Our Employment Practice Group handles both contentious and non-contentious employment related matters for both corporate clients and employees. We regularly advise on employment contracts, service contracts, confidentiality agreements and termination contracts.

Our Employment Practice Group also advises on employee benefits and award schemes, employee protection, legislation against discrimination, provident funds, data protection, employee handbooks, restrictive covenants, termination and redundancies, employee misconduct and regulatory compliance matters.

Services provided by us include:

General Employment Advice

• all types of contractual issues, including drafting and negotiation of terms and conditions of employment and handbooks
• proceedings in the Labour Tribunal
• protection of business secrets and proprietary information and enforceability of restrictive covenants
• business transfers and outsourcing
• discrimination
• redundancies and business reorganisations
• confidentiality and personal data protection
• industrial disputes and strikes

Court Proceedings

• obtaining injunctions to prevent possible business disorders and disruption
• discrimination claim in the District Court
• all types of employment disputes transferred from the Labour Tribunal to either the District Court or High Court

Preventive Planning and Training

• employment law compliance audit
• dispute mechanism reviews
• employee privacy rights
• employee evaluation
• employee benefit plans
• management training and awareness seminars

Employees Compensation

• quantum of claims
• representation in proceedings
• enforcement strategy

Partners

CHAN, Raymond Chi Kin
CHOI, David Pui Wai

Consultant

BUDGE, John Robertson

Associate

 LEUNG, Leo Ho Hin