Employment and Social Security Law
Technical and pragmatic advice on human resources
We stay up-to-date with changing regulations and understand your business needs. We help clients define and implement their HR strategies with precision.
We also assist in managing risks and provide guidance for complex cases, such as reorganization projects, collective dismissal procedures, strikes, and in the context of collective proceedings.

Interventions
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Employment and Social Security Law
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Collective Labor Relations
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Individual and Collective Litigation
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Restructuring Management
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Mergers and acquisitions
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Workplace Health and Safety
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Individual Labor Relations
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Compensation, Employee Savings, and Equity Ownership
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Social Security and Welfare Law
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Ethics
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Status and Compensation of Executives
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Organizational Changes
We stay up-to-date with changing regulations and understand your business needs. We help clients define and implement their HR strategies with precision.
We also assist in managing risks and provide guidance for complex cases, such as reorganization projects, collective dismissal procedures, strikes, and in the context of collective proceedings.
Collective Labor Relations
Understanding the way in which employer/employee relationships are governed through a range of specific agreements is essential. We help you navigate this changing landscape by advising on:
- The functioning of the Social and Economic Committee (CSE),
- Management of employee representatives,
- Mandatory working hours,
- Salary negotiations, training contracts, mobility agreements, job retention agreements, etc.
- Management of collective actions,
- Disputes related to collective agreements.
Individual and Collective Litigation
We handle all types of employment law litigation: strikes, allegations of harassment, accidents in the workplace, collective or individual conflicts, administrative, criminal, and civil litigation related to hidden labor practices.
We work with you to define a judicial or pre-litigation strategy, and represent you before all relevant jurisdictions.
Restructuring Management
Successfully restructuring a company requires rigorous planning and execution. We provide a secure and successful pathway for your business.
From activity transfers to layoffs, our team ensures that the project submitted to the CSE is well-documented to address all potential objections, and carefully communicated to employees and allstakeholders including unions’ leaders.Mergers and acquisitions
We help buyers and sellers analyze all the employment law implications that need to be considered in an M&A context.
Our proven methodology helps all parties reach optimal outcomes.
Workplace Health and Safety
Within employment law, workplace health and safety is paramount. All physical and psychological risks must be identified and managed.
As more and more emphasis is placed upon these risks, the financial stakes are significant for employers if found at fault. To mitigate this, we help clients improve preventative measures, including through risk mapping, and advice on prevention plans.
Individual Labor Relations
We work with companies on all aspects of individual labor relations. Our cross-functional approach includes:
- Protection of fundamental freedoms
- Accommodation of religious practices
- Monitoring of employees (cyber, video)
- Protection of union activity
- Employee use of social media
Compensation, Employee Savings, and Equity Ownership
Our team can help companies define their compensation policy. We offer guidance on various tools, including bonus and variable compensation mechanisms, profit-sharing, stock-options, free share awards, BSPCE, and retirement and savings plans.
Our services aim to align the compensation policy with the company's objectives and values, including its social responsibility, to improve staff retention.
Social Security and Welfare Law
Providing adequate social security coverage is a fundamental part of a company's strategy. We help you design and implement your social security coverage in compliance with the law.
Through regular audits, we also ensure that internal practices are adhered to.
Ethics
Drawing on our cross-functional expertise between labor law and our Business and Human Rights' offering, we are called upon by companies in the context of their CSR strategy and in drafting the terms of their internal ethics policy.
Status and Compensation of Executives
We advise on all aspects related to the status and compensation of executives, including:
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- Negotiation of status, compensation and termination clauses
- Advice on the possibility of combining executive and employee status
- Compensation policies subject to general meetings, such as say on pay
- Termination and potential litigation
Organizational Changes
To help clients optimize the way they are organized, we review working time arrangements, and help implement internal mobility schemes.
Rewards
Highly regarded team covering a wide range of employment mandates. Highly skilled in assisting both French and international clients, including CAC 40 companies, with employee litigation, company reorganisations and collective redundancy plans. Demonstrates additional expertise dealing with matters concerning workplace discrimination and internal investigations. Further experience in bonus-related disputes and issues surrounding foreign secondment.
Chambers & Partners Europe 2024
Employment
Band 1
Chambers & Partners Europe 2024
Emmanuelle Barbara
Band 1
Chambers & Partners Europe 2024
Marie-Hélène Bensadoun
Band 2
Chambers & Partners Europe 2024
Virginie Devos
Band 3
Chambers & Partners Europe 2024
Fabienne Haas
Band 4
Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Employment
Tier 1
Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Emmanuelle Barbara
Hall of fame
Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Marie-Hélène Bensadoun
Leading individual
Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Diane Reboursier
Rising star
Option Droit & Affaires 2024
Redundancy plans and collective litigation
Tier 1
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
− Social compliance: highly recommended | Emmanuelle Barbara, Marie-Hélène Bensadoun, Virginie Devos, Philippe Durand, Fabienne Haas, Catherine Le Manchec, Eric Manca, Anaïs Qureshi
− Criminal labor law: highly recommended | Emmanuelle Barbara, Eric Manca, Astrid Mignon Colombet, Valérie Munoz-Pons
− Mobility and expatriation: highly recommended | Emmanuelle Barbara, Virginie Devos
− Additional social protection: excellent | Emmanuelle Barbara, Virginie Devos, Anaïs Qureshi
− Representation of senior executives: highly recommended | Emmanuelle Barbara, Marie-Hélène Bensadoun, Eric Manca
− Social security: excellent | Emmanuelle Barbara, Virginie Devos, Anaïs Qureshi
− High-risk individual litigation: leading | Emmanuelle Barbara, Marie-Hélène Bensadoun, Virginie Devos, Philippe Durand, Fabienne Haas, Catherine Le Manchec, Eric Manca, Anaïs Qureshi
− Social management of M&As and social audits: leading | Marie-Hélène Bensadoun, Virginie Devos, Philippe Durand, Fabienne Haas, Catherine Le Manchec, Anaïs Qureshi
− Collective bargaining and social relations: leading | Emmanuelle Barbara, Marie-Hélène Bensadoun, Virginie Devos, Philippe Durand, Fabienne Haas, Catherine Le Manchec, Eric Manca, Anaïs Qureshi
− Collective and individual compensation: excellent | Emmanuelle Barbara, Marie-Hélène Bensadoun, Virginie Devos, Catherine Le Manchec, Anaïs Qureshi
− Reorganizations, socials programs, and related litigation: leading | Emmanuelle Barbara, Marie-Hélène Bensadoun, Virginie Devos, Philippe Durand, Fabienne Haas, Catherine Le Manchec, Eric Manca, Anaïs Qureshi
Who's Who Legal 2023
France - Labour & Employment : Philippe Durand
Thought Leader
Who's Who Legal 2023
Labour & Employment : Philippe Durand
Global Elite Thought Leader
Who's Who Legal 2023
France – Labour & Employment : Emmanuelle Barbara
Thought Leader
Who's Who Legal 2023
Labour, Employment & Benefits : Emmanuelle Barbara
Thought Leader
Who's Who Legal 2023
Labour & Employment : Emmnuelle Barbara
Recommended
Who's Who Legal 2023
Pensions & Benefits : Emmanuelle Barbara
Recommended
Who's Who Legal 2023
France – Labour & Employment : Fabienne Haas
Thought Leader
Who's Who Legal 2023
Labour, Employment & Benefits : Fabienne Haas
Recommended
Who's Who Legal 2023
France – Labour & Employment : Marie-Hélène Bensadoun
Thought Leader
Who's Who Legal 2023
Labour & Employment : Marie-Hélène Bensadoun
Recommended
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
Employee Benefits Law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Labor and Employment Law (Lawyer of the Year)
MARIE-HELENE BENSADOUN
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2011)
Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law
VIRGINIE DEVOS
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012)
Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law
PHILIPPE DURAND
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law
FABIENNE HAAS
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law
CATHERINE LE MANCHEC
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2014)
Labor and Employment Law
ERIC MANCA
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020)
Labor and Employment Law, Litigation
SONIA MOREAU
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024)
Labor and Employment Law
ANAIS QURESHI
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025)
Labor and Employment Law
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