Transfer of Business and Acquired Employee Rights, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
A Practical Guide for Europe and Across the Globe

This book provides practical, business-orientated and accessible guidance on key employment and labour law aspects in national and international transfers of business in the European Union, its member states and selected important countries around the world. It contains a comprehensive overview of relevant topics such as safeguarding of employees' rights, impacts on employees' representatives and on collective agreements, company pension entitlements, insolvency, M&A transactions and cross-border transfers of business for each country covered. This overview is accompanied by summaries of leading case law and excerpts of important national regulations.

Transfers of business play an important role in today's globalised business world. In particular, employment and labour impacts of transfers of businesses are often a driving legal and business factor in national and international restructurings and M&A transactions. The successful implementation of transfers of business requiresto recognise and comply with the relevant legal frameworks of the countries involved.

This publication is written by specialised employment lawyers from around the globe and addresses in-house counsels, human resources managers and legal advisors in charge of or accompanying national or international transactions.

Part I – EU Law and EU Countries: 1. European Union Law by Jens Kirchner and Sascha Morgenroth.- 2. Austria by Stephan Nitzl and Christian Stuppnig.- 3. Belgium by Eddy Lievens.- 4. The Czech Republic by Petr Samec and Markéta Cibulková.- 5. Denmark by Jonas Enkegaard and Kristine Friis Nolsø.- 6. France by Philippe Danesi and Marie-Astrid Bethenod.- 7. Germany by Jens Kirchner and Sascha Morgenroth.- 8. Hungary by Helga Fehér.- 9. Italy by Fabrizio Morelli.- 10. The Netherlands by Hélène Bogaard.- 11. Poland by Agnieszka Lechman-Filipiak and Katarzyna Magnuska.- 12. Romania by Monica Georgiadis.- 13. Spain by Pilar Menor.- 14. Sweden by Johan Sundberg and Emil Ödling.- 15. United Kingdom by Tim Marshall and Kate Hodgkiss.- Part II - Non-EU Countries: 16. Russia by Vladislav Mazur.- 17. Switzerland by Vincent Carron and Anne Roux-Fouillet.- 18. Turkeyby Melek Onaran Yüksel.- Part III - Middle East and Africa: 19. United Arab Emirates by Neil Crossley.- 20. South Africa by Retha Beerman, Aadil Patel and Faan Coetzee.- Part IV – Americas: 21. Brazil by Priscila da Rocha Lago and Thiago Ramos Barbosa.- 22. Canada by Richard Press.- 23. Mexico by Maria Rios.- 24. United States of America by Erin D'Angelo.- Part V - Asia and Pacific: 25. Australia by Rick Catanzariti.- 26. People's Republic of China by Johnny Choi, Alan Wang and Vivienne Jin.- 27. Japan by Lance Miller, Hajime Iwaki, Lawrence Carter and Keiji Nasuda.

Jens Kirchner advises national and international companies on all aspects of labour and employment law. In addition, he focuses on national and cross-border restructurings, acquisitions and outsourcing measures.

He has extensive experience in negotiations with works councils on co-determination rights and on enforcing operational changes requiring a balance of interests and social compensation plans. Furthermore, he also has experience with complex transfers of business, company's pension schemes, codes of conducts, issues of data protection, and with the secondment of employees to foreign countries.

Jens advises companies in the technology, metal, chemical, medical, telecommunication, aviation and automotive industries as well as in the banking and insurance sector.

Dr Sascha Morgenroth, Counsel at DLA Piper

Sascha Morgenroth is a certified professional for employment and labour law (Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht) and advises national and international companies in all aspects of collective labour and individual employment law.

His experience involves national and cross-border restructurings, acquisitions, transfer of undertakings, negotiations with works councils regarding co-determination with respect to operational changes on balance of interests and social plans, mass dismissals, co-determination at board level in case of cross-border transformations, service relationships with managing directors and board-members, employee data protection law, employee secondments and employment of foreign employees in Germany.

Tim Marshall, Partner and Joint Global Head of Employment at DLA Piper

Tim Marshall is experienced in all areas or employment law, including senior executive restraint, team poaching and confidentiality issues.

Tim also advises on the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions including large-scale restructuring programme