Marie GUILHOT-GAUDEFFROY

*****Management*****
Since June 2009: Management of the HR Manager of Czech Republic & Slovakia ( >230 employees)
Since Jan 2011 : Management of the HR Director of France (> 300 employees), the HR Manager of Germany, Ireland, Nordics and Baltics (> 300 employees) and the HR Director of the Benelux (>200 employees)

*****HR Shared Service Center (Since Oct 2009) : Setting up of the EMEA HR support center based in Prague*****
Hiring, training and management of 7 International HR advisers
Audit of all national HR departments thereafter transferred to the support center
Draft of national HR” bibles” (1 per country) explaining internal processes and local employment law
Design with a web agency of an EMEA intranet (“HR Advisory”) allowing managers to raise HR requests to HR advisers

*****Legal Counsel*****
Draft of contractual documents for most countries (employment contracts, dismissal letters, mutual agreements, collective agreements, employee handbook etc.)
Risk identification/evaluation and legal advice on employment matters/projects
International Mobility: manage transfer agreements, contracts, and insurances.
Ensure legal compliance

*****Employee Relation Counsel*****
Provide legal support to HR Directors, Vice-Presidents, Sales & Operations Managers as well as Finance Directors on employee relation issues (overtime, harassment, special leaves, bonus, disciplinary, grievances, dismissals, negotiations etc.)
Manage negotiation with Unions, employee representatives
Manage litigations with local attorneys (including pleading before french labour court)
Negotiate and implement EMEA partnership with law firms to reduce attorney fees.
Handle the “Ethic points” online system (HR Alert for serious incidents raised by employees)

*****Audits*****
Acquisitions: Data room, risk estimation, preparation of employees’ integration
Internal audit: draft HR and employment law audit reports, set up action plans and guidelines

*****Talent development*****
Manage the “Focus Groups” sessions (meetings with employees following the annual Engagement Survey results)
Deliver HBDI individual and collective Feed-backs
Implementation of performance review plans with Managers (PDP & PIP)

*****HR Projects*****
Work on Global projects across EMEA with the EMEA HR Director: (Ex: Review HR policies, implement new assessment tool, etc.)

In charge of employment cases for French and international companies

*****Legal counsel*****
Draft employment contracts, addendums
Draft collective agreements, profit-sharing schemes,
Handle audits and draft audit reports (experienced US Discovery procedure)
Draft internal policies, legal memorandum on specific requests
Handle collective redundancies or individual economic dismissal including negotiations with unions and employee representatives.

*****Advising clients on various employment matters*****
Transfer of employees
Study legal scheme
Risk/cost evaluation
Take part in works council meetings

*****Disciplinary and dismissal*****
Draft warnings, dismissal letters
Negotiate settlement agreements with employee’s attorney
Risk evaluation of litigations

*****Litigation*****
Pleading before labour Courts

Law teacher (University of Orsay and individuals)

In charge of Employment issues for French companies and individuals.

*****Legal counsel*****
Draft employment contracts, addendums
Draft collective agreements
Handle audits and draft audit reports
Draft internal Policies, legal memorandums on specific requests

*****Advising clients on various employment matters*****
Transfer of employees
Study legal scheme
Risk/cost evaluation

*****Disciplinary and dismissal*****
Draft warnings, dismissal letters
Negotiate settlement agreements with employee’s attorney
Risk evaluation of a litigation

*****Litigation*****
Pleading before labour Courts (several litigations on disloyal competition- employment side)

*****In charge of topics related to business law*****

Setting up of companies
Disloyal competition (business side)
Draft commercial contracts
Handle litigations before commercial Courts