Dear Reader,

One of my clients told me a few years ago that breaking up with any employee is a drama for him. But conducting mass layoffs is a disaster. We don’t hire for that. We don’t incur costs and spend time recruiting employees just to lose them afterwards, especially in such a collective manner.

Unfortunately, mass layoffs in many European countries, whether they are in the so-called old economies of Western Europe or in the countries of the former post-communist bloc, may not be the everyday reality for labour law lawyers, but most of us have gone through such processes in our professional careers. It is neither easy nor pleasant.

However, changes in the economy, first globalization and then the departure from it, climate changes, and international politics determine such necessary actions in many areas and industries. It is important to conduct them in accordance with the regulations and with something that is sometimes missing in these regulations, namely a so-called ‘human face’.

In the latest edition of the ILLN newsletter, you will find very valuable information regarding collective dismissals in many European jurisdictions. It is worth getting acquainted in order to understand and compare the specifics of individual countries. I warmly invite you to read it.