Change management and transformation
The modification or transformation of businesses’ legal, economic or HR organizations constitute key processes of adaptation. Their success is vital for all those involved.
Preparing for change
It is essential to lay the groundwork for corporate reorganization and transformation processes from the point of view of labor relations.
META-LEGAL has extensive experience in supporting companies confronted with major changes to their organization.
Our teams intervene from the very first phases of the project, in particular by analyzing the various scenarios (feasibility, duration, and main obstacles), calculating the labor-related costs, drawing up detailed reverse planning, and preparing operational managers so that they are able to contribute to the successful implementation of the project.
Implementing and supporting change
The success of a reorganization project depends largely on the pace of its implementation.
This is why META-LEGAL works closely alongside clients during the operational phase of the reorganization.
The support provided by META-LEGAL at this stage takes the form of working sessions to jointly draw up the labor-related documentation for the project (information memo, job protection plans, etc.).
This work is followed by rigorous monitoring of the reverse planning with regard to labor relations, management of incidents occurring in works council meetings, review of meeting minutes, advice on the involvement of experts or the DIRECCTE, review of general draft communications, management of individual cases and of unexpected consequences of the project from a labor relations point of view, preparation of reports for steering committees, where applicable, etc.
“End to end” support
Thanks to its “consulting culture” and the experience of its teams, META-LEGAL has developed unique expertise and a recognized practice in supporting various transformation operations from the point of view of labor relations, including:
- the replanning of groups’ legal structures, involving multiple works council consultations and the harmonization of employees’ status;
- economic and social reorganizations, with or without the implementation of a workforce reduction plan (economic performance agreement, voluntary redundancy plan, collective contractual termination agreement, job protection plan, etc);
- business acquisition and disposal transactions;
- site removals;
- changes in business activity;
- company closures and discontinuations of business;
- takeovers of contracts and staff, etc.
