Employment

DFDL’s Employment practice ensures legally compliant HR documentation and advice, building strong employer-employee foundations. We draft employment agreements, internal regulations, and consultancy contracts, adhering to local laws. Our services include advice on entitlements, working hours, foreign worker restrictions, transfers, terminations, severance, retirement, and dispute resolution.

Key Credentials

  • A group of domestic and foreign employers and trade union representatives Myanmar, on collective bargaining and implementation of a non-judicial dispute resolution mechanism that would serve to mediate and settle disputes between workers, employers and trade unions.
  • Vietnam law advice on the process and formalities for handling alleged business misconducts committed by several employees of a multinational computer technology corporation, including conducting of internal investigations.
  • A large redundancy involving over 300 employees in Cambodia, including voluntary departures and assisting the client during the whole voluntary departure and redundancy procedures (including drafting of relevant documents and liaising with the labor authority).
  • A Middle East aircraft company on restructuring options and redundancies of around 70 employees across Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand including advice on the procedures to implement a collective redundancy and our recommendations and strategic advice to mitigate the risk of claims in relation to the termination of employment.
  • A global hotel chain in dealing with a labour collective dispute and advice on employment laws and termination.

How We Can Help

  • HR Documentation: Ensure compliance with local laws.
  • Employment Agreements: Draft and review contracts and internal regulations.
  • Redundancy Solutions: Provide options and risk assessments.
  • Separation Agreements: Develop compliant termination and separation plans.
  • Labor Compliance: Offer guidance on tax, incentives, and labor restructuring.