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CMS has its own team of specialists in Monegasque labour and social security law, advising local and overseas companies, banks and financial institutions on labour-related legal matters. 

We provide litigation services for both summary motions and trials in individual or collective disputes. Our litigation services include:

  • Risk assessment
  • Managing crisis situations
  • Contacts with relevant public authorities
  • Conflict resolution
  • Trials

Our labour law team is also involved in teaching the Monaco Labour Law programme at the University of Montpellier.

CMS has built its reputation in the field of labour law on the solid experience and technical skills of its lawyers, who are in regular contact with Monaco’s government authorities and participate actively in discussions on labour law issues.

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Collective labour relations
Companies are subject to certain obligations relating to collective labour relations, and these can be difficult to understand and put into practice.O
Data protection
The omnipresence of digital use in the workplace gives rise to new problems within companies.Companies face new challenges in the era of digitalisatio
Employee Mobility
The international character of the activity carried out in Monaco in many economic sectors is reflected in the relations maintained by foreign entitie
Individual labour relations
Labour law must be reconciled with a business’s operational constraints and our labour law team advises and supports companies with all issues r
Restructuring & Collective Social Plans
Monegasque companies face a constantly changing economic environment and must regularly adapt if they are to remain competitive.This often involves re
Social audits
Our specialised team can also audit your company to ensure that it complies with all the labour-related regulations applicable in Monaco (legislation,

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1. Is there a law on whistleblowing in your country? There is currently no unified law on whistleblowing in Monaco although Bill n°987 – related to the protection of whistleblowers in the context...
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The latest in a series of strikes by oil & gas workers in the North Sea continues to test the operation and efficacy of force majeure (“FM”) provisions in oil and gas industry contracts.There is no...
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Ten years after the first presentation of the proposal, the European Directive known as “Women on boards Directive” aiming at imposing a better balance between women and men among management positions...
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UK regulator joins the global enforcement trend and warns employers to...
The overlap between employees’ rights and competition law has long been predicted by competition specialists. Cartel enforcement in labour market agreements became a fledgling activity of competition...