Trade Unions

Relations with trade unions and collective bargaining

Our law firm offers specialised legal services to employers in relations with trade unions and in collective bargaining. This is an area that requires not only a deep knowledge of labour law, but also a sensitive and strategic approach to negotiations, conflict prevention and the protection of employers’ interests.

This area is handled by our specialised team consisting of Nataša Randlová, a founding partner of the firm with decades of experience, who is a recognised expert and one of the most respected authorities in the field of labour law. Nataša is assisted by two junior associates, Lucie Krejčí and Vojtěch Kalina. The team has extensive experience in collective bargaining, dispute resolution with trade unions and setting up internal processes in accordance with the law.

We assist employers primarily with the preparation and conclusion of collective agreements, legal analysis of negotiation strategies, risk assessment, and representation in negotiations with trade unions. We have assisted our clients in the following situations, among others:

  • We support an international IT company with four separate entities and three competing trade unions that have taken a hostile stance towards the employer and each other. In this complex situation, we successfully managed the highly contentious election of employee representatives to the supervisory board of the European company and to the European Works Council.
  • We helped a global manufacturer of hygiene products successfully terminate two collective agreements that had been concluded in violation of the law. We then negotiated new collective agreements with both trade unions without disrupting social peace.
  • We successfully defended a grocery store chain against so-called modern trade unions, which demanded the sharing of internal and confidential information through a non-transparent web portal and compensation to cover significant amounts for office rent and legal services.
  • We also defended several companies against ‘COVID’ organisations that tried to bully and intimidate them into not complying with government-imposed anti-COVID measures.

Our work is based not only on years of practice, but also on theoretical expertise – our team members regularly publish professional articles on the subject of trade unions. Our articles on this topic are available (in Czech language only) here.

If you are looking for a reliable and experienced partner to help you conduct negotiations with trade unions professionally and effectively, please contact us at info@randls.com.

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