Companies are required to take practical approach to personnel and labor-related problems in accordance with the laws and regulations in order to provide favorable work environment to its workers. At City-Yuwa Partners, lawyers with extensive experience provides appropriate advice tailored to each problem.

• Advice on Internal Structure, Internal Rules and Preparation of Labor Contracts

  There have been frequent amendments to the labor laws in order to keep up with the recent changes in the environment involving companies and workers. City-Yuwa provides appropriate advice on the establishment of internal structure, amendment to internal rules and preparation of labor contracts for the development of work environment in compliance with laws and regulations.

• Advice on Measures against Harassments

  There have been many cases in which a company received a complaint from its employee on sexual harassment or bullying by superiors, an employee files a lawsuit against the company due to the company's failure to properly handle the problem, and the company incurs substantial costs and company's goodwill and reputation have been damaged. With respect to the cases involving sexual harassment and bullying by superiors, City-Yuwa investigates the facts and provides advice on the measures to be taken in such cases in order to prevent the occurrence of any dispute.

• Advice on Termination of Labor Contract Including Layoff and Dismissal

  City-Yuwa provides practical advice on the drafting of layoff plan and its implementation based on its legal experience in case a company is required to lay off workers for its survival due to economic conditions or management conditions at the time. City-Yuwa also provides support to companies, which must consider terminating the labor contract with any problematic worker, and to amicably terminate the labor contract with such worker, including, among others, recommending such worker to resign, offering severance package and drafting termination agreement based on such severance package. In case dismissal of worker is necessary in the end, City-Yuwa is able to provide precise advice on the dismissal procedure in accordance with the laws and regulations.

• Advice on Disciplinary Action Case

  In case of any disciplinary action in a company, City-Yuwa advises on investigation and determination of facts, decision on the applicability of disciplinary action, appropriate and proper disciplinary action and implementation of reasonable procedures, and provides practical support on corporate compliance.

• Advice on Fixed-Term Labor Contract and Worker Dispatch Contract

  City-Yuwa advises on drafting of contracts and termination of labor contracts relating to any problems over, among others, fixed-term labor contract and worker under indefinite employment term such as worker under worker dispatch contract, in accordance with the laws and regulations, and provides appropriate advice on problems relating to the Worker Dispatching Act.

• Advice on Worker's Accident

  Recently, issue has been raised as to whether heart condition from excessive work, brain damage and mental health problem of worker due to stress, etc. fall under worker's accident, in addition to worker's accident from accidents in factories, etc. City-Yuwa provides practical advice on worker's accident cases in accordance with the laws, regulations and guidelines issued by the relevant authorities. Due to the fact that City-Yuwa has lawyers who are former prosecutors, City-Yuwa is also capable of properly and expeditiously handling any criminal cases under the Labor Safety and Sanitation Act and other related cases.

• Advice on M&A

  City-Yuwa Partners also has extensive experience in M&A and provides appropriate advice on any procedures necessary for mergers and acquisitions, business transfer, demerger and other corporate restructuring processes as well as labor problems which often arise from them, from the perspective of, among others, labor law and corporate law. City-Yuwa also provides appropriate due diligence reports on personnel and labor management issues accompanying M&A based on its extensive knowledge on labor law and customary practices.