Legal advice on the planning and following management of industrial relations Assistance, by supporting or representing the company, in collective bargaining with unions, at company, national or ministerial levels Assistance in bargaining and drafting company collective agreements Assistance in establishing European Works Councils (EWCs) and during the following negotiations Legal assistance with lawsuits brought by trade unions (pursuant to Art. 28 of the Workers’ Statute)
Second Italian company in the railway transport sector (with 7different unions, over 4,000 employees and 730,000 passengers in a day):legal advice and assistance with many different issues related to industrial relations and related disputes with unions; advice with the renewal of the company collective bargaining agreement; successful legal assistance with a lawsuit brought by 190 employees claiming the non-applicability of the previous company collective bargaining agreement and legal assistance with many lawsuits brought by the 4 more representative unions in the railway sector, claiming alleged anti-union behaviour. Premier integrated logistics Company: assistance and advice in bargaining company agreements with trade unions to implement seasonal work and the use of fixed-term employment contracts. Company operating in the energy transmission systems manufacturing: assistance in bargaining and drafting an agreement with unions to allow the use of staff leasing for a few dozen workers. Assistance to different companies operating in the airport sector (handling and air catering) in managing union procedures pursuant to the social clause of the national collective bargaining agreement for the air transport industry, with finalization of agreements to improve the transfer of the employees and resources involved. French Multinational operating in the cable manufacturing sector: assistance and advice in relation to multiple wildcat strikes (staggered and intermittent) and the decision to proceed with a lockout and relieve from work all skilled workers at the plant. Italian Company operating in the airport cargo sector: assistance and advice with several procedures related to the change of service agreement for airlines and in bargaining with trade unions relating to the application of the social clause provided by the CCNL Air Transport for the handling sector. Assistance to an Anglo-Saxon insurance company with a leading position in the main direct line of business in Europe and over 10,000 employees, during union information and consultation procedures relating to the acquisition of a competing insurance company operating in Italy, as well as during the following collective transfer of employees and the harmonization of company collective bargaining agreements, and in drafting and bargaining the new company collective agreement. Leading Austrian company in air catering: assistance during the process of changing the national collective bargaining agreement applied, with management of individual positions and drafting of agreements in which the employees acknowledging the applicability of the new national collective bargaining agreement. Italian group operating in the heavy engineering in Italy, France, China and India: assistance with a lawsuit pursuant to Art. 28 of the Workers’ Statute brought by an independent union, representing multiple categories of employees claiming alleged anti-union behaviour regarding the appointment of company union representatives elected only by union members when there were already works council elected by all company members. Company operating in the rubber and plastic sector: assistance with a lawsuit pursuant to Art. 28 of the Workers’ Statute brought by an independent union who was not admitted to the bargaining table relating to a company union agreement. Multinational operating in the IT sector: legal assistance with a lawsuit pursuant to Art. 28 of the Workers’ Statute brought by trade union confederations relating to the company’s refusal to bargain and convene a “counter-assembly” of the employees. Company operating in the air cargo sector: assistance in bargaining and drafting agreements with unions for productivity bonuses linked to tax reduction policies. French petrochemical Group: assistance with meetings with unions for the negotiation of entry agreements and standardization of economic and legal benefits following the transfer of a branch of business.
