Crux Legal

About Crux Legal

Crux Legal is a law firm in Utrecht specialising in employment law. The firm provides advice and represents clients in legal proceedings, supports HR processes, and offers employment mediation, courses, and training.

Employment law

Crux Legal provides legal advice, negotiates, and represents clients in employment law matters. The firm considers how the advice applies to each client’s specific environment.

• Employment contracts, employee handbooks, and regulations
• Employment conflicts and dismissal
• Incapacity for work and working conditions
• Non-compete and non-solicitation clauses and unfair competition
• Reorganisations
• Negotiations with trade unions or works councils
• Collective labour agreements and social plans
• International employment law
• Flexible workforce and flexible working
• Whistleblower policies
• Workplace privacy
• Transfer of an undertaking
• Equal treatment
• Working with contractors
• Appointment and dismissal of directors

Employee participation

The firm assists business owners and works councils with advice, support, courses, and representation in legal proceedings concerning employee participation.

• Setting up or changing employee participation structures
• Establishing works councils and organising elections
• Drafting or reviewing requests for advice or consent
• Supporting negotiations
• Representation in legal proceedings in conflicts between a business owner and a works council

HR strategy and interim work

Crux Legal provides strategic advice on organisations and HR policy. Clients can engage the firm on an interim or project basis for HR processes and changes.

• Developing and rolling out HR policy
• Change processes and reorganisations
• Supporting acquisitions, mergers, and insourcing or outsourcing
• Implementing flexible employment benefits packages
• Introducing performance evaluation policies
• Harmonising employment terms and pension schemes
• Mergers and divisions of businesses
• Combining business locations and addressing staffing consequences

Courses and sharing knowledge

The firm provides courses and training in-house and through training providers. The lawyers also teach courses and speak at seminars and conferences.

• Courses and training for HR professionals, works council members, directors, company doctors, legal professionals, and lawyers
• Instructors for courses
• Speakers at seminars and conferences

Employment mediation

Crux Legal facilitates employment mediation as an independent and neutral discussion facilitator. The parties decide how the process proceeds and can choose an outcome together.

• Employment mediation

Approach

Crux Legal works pragmatically, with commitment and care, and focuses on results. In conflicts, the firm aims for a workable settlement; if that is not possible, it conducts legal proceedings.

Languages and international context

The firm works in Dutch and English and has experience in an international context.