Sustainable Development

Nicolas Menard | Avocat & conseil - Accompagnement durable
Nicolas Menard | Avocat & conseil - picto - marcheur

Sustainable Development

Decision-making assistance and monitoring.

Employment law does exist to regulate the relationship between employers, employees and trade unions, it’s constantly evolving and deals with all aspects of the workplace.

You must benefit from receiving external assistance which allow you to take a step back to master employment law rules and use them conveniently in your working relations.

The decision-making process relates to understand the rules with pragmatism.

It is sometimes necessary to shift from a restrictive view to a beneficial and productive use of regulation.

It is important to be helped by a lawyer to brainstorm solutions for :

  • Drafting and management of internal documents (contracts, amendments, memorandum, layouts)
  • Setting up and renewal of staff representative institutions (elections, meetings, minutes of the economic and social committee (CSE in French),
  • Negotiation and drafting of collective agreements (collective performance agreements, working time, remote working, equal opportunities for men and women, senior workers),
  • Organization and internal restructuring (resizing, external growth or outsourcing).

Social audit assesses the current situation in relation to local standards and expectations, and helps to narrow gaps between vision/goal and reality, between efficiency and effectiveness.

You should benefit an external point of view on the main audit areas:

  • Employment contract / job description,
  • Wages / Pay negotiation,
  • Individual or collective social status / use of internal notes,
  • Social protection / pensions schemes
As an employer or employee, you are required to respect and follow the rules regulating social relationships within the organization. You have to know those rules, their implementation and respect them in regards to:
  • Health and safety at work / working conditions,
  • Psychological or sexual harassment,
  • Labour rights and duties/ exercise of fundamental freedom

Social change and working methods are fast-moving and elaborate. It requires constant adjustment in order to stay ahead of the competition in terms of social engineering, mobility and flexibility of the workforce.

It is essential to get specific support in terms of:

  • Digitalization
  • Remote working
  • Right to disconnect
  • General Data Protection Regulation
  • Forward planning of skills and workforce,
  • Assessment of the environmental impact

Updating skills and practices in the field of employment legislation and social relations is a necessity to get a comprehensive support on current social matters affecting your working environment, namely:

  • Updating your practices based on feedback from experience,
  • Updating and monitoring internal documents
  • Social status (individual contract, collective agreements, social protection)

Skill development is a major challenge both for organizations and employees.

Your attention should be focused on organizing and taking part in trainings promoting:

  • Development
  • Flexibility
  • Human capital enhancement.

The experienced lawyer’s guidance must help you create a connection in various professional framework like:

  • Individual relationship with work (annual professional interview),
  • Team building and management (hiring process, career development, loyalty)
  • Staff representative (CSE meeting)