Employment and Benefits
Our practice comprises dedicated experts advising on employment and benefits issues respectively, and our capabilities have been consistently highly-ranked in legal directories and trade publications. We believe that few, if any other law firms can provide this type of balanced practice and level of expertise in Albania. Our lawyers are frequently called upon to help clients navigate extremely sensitive issues which pose significant risk to their organizations or which require a comprehensive strategic solution.
Employment disputes can arise even in the best-run organisations. Employers need the right skills and resources to manage workplace conflict appropriately. We will find the most time and cost effective solution for your business whether reviewing a grievance or providing a full Employment Tribunal case management service. Our team includes experienced employment tribunal advocates who appear in employment tribunals throughout the country.
Our employment disputes expertise includes the following:
- Industrial relations and strikes.
- Discrimination and equal pay.
- Working Time, holiday pay and unlawful deductions from wages.
- Workplace investigations and whistleblowing.
- Unfair dismissal.
- High Court proceedings including high value bonus claims and seeking/defending injunctions involving enforcement of restrictive covenants.
- Individual and collective grievances.
LPA executive team has more than one decade of experience designing, drafting, and implementing executive compensation plans and employment agreements for all types of employers, including large corporations, tax-exempt organizations (including hospital systems and universities), emerging companies, and investment firms. We also represent employers in connection with corporate transactions, such as mergers, stock sales, asset sales, as well as bank loans and bankruptcies, in which plan issues arise.
Our employment law training provides businesses with the skills to manage Albanian employment law issues. Our team is experienced in helping organisations raise operational awareness of the risks posed by employment legislation and implement best practice through practical, interactive training.
