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Law Firms - Labor Law
Shlomit Guterman-Kaspi, Law Offices
Shlomit Guterman-Kaspi Law Offices is a
prominent, well respected boutique firm,
specializing in labor law, and which ren-
ders highly professional services to Israel’s top
employers, companies and corporations. The firm
focuses on all areas of labor law, both individual
and collective, and provides a full package of ho-
listic solutions, personally tailored to each client’s
needs. These legal services include day-to-day le-
gal support, drafting contracts and agreements,
providing legal consult and conducting negotia-
tions and litigation in court.
The firm’s clients include large and leading Israeli
organizations and companies in the fields of
high-tech, health, communications, commerce
and trade. The firm provides these clients end-
to-end services on issues including privatization
processes, disciplinary inquiries, sexual harass-
ment, organizational structural changes, sup-
port in initial steps to unionization, dismissal
permits for the Labor Ministry and more.
The firm’s teamprovides clients with innovative,
professional and creative solutions that combine
applying labor laws in the organization’s proce-
dures while still protecting business interests.
Shlomit Guterman-Kaspi Law Offices serves as a
professional, committed and involved partner to
its clients, personally available to them, always
responding swiftly and with devotion.
Special Expertise in Collective Law
The firm has special expertise in collective labor
relations in general and in initial steps towards
unionization in particular. The firm’s teamsupports
employers throughout the entire process from the
initial unionization steps, through conducting
collective negotiations, drafting and formulating
collective agreements to including providing legal
support during strikes and other special events.
Practice Areas
Individual Labor Law: The firm support clients in
conducting contacts with employees, providing re-
views, consultancy and representation as required.
The firm is involved from the prevention stages
including supporting managerial procedures with
repercussions for employees and their employment
terms, consultancy and guidance on individual pro-
cedures, taking preventative measures to reduce
risks and preparing an appropriate response to
future scenarios. Services include employment
and termination procedures, drafting of contracts
and agreements, Mobilization, hearing procedures,
retirement agreements, protection of assets and
commercial trade secrets, IP and more.
Collective Labor law: The firm is highly experienced
in collective law for which it provides the highest
level of professional services. In addition to sup-
port and conducting collective bargaining and
managing the required legal proceedings, the firm
also assists clients after collective agreements are
signed, to conduct negotiations with employees
and their representatives in themost optimal way,
while protecting the employer’s interests.
First Steps in Unionizing: Initiating the first steps
towards unionization in labor law is a new phe-
nomenon, which changes all the employment
rules in the work place, and for which it is neces-
sary to prepare, not only in legal terms but also
to understand the existing rules and deciding on
organizational conduct tomeet legal requirements.
Shlomit Guterman-Kaspi LawOffices has expertise
and a thorough familiarity with the first steps in
unionizing both in public organizations and private
companies including high-tech. The firm assists
employers to prepare before facing the employees’
representatives, checking the representativeness
of the workers’ organization, supporting conduct
of the new routine, conducting negotiations and
formulating optimal collective agreements. Thus
the first assists clients to maintain stability and
control over internal developmentswhile providing
exact and relevant support at every stage.
Class Action Suits in Labor Law: The firm has
proven experience in conducting class action suits
proceedings filed against employers, which require
both a deep understanding of labor law and of the
rules of class action suits.
M&As, Sales and Reorganizations: Shlomit Guter-
man-Kaspi Law Offices supports clients through-
out changes occurring in organizations including
merger deals, sales and reorganizations including
due diligence, drafting and supporting acquisition
agreement in everything regarding employee rights
and bargaining with employees, as required.
Sexual Harassment: The firmsupports clients in all
aspects ofSexual Harassment Laws, in preparation
and prevention of the subject, in legal support for
examining complaints and representing employers
in court if needed. The firm also serves as an ex-
ternal examiner of sexual harassment complaints
in complex and sensitive cases.
Restrictive Practice and Restricting Competition:
The firm is skilled in rendering support and con-
sultancy on restrictive practice of employees after
their departure in light of their legal right to prac-
tice their profession versus the need to protect an
organization’s commercial assets acquired during
their work. The firm focuses on the initial phase of
preparing the workcontract, provides advice during
the hiring or termination process of key employees,
and represents clients in court, if necessary.
Representation before the Ministry of Economy:
The firm represents clients before the enforcement
authorities of the Ministry of Economy in receiv-
ing special permits and approvals including firing
pregnant employees, work and rest hours, laws
regarding contractual employment terms, foreign
workers, etc. The firm also represents clients be-
fore government ministries on financial sanctions
against organizations as part of administrative
proceedings.
Adv. Shlomit Guterman-Kaspi, Founder & Owner
LL.B. Law, Tel Aviv University. Member of the Israel
Bar since 1993. Management Member Israel As-
sociation for Labor Law and Social Security 2011-
2016. Lecturer in legal forums and the Institute for
Certified Public Accountants. Clerked at Nachum
Feinberg & Co. and was a Senior Partner at Tamar
Golan & Co. for 18 years. Expert in all aspects of
labor law representing employers – private com-
panies and public organizations.
The firm’s team includes lawyerswithmajor experi-
ence particularly in the labor law sector.
Esta b l is h ed
2011
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Labor law
S.A.P. House, 3 Hayetzira St., Ramat Gan
Tel: 972-3-7505959
Fax: 972-3-7505955
Shlomit
Guterman-Kaspi
Founder and Owner *
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