discrimination, victimisation and harassment
- International employment law, foreign workforces and postings abroad
Employment law advice for employers
Legal advice on employment law and pensions is important both in employers’ day-to-day operations and during significant organisational or strategic change. Our employment lawyers provide practical advice designed to address legal risks while taking account of commercial and organisational objectives.
Day-to-day employment law advice
We advise employers on:
- Practical employment law issues
- Employment contracts and workplace policies
- Interpretation of employment legislation and collective bargaining agreements
- Employee relations and individual personnel matters
- Employment law risk assessments
Employment law advice on strategic projects and transactions
For complex projects and transactions, our employment lawyers advise on:
- M&A, business transfers and mergers
- Restructurings, reorganisations and workforce reductions
- Workplace investigations and internal investigations
- Employment litigation, disputes and arbitration
Examples of employment law matters
Our employment law and pensions practice advises employers on a broad range of matters, including:
- Major reorganisations, restructurings and workforce reductions
- Trade union negotiations and collective bargaining agreements
- Designing and implementing employee incentive programmes
- Negotiating employment and service agreements for senior executives
- Workplace health and safety matters
- Employment disputes involving non-compete restrictions, trade secrets, incentive programmes, termination of employment and discrimination
- International employment law, international workforces and posting of workers
- Workplace investigations and internal investigations into suspected breaches of employment law and workplace requirements
- AI and employment law, including employee monitoring
Integrated employment law expertise
Our employment lawyers work closely with specialists in related areas of law, including:
- Dispute resolution
- Corporate law
- Compliance
- Tax law
- M&A
This integrated approach enables us to provide employment law and pensions advice that is legally robust, commercially relevant and tailored to the needs of each client – regardless of the complexity, scale or geographical scope of the matter.
