Workplace law in Asia can vary from practically nonexistent to very complex. This means managing a workforce that operates across different parts of Asia can be difficult and demanding. Minimum statutory terms, conditions and employment protections vary markedly from country to country. The difficulty for human resources, in-house legal professionals and others charged with responsibility for implementing good human resources practice and ensuring workplace law compliance is knowing these types of differences and when they matter.

In addition, many companies are moving to a ‘regional policy approach’ and seeking to adopt a uniform standard as far as possible. Some companies may adopt a higher standard than required by law in some countries because they are concerned about brand and reputation issues, particularly in areas such as workplace health & safety.

Managing this complexity can be extremely time and resource intensive. Getting good advice on workplace strategy that considers your business drivers and related people issues while ensuring compliance with legal requirements can be very difficult.

Freehills’ Employee Relations – Asia provides a ‘one-stop-shop’ for workplace legal and strategy advice across the region and delivers the standard you would expect of world-class employee relations lawyers. We have built a network of trusted lawyers across Asia who deliver the high standard you would expect. We apply our strategic, legal and project management skills and networks to ensure you get the best advice and value for money.

We cover all areas of workplace law and strategy, including:

• Corporate transactions, employment aspects – restructure, outsourcing and redundancy issues, off-shoring to Asia, mergers & acquisitions and greenfields projects
• Cross-jurisdictional employment contract and policy reviews
• Employment contracts – individual hiring and employment contract issues
• Employment termination – individual termination issues including termination litigation
• Expatriate employment – expat contract and ‘hiring and firing’ issues and developing effective global mobility policies
• Compliance – general workplace law compliance advice
• Workplace risk management – contingency planning for major threats, disasters and pandemics
• Industrial relations – strategic IR advice and dispute resolution services, and
• Training – tailored executive and management training.