Employment Law and Compliance

DaWo’s Employment law department provides practical advice and solutions to companies, senior managers and employees on all matters related to employment laws and regulations, including:

Employment Contract & Other Employment Related Documents:

  • Preparation, amendment and perfection of employment contracts and related documents
  • Participation in consultations, negotiations, signing of employment contracts and related documents
  • Design and optimization of international mobility (dispatching, recruitment, employment, etc.)
  • Optimization of shareholding structure and tax planning (in coordination with the Corporate and Tax Department)

Company Rules & regulations:

  • Preparation, amendment and perfection of employee handbooks and other company rules and regulations
  • Establishing legal formulation and publication procedures of all company rules and regulations

Daily Advisory:

  • Providing practical answers to various questions concerning labor laws and regulations
  • Providing updates on laws and regulations and adjusting employment related documents accordingly
  • Providing advice regarding the termination of employment contracts or labor relationships
  • Advisory on health and safety operations and work-related accident management
  • Streamlining labor relationships, including relationships with the labor unions

Business reorganizations:

  • Employment law due diligence for mergers and acquisitions
  • Employment law advice related to transactions such as sales, spin-offs, mergers, business transfers, changes of control, etc.
  • Designing employment preservation plans, preparing related documents and providing advice regarding the implementation of the preservation plan

Labor Disputes:

  • Providing advice on adhering to legal requirements and contractual obligations to prevent disputes
  • Providing settlement suggestions and participating in non-judicial negotiation, mediation and conciliation regarding labor disputes
  • Representing clients during labor arbitration and litigation

Legal Audit and Compliance Investigation:

  • Conducting internal investigations regarding fraud, corruption and other misconduct of the management and related employees
  • Conducting compliance audits regarding employment management

Training Services:

  • Providing knowledge and hands-on training on labor laws and regulations
  • Providing anti-bribery & corruption training and other compliance trainings
  • Providing trade secrets protection training

Some legal cases managed by our Employment Law team:

  • Successfully assisting a European company in automobile industry to relocate its WFOE from Shanghai to Wuxi smoothly, in particular the employees’ arrangement and labor disputes resolution
  • Conducting employment compliance audit for the acquisition of a French high-tech Company by a Japanese high-tech company and assisting with the employment preservation and transfer plan
  • Successfully assisting a global logistics company to dismiss a senior manager who was taking fake sick leave
  • Assisting a European company in the subcontracting and semi-finished products sectors with long-term disputes between the management and the labor union
  • Assisting a European company in the subcontracting and semi-finished products sectors with long-term disputes between the management and the labor union

Learn more about DaWo’s Employment Contract Templates