Our lawyers have great experience on the following employment and labour issues (some examples): 

Standard labour documents drafting

• drafting standard employment contracts with variety of types of employees (executives, office employees, shift employees, part-time employees and etc.), drafting the scope of documents from the employment till termination - for the number of industrial companies as well as for service companies;
• drafting the collective agreement for the chemical plant;
• drafting of all internal settings/instructions/rules for large-scale uranium-producing  companies;
• consultations and negotiation conducting on signing collective agreements in large-scale Danish oil producing companies.

Representation

• negotiation conducting with government inspectors of labour on violation of labour legislation  in the name of large-scale service companies;
• legal advice and managing the process of investigation of work accident in Atyrau region;
• representation of interests for a number of clients during process of litigation of former employees suits regarding illegal dismissals and their restorations to work;
• legal advice and representation of the large drilling company on the collective claim of the former employers with regard to the compensations payment;
• German oil company and top-manager dispute – a case between an employee and employer regarding compensation for forced outage;
• international oil company and top-managers dispute – an employment case regarding allegation of misconduct of top-managers and their further dismissal;
• large service company and several employees – an employment case under a collective claim of former employers regarding groundless claims on dismissal and payment of compensation;
• trade union (more than 3000 employees) and oil and gas condensate project in West Kazakhstan (represented by its general contractor)– dispute regarding change of working conditions, increase of compensations and Salaries;
• represented interests of for European oil company. in a dispute between an employee and employer regarding compensation for forced outage.

Audit on labour issues

• labour Due Diligence for international shipping company;
• labour Due Diligence on accuracy of documents compiling during dismissal of employees in regard with moving to Aktau city in oil producing company.

Consultation on labor issues

• legal advice to uranium producer company on termination of employment contract and terms of payment for extra work;
• preparation of legal conclusion to service company in oil and gas sphere on possible termination of the employment contract due to drunk appearance at working place and imposing the disciplinary penalties;
• business issues legal support to the European insurance company on the employment and litigation issues;
• preparation of legal conclusion to the large uranium producer  on compensations payment scheme for employees for extra work, work on vacation and compensation for unused vacation in termination process;
• preparation of legal conclusion, including summary tables on alternative ways of implementation of labour activity in Kazakhstan, for expatriate specialists  without  obtaining work permits;
• legal advice to international service company on the compliance of its corporate policies to the legislation of Kazakhstan (Alcohol and Drugs Standards Policy, Non-discrimination,  Ethics and anti-corruption etc.);
• preparation of legal conclusion on payments to the rotational employees including vacations payment taking into account regional compensation requirements for European oil company;
• preparation of legal conclusion on receiving corresponding consent from employees to issue internal act on labor conditions change for service company which works afloat;
• advising the process of dismissal and employment at the sale of the participation interest in the Production Sharing Agreement on oil extraction in west Kazakhstan oilfield.

Seminar and practical trainings conduction on labor matters

• Organization and conduction of seminars and round tables in various companies to attract as practical lawyers, as representatives of government inspections and developers of labour codes.