Employment

DFDL’s Employment practice believes that clear, legally compliant human resources documentation creates a solid foundation for good working relationships between employers and employees. Our Employment team is dedicated to preparing that solid basis and advising clients on all employment and labor issues that may arise.

DFDL clients benefit from our extensive experience in preparing employment agreements, internal regulations, and consultancy and contractor agreements. Our procedures comply with local laws and practices and meet clients’ operational needs. We can provide advice on a wide range of employment and labor matters, including employment entitlements, working hours, overtime, restrictions on foreign workers, employee transfers, secondments, terminations, severance, retirement, and dispute resolution.

Our varied client base includes global companies with subsidiaries throughout Southeast Asia, as well as embassies, international non-governmental) organizations, and international organizations operating in the region.

How we can help:

  • Employment and labour law advice;
  • Compliance with local law procedures, obligations, and entitlements;
  • Employment redundancies – employer options and risk assessments;
  • Separation agreements;
  • Employment contracts: preparation/compliance review;
  • Internal regulations & union relations;
  • Tax advice & tax compliance services related to employment;
  • Management packages & incentive plans; and
  • Labour restructuring.

Key Credentials

  • A group of domestic and foreign employers and trade union representatives Myanmar on collective bargaining and implementation of a non-judicial dispute resolution mechanism that would serve to mediate and settle disputes between workers, employers and trade unions.
  • Vietnam law advice on the process and formalities for handling alleged business misconducts committed by several employees of a multi-national computer technology corporation, including conducting of internal investigations.
  • A large redundancy involving over 300 employees in Cambodia, including voluntary departures and assisting the client during the whole voluntary departure and redundancy procedures (including drafting of relevant documents and liaising with the labor authority).
  • A Middle-East aircraft company on restructuring options and redundancies of around 70 employees across Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand including advice on the procedures to implement a collective redundancy and our recommendations and strategic advice to mitigate the risk of claims in relation to the termination of employment.
  • A global hotel chain in dealing with a labour collective dispute and advice on employment laws and termination.

Awards

2023 asialaw

  • Labour and Employment ThailandRecommended

Key Contacts

Regional Managing Partner
Thailand
+66 20 594 090
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Partner and Head of Hanoi office
Vietnam
+84 24 3936 6411
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Insights

Intelligence from the DFDL legal team

Employment
Aug 17 2023

Cambodia: Key Considerations When Hiring Contingent Workers

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Employment
Jun 30 2023

Cambodia: Annual Labour Compliance Obligations and Self-Declared Labour Inspection

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Employment
Mar 28 2023

DFDL Cambodia Experts Contribute Expertise to Asia-Pacific Employment Law Bulletin

The DFDL team is pleased to report that our legal experts in Cambodia recently provided a jurisdictional update for the …
Employment
Feb 9 2023

DFDL Experts Featured on WSG Asia Pacific Business Panels

The DFDL team is pleased to report that two of our partners were featured as expert panelists in two prestigious …
Employment
Feb 8 2023

Update on Process for eBusiness Visa Extension

The Ministry of Immigration and Population of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has issued a notice that updates …
Employment
Jan 17 2023

Cambodia: Foreign Employee Work Permit Application Deadline is Approaching

The deadline to apply for 2023 foreign employee work permits from the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (“MLVT”), being …
Employment
Dec 15 2022

Cambodia: 2023 Annual Compliance Obligations

With the 2022 year quickly coming to an end, we take this opportunity to remind our clients and readers of …
Employment
Dec 14 2022

Cambodia: Deadline for 2023 Foreign Employee Quota Applications Extended to 31 January 2023

On 5 December 2022, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (“MLVT”) issued Notification 045/22 on Extending the Deadline for …