International Employment Law – wide range of services provided in assisting clients with employment matters, by way of example: Salary adjustment; Downgrading; Termination of employment; Probationary appointments; Fixed-term contracts; Abolition of posts; Restructuring; Promotion; Reassignment; Classification; Grandfathering of salaries and other allowances; Retirement and expatriate benefits; Acquired Rights.
Experience also in collective grievances and class actions.
Regulatory & Disciplinary – advisory services in several cases of administrative grievances, compliance with the staff rules and regulations, ethics and conduct, misconduct, discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, bullying, abuse of power, absence of due process; disciplinary and administrative measures.
The assistance provided ranges from case assessment, legal advice, drafting of correspondence, drafting of official documents and pleadings, legal representation and litigation before internal appeals bodies and external international tribunals (UNAT, ILOAT, ECJ, WBAT, EBRDAT, ATBIS).
Alternative dispute resolution: assistance in mediation, negotiations of mutually agreed solutions and settlement agreements.
Staff clinics: free legal consultations, legal advice and case assessment provided to members of Staff Associations and Councils on a regular basis – see e.g.http://staffunion.unov.org/su/en/lawyers.html for the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) Staff Union. The staff clinics service is currently also provided at the the Staff Council of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Staff Union of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) in Washington DC, the United Nations Staff Union (UNSU) in New York, the World Bank Group Staff Association in Washington DC, the Staff Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, the ITER Organization Staff Association in France, and at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.
