Jean-Marc Albiol

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Experience

Counsel to a French listed company in the review of its compensation policy, its pension plans and the retention of its senior executives
Counsel to a French listed group (CAC 40) in the airport sector in connection with the termination of several high level executives following internal investigations
Counsel to a French bank in the review of its compensation policy
Counsel to a French listed company (CAC 40) in the field of collective catering in the strategic accompaniment of negotiations with the social advisors of the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Labour on its employment and skills development projects
Assisting companies in the clothing, e-commerce and industrial sectors in the context of workforce reductions (PSE with or without a voluntary phase)
Assisting French and international groups in the management of their post-Covid19 recovery plan
Supporting large French and international groups in the implementation of their partial activity
Assistance to companies in the context of layoffs of protected employees
Assistance to companies in managing the departure of their senior executives
Management of discrimination litigation
Representation of a company before the administrative court and the administrative court of appeal in the context of a challenge by a protected employee to his partial transfer of activity
Conducting national and international investigations in the areas of fraud, compliance and whistleblowing, including negotiations with international funding agencies such as the World Bank

Education & Admittance to Practice

Education

DESS, Employment Law, University of Montpellier,
Master degree in Law, University of Montpellier,

Admittance to Practice

Paris
Court of Appeal of Paris

Professional Activities & Speeches

Professional Activities

IBA
EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association)
ANDRH
XBHR
SHRM
IDS

Speeches

Session d'actualité du Master PSR Protection Sociale et Rémunérations de l'Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas - "Le télétravail à l'international" - Cabinet Ogletree Deakins 58 bis rue la Boétie 75008 Paris - February 6, 2023
Rencontres du Droit Social - Décideurs Leaders League Ficade - "Harcèlement et discrimination : conseils pratiques, de l’enquête interne au contentieux" - Pavillon d'Armenonville Allée de Longchamp 75116 Paris - November 8, 2022
Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive - "The Nuts and Bolts of Global Remote Work Arrangements" - Colorado Springs - September 23, 2022
Séminaire d’été du Club du droit Social d’Ogletree Deakins - "Conformité, éthique et alerte interne : aspects de Droit Social" - Cabinet Ogletree Deakins 58 bis rue la Boétie 75008 Paris - July 5, 2022
Cercle des Décideurs RH – Matinale Leadership et Stratégie RH - "L’environnement, objet du dialogue social" - Chateauform’ City – Monceau Rio, 4 Pl. Rio de Janeiro, 75008 Paris - May 17, 2022
Les rencontres d'hiver du droit social - "Le droit social à l'aune du droit de l'environnement" - Ogletree Deakins Paris - December 2, 2021
Formation Ogletree Deakins pour l’AFJE - "Fermeture de sites et Loi Florange : modalités pratiques de la recherche de repreneur et ses conséquences" - October 13, 2021
Formation Ogletree Deakins pour l’AFJE - "Les consultations CSE dans les opérations corporate" - September 30, 2021
Atelier IDS - "Projets de fermeture de site : aspects sociaux, organisationnels, environnementaux et de communication" - Paris - May 2021
Les rendez-vous d'Ogletree - "Les ruptures des contrats de travail post covid" - June 4, 2020
Atelier IDS - "Le point sur les mesures adoptées dans le cadre du covid-19" - April 30, 2020
Les rendez-vous d'Ogletree - "Comment préparer la reprise d'activité de votre entreprise : les obligations sociales" - April 29, 2020
Ogletree Deakins Webinar - "COVID-19: Rescue Measures for a European Workforce" - April 1, 2020
Les rendez-vous d'Ogletree - "Indemnités de rupture et rémunération des dirigeants, aspects sociaux et fiscaux" - June 11, 2019
Les Petites Assises - "Pouvons-nous nous passer des organisations syndicales?" - May 20, 2019
Les rendez-vous d'Ogletree - "Les enquêtes internes en entreprise" - December 12, 2018
Matinée UIMM - "Dialogue social et compétitivité des entreprises" - November 30, 2018
Ogletree Deakins Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive - "Bullying and Harassment in a Global Workforce: Investigations and Remedies" - La Quinta - November 9, 2018
IDS Workshop - "From CNIL (French data protection authority) law to GDPR" - September 26, 2018
Les Assises du Droit Social - "The faces of tomorrow's workplace" - September 20, 2018
IDS Workshop - "Collective Bargaining Agreement (RCC)" - May 30, 2018
IDS Workshop - "Updates on the terms and conditions of termination of employment, remuneration and equal treatment" - March 29, 2018
Ogletree Deakins Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive - "Emerging Issues on Borders, Compliance, Data, and Elections for European Operations" - Boca Raton - November 10, 2017
UIMM - "Social Partnership and Business Competition" - November 30, 2015

Published Works

January 31, 2023 - La Semaine Juridique - Social - Etude Doctrine 1023 JCP Social n°4 - 31 janvier 2023 - "Technique de recrutement et diversité"
January 16, 2023 - Dalloz Actualité - édition du 16 janvier 2023 - "Désignation du délégué syndical au niveau d’une personne morale regroupant en partie trois établissements distincts au sens du CSE"
November 29, 2022 - Livre blanc du Comité stratégique Avocats Lefebvre Dalloz - "L’avocat face à l’évolution du droit social – L’éthique & la morale en droit du travail"
October 25, 2022 - Chambers Global Practice Guide - "Exclusive contribution : France Employment 2022 Chambers Global Practice Guide"
September 7, 2021 - La semaine juridique social : n°36, 7 septembre 2021, act. 378 - "En questions : l’utilisation du déclinatoire de compétence pour consolider le bloc de compétence administratif en matière de PSE 7 septembre 2021"
November 6, 2020 - Les Echos Capital Finance - "Maintenir le dialogue social lors d’une opération M&A"
July 1, 2019 - Revue RH&M - "Internal investigations"
May 7, 2019 - Jurisprudence Sociale Lamy n°475 - "Collective amicable termination: a first decision from the administrative appeal court"
April 8, 2019 - Semaine Sociale Lamy, n°1856 - "Conducting internal investigations in labor law: is the truth subject to a time limit?"
March 23, 2019 - Lexbase Hebdo édition sociale n°777 - "Professional incompetence of protected employees and procedures for consulting employee representatives (Note under EC 1° and 4° ch.-r., 27 February 2019, n°417249)"
February 11, 2019 - La Semaine Sociale Lamy, n°1848 - "Assessment of trade union representation at group level (L’appréciation de la représentativité syndicale au niveau du groupe)"
December 28, 2018 - Jurisprudence Sociale Lamy, nº465 - "Collective Amicable Termination: the first ever details provided by executive judges (Rupture conventionnelle collective : les toutes premières précisions apportées par les juges administratifs)"
April 26, 2018 - Semaine Sociale Lamy, n°1813 - "Collective Amicable Termination: a cold-hearted way of restructuring? (La RCC, un outil de restructuration à froid ?)"
December 15, 2015 - La Semaine Juridique Sociale, n°51 - "Mass redundancy: an overview of reclassification obligations (Licenciement collectif pour motif économique: les contours de l’obligation de reclassement)"
February 2, 2014 - Les Cahiers du DRH, n°205-206 - "Mobility: a step towards modernity (Mobilité: un pas vers la modernité)"
October 1, 2013 - Les Cahiers du DRH, n°202 - "Labor Court Litigation – The latest situation (Contentieux Prud’homal – La nouvelle donne)"
October 1, 2013 - Les Cahiers du DRH, n°202 - "The new face of Job and Competency Planning (Le nouveau visage de la GPEC)"
February 26, 2013 - La Semaine Juridique Social, n°9 - "Redundancy – variations on inexistence (Licenciement pour motif économique – Variations sur l’inexistence)"
May 10, 2011 - La Semaine Juridique Social, n°19 - "Termination of employment contracts – the well-acknowledged delegation of the power of dismissal within the SAS (Rupture du contrat de travail – Admission réitérée de la délégation du pouvoir de licencier dans la SAS)"
November 1, 2010 - Actes pratiques et ingénierie sociétaire - "The emergence of conformity in labor law (L’émergence de la conformité en droit social)"

Media Quotes

October 11, 2019 - SHRM Online - "France's Mobility Bill Offers Additional Rights to Gig Workers"

Honors & Awards

Recognized Practitioner, Chambers Europe (2019)
Global Law Experts Recommended Attorney (2018)
Ranked in the Legal 500 Paris (2017)
Listed in Best Lawyers in France – Labor and Employment Law (2014-Present)
Named Best Lawyer in Employment Law in 2015 and 2016 by ILO Client Choice
Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyer”

Insights by Jean-Marc Albiol

France’s Professional Future Law Reduces Secondment Obligations and Increases Penalties for Secondment Fraud

French law No. 2018-771 of September 5, 2018, which is a law “for the freedom to choose one’s professional future,” modified various subjects of interest to companies, including secondment and illegal work. Enforceable since September 7, 2018, unless specified otherwise, this legislation only applies to companies seconding employees in France. This Act reduces the employer’s obligations in order to make secondment easier and strengthens protections for secondees by increasing administrative penalties for noncompliance with such obligations.

Many Large Employers in France to Pay “Exceptional Purchasing Power Bonus”

In response to the yellow vests movement (mouvement des gilets jaunes), which calls for measures to increase purchasing power of France’s working class, a law adopted on December 24, 2018, which was then clarified in two government circulars (Circ. DSS/5B/2019/29, dated February 6, 2019) recently introduced an “exceptional purchasing power bonus.”

Is Paris Burning? France Considers Whether Damages for Employee Dismissals Should Be Capped

The latest version of Article L. 1235-3 of the French Labor Code, based on the “Macron Ordinances,” has recently been the subject of major dispute, with several labor tribunals issuing conflicting decisions.

Macron Ordinances Allow Employers to Unilaterally Reduce the Duration of Current Mandates

The final version of the bill ratifying the Macron ordinances (Article 3 Ter) provides employers the option of unilaterally deciding, after having consulted the representative bodies concerned, to reduce the duration of current employee representative mandates if they expire between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2019. The reduction cannot exceed one year.

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A New Argument for Negotiating a Social Plan in France

A Plan de Sauvegarde de l’Emploi (PSE) is a mass redundancy or reduction-in-force plan that companies employing 50 or more employees in France must have in place before dismissing 10 or more employees in a layoff. Such a plan is designed to mitigate the effects of a mass layoff or redundancy.

Paris and Nantes Civil Courts Reach Opposite Conclusions Regarding Challenges to CHSCT Experts’ Consultations

On June 18, 2017, and June 29, 2017, Paris and Nantes civil courts (les tribunaux de grande instance) respectively issued opposite rulings interpreting the provisions of Article L. 4614-13 of the French Labor Code.

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