Senior Associate

Pavol Kundrik

CMS Slovakia

Languages

Slovak
English

Pavol is a senior associate at CMS Bratislava with over 10 years of experience of advising clients on employment law. He specialises in providing legal advice to Slovak and international clients on the full range of employment-related issues, including collective bargaining, hiring and dismissal of employees, transfers of undertakings and the protection of employees during mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructurings. He has extensive experience in numerous sectors including automotive, manufacturing and logistics. He also spent two years on secondment at a major logistics provider for automotive sector, furthering his sector knowledge.

Pavol also represents clients on contentious employment and labour-related litigations and disputes, and advises on issues including working hours, remuneration, social policy, damages and issues related to agency work and the posting/transfer of employees.

Before joining CMS, he worked at a leading CEE law firm. He regularly publishes labour/HR articles and holds client-focused seminars focused on labour law issues.

Relevant experience

Johnson & Johnson on various topics related to the dismissal of employees, drafting employment document templates, and questions related to the retention of HR documents and the practical aspects of sabbatical leave.
Johns Manville on a major update to internal regulations on whistleblowing following the amendment of whistleblowing regulation in Slovakia.
World´s leading fashion retailer on comprehensive employment matters, including overview of employment law regulation in Slovakia, including regulation of hiring, working time, dismissals, TUs, and other employment law-related areas, including pre-litigation matters. Drafting a tailormade suite of template employment documents and internal policies and procedures.
Global online e-retailer and e-commerce company on a full-time daily basis on employment/HR matters. Advice includes hiring and dismissals, working time issues, disciplinary actions and relations with trade unions, including collective bargaining, reviewing a temporary assignment agreement between the employer and a temporary employment agency, advice on monitoring employees, employment related litigation matters and pre-litigation matters.
American multinational corporation and technology giant on ongoing advisory on a comprehensive overview of employment law regulation in Slovakia.
Plastics product manufacturing company on mass redundancies and employment terminations, specifically assessing the reasons for collective redundancies and advising on the whole process of collective redundancies, providing legal assistance concerning the related legal issues.
Saba Parking SK on preparing employment contracts and other key documentation, as well as providing advice on various employment matters connected to its operations in Slovakia.
Vaillant Group on an update to the internal whistleblowing system following the amendment of whistleblowing regulations in Slovakia.
International appliance manufacturer on review of the GTCs for all their offered services and analysis of the consumer journey from the regulatory perspective and reviewing and drafting the terms and conditions under new consumer regulation.

Education

2009 - Master of Law (Mgr.), the Faculty of Law, Comenius University, Bratislava.

Practice Areas

Employment, Labour & Pensions

Insights

Global Reach