Employment law and pensions

What can employers gain from using legal assistance in employment law?

• Proper handling of employment law issues can save time and costs by avoiding lengthy and costly legal proceedings
• Professional assistance can help reduce conflict levels and resolve conflicts
• Employers and employees receive help to secure their rights and avoid legal pitfalls
• Legal advice can help minimize the risk of missteps that could lead to legal disputes or public supervision

What legal services does Bull offer in employment law?

Employment law encompasses regulations and agreements governing the relationship between employers and employees. This includes individual employment law, such as employment conditions and termination rules, as well as collective employment law, which covers collective agreements and labor disputes. Bull provides a broad spectrum of legal services in employment law, catering to both employers and employees.

We can assist with:

• Employment contracts: drafting and revision of employment contracts to ensure clear and fair conditions
• Collective agreements: advice in negotiations and conclusion of collective agreements to ensure compliance with laws and agreements
• Incentive and bonus schemes: design and implementation of effective incentive schemes
• Labor conflicts
• Labor disputes, lawsuits, and mediation in court
• Establishment of whistleblowing routines and channels. Bull also offers to act as an external whistleblowing channel. Read more here
• Handling whistleblowing cases
• Restructuring and downsizing: assistance with changes in employment conditions and execution of downsizing processes
• Terminations and severance agreements: advice in termination processes and negotiations of severance agreements
• Non-compete clauses: Advice and disputes regarding disloyal competition from employees
• Sick leave: Advice on prolonged sick leave and accommodations
• International employment: Assistance to international companies with operations in multiple countries. We have a broad network with international lawyers
• Business transfers
• Pensions and AFP
• Data protection in the workplace: Advice on privacy in the workplace, control measures, and email access in collaboration with our privacy law team, read more here
• Integration processes and employment law due diligence in connection with transactions, mergers, and acquisitions in collaboration with our corporate law and transactions team, read more here
• Investigation and compliance: Routines and systems for preventing and detecting misconduct in the workplace, read more here

Specialized professional competence

Bull's employment law team has solid expertise in assisting employers and employees, both nationally and internationally. In addition, they have extensive experience from the courts, work for labor organizations, and as in-house lawyers. Our lawyers also regularly hold courses on employment law issues and internal training for businesses.

Our goal is always to find good commercial solutions for our clients. If your business needs legal assistance in employment law, whether in Oslo or other places in Norway, or internationally – we are ready to help!

Great rankings and satisfied clients

The ranking agency The Legal 500 ranks the team in Tier 4: "The team at Bull combines a ‘strong‘ employment practice with sector-specialist expertise in the technology, life sciences and healthcare industries. The practice is led by Anette Mellbye, who advises on both domestic and cross-border employment law issues. The team also includes Kåre Bjørlo, who frequently advises on downsizings, restructurings and pensions; and Jørgen Burdal, who is praised as an ‘extremely flexible and very helpful‘ practitioner and is a specialist in individual employment protection matters."

"They are a strong team with a focus on the client’s needs. They have excellent communication skills and give clear advice. We are dealing with some difficult cases and they guide us through it with focus and engagement."

"At Bull, the lawyers are always open for questions and discussions. Any advice given is very well reasoned, backed up and where necessary explained to the layperson. The lawyers we have dealt with are especially skilled in their field, which is easily noticeable when discussing legal matters with them, as they are familiar with all the recent developments in their field as well as precedent from the past."

"The team understands the business of the client. The lawyers interact in a friendly way, and you get the impression of working with a good colleague."