Any global business needs to make a policy decision on the approach and management of its global employment documents. This often involves balancing the extent to which it can usefully harmonise its documentation and HR processes against the constraints and benefits of local law and custom. Although harmonisation can help to achieve consistency and greater efficiency for Human Resources, this may be at the cost of some local risk management or the granting of enhanced rights to employees beyond the local legal requirements.
We understand the issues here and the need to balance these competing interests. We are experienced in managing the implementation of many employment documents projects. In particular we take care to establish from the outset the key objectives of Human Resources and/or in-house counsel. We provide clear advise to clients on which policies and practices can or cannot be harmonised in most jurisdictions but equally we are always able to find a commercial and practical solution in order to achieve the client’s objectives and its preferred approach to employment practice and documents. Our expertise is based on our long track record of advising on and project managing document harmonisation projects across many jurisdictions.