What is the Area of Law?
The drive by governments in Nigeria to stimulate employment, protect workers’ rights, and address historical imbalances has produced a variety of distinct regulatory systems for employment in Nigeria.
This is made more complex by a strong culture of collective bargaining and overlap between labour and social issues between strikes, employment discrimination, and illegal employment termination.
Our firm has recorded tremendous success in employment disputes in Nigeria ranging from the first Court of record (the National Industrial Court of Nigeria) to the Apex Court. Consequently, landmark matters tried by our firm at the Superior Courts of record have been reported so as to serve as judicial precedents to other courts confronted with similar facts. Some of the notable locus classicus is against a leading Airline company (where the arguments of our legal team were successfully upheld at the court of first instance right to the Apex Court as to whether an employer can suspend an employee indefinitely) and a leading Financial Institution in Nigeria (where the court provided an exception to the general rule as regards reinstatement of the employee in private employment).
We offer a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience in the fields of Industrial relations, employment, employee benefits, and pensions Act in Nigeria that is hard to match. We possess a strong employment disputes practice, and we are also recognized for our experience in industrial relations matters.
We keep our clients at the forefront of developments in employment laws. We are well placed to handle terminations and claims, including wrongful dismissal, as well as advising on employee incentive programs.
We deliver the following specialist employment law services across both the public and the private sectors in Nigeria:
- Employment Litigation: skilled in managing wrongful dismissal claims and a variety of employment disputes.
- Employment Engagement: providing strategic advice to enhance workplace relations and foster a positive environment.
- Industrial Relations: guiding clients through the intricacies of labour negotiations and collective bargaining agreements.
- Dispute Resolution: facilitating resolution of conflicts efficiently either by the conventional courtroom method or the Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms like mediation, negotiation, arbitration etc.
- Employee Risk Management: proactively identifying and mitigating legal risks associated with employment practices.
- Employee Risk Management: proactively identifying and mitigating legal risks associated with employment practices.
