CERHA HEMPEL Kališ & Partners’ employment practice advises on an array of issues, primarily relating to work from home schemes, flexible working hours, benefit schemes, and employee working conditions. The team is jointly led by Martin Kartner, who focuses on compliance issues such as corporate compliance and GDPR concerns, and senior associate Nikol Jeništová, who specialises in termination cases and employment-related disputes.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The cooperation with our key contact is very good. We appreciate very quick feedback on our questions.’

  • 'We get great personal engagement from the managing partner and all the relevant lawyers engaged in our business deal.'

  • 'They have all-round expertise in employment. The depth of subject expertise is impressive. They know our business, understand our risks and guide us appropriately. They take a problem-solving approach in order to assist us with exploring outside-the-box solutions to challenges.'

  • 'Nikol Jenistová is our key contact. She is always available for our questions, hard-working, with a keen knowledge of the law. We've never encountered an issue she can't handle.'

  • 'They focus on finding the solution that fits the customer's needs.'

  • 'The lawyers at Cerha, Hempel and Kališ are highly capable, creative, and pragmatic on every legal case. They are extremely committed and capable, easy to deal with, meet the deadlines, and  are responsive.'

Key clients

  • Diplomat Prague a.s.
  • Safina, a.s.
  • OFFICEO s.r.o.
  • ProSpon, spol. s r. o.
  • ŽĎAS, a.s.
  • Tchibo spol. s r.o.
  • MEDIN, a.s.
  • McDonald’s ČR spol. s.r.o.

Work highlights

  • Advised Diplomat Prague a.s. on the transfer of rights and obligations arising from the employment relations of affected employees within the spin-off project, based on which a part of the activities of Diplomat Prague a.s. shall be performed by another entity.
  • Advised Czech Technical University in Prague (České vysoké učení technické v Praze) regarding the issue of the obligation of employees to be loyal towards an employer and the possible consequences of the breach of such obligation.
  • Advised MEDIN, a.s. on the issues of employee sharing, workplace safety obligations, liability for potential damages by employees, and other related issues.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Martin Kartner, Nikol Jeništová

Other key lawyers

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