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Catherine Weniger

Catherine Weniger

Work Department

Employment

Position

Catherine Weniger is a Counsel in our Employment Law Group.

Experience:

Advising employers of various industries in M&A transactions, business and workforce restructuring operations, TUPE regulation, collective redundancy, etc. Day to day advice to employers on all employment law matters (hiring and dismissal of individuals, termination agreements, recording of working time, sick and pregnant employees, incentive schemes, data protection, social security and pension plans, etc.) Providing contractual employment documentation (employment contract, staff handbook, internal policies, incentive schemes) to companies relocating in Switzerland as well as reviewing and updating existing contractual employment documentation of various Swiss companies, including affiliates to multinational groups

Career

2017 - Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer 2015 - Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer 1996 - Associate and Partner in various law firms

Languages

French English

Memberships

Member of the Association of Labour Law Specialists of Western Switzerland Member of European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)

Education

2008 - Certified Specialist SBA Labour Law 1996 - Bar Admission in Switzerland 1994 - Dr. iur. (PhD), University of Lausanne 1992 - Certificate of Advanced Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne 1989 - lic. iur., University of Lausanne

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