Živković Samardžić’s Breakfasts with In House Lawyers provides a specialist forum for discussion on significant developments in Serbian law and their implications. Topics for these events are never fixed too far in advance so as to retain flexibility to cover the most relevant and timely issues. On 17 September 2014, in house employment lawyers from the number of Živković Samardžić’s corporate clients discussed recent amendments to the Serbian Labour Law with Jovana Tomić, employment partner and head of employment practice at Živković Samardžić, and Irena Kalmić, Živković Samardžić employment associate.
In house counsels in attendance came from the various industry sectors including banking, building materials production, construction, electronic design automation, marketing research, media, personal care and cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and professional services. Topics discussed included implementation of the amendments to the Labour Law, as well as the harmonization of existing employment contracts, business’ organizational structures, company rules and collective bargaining agreements with the new legal framework.
Živković Samardžić is one of the Serbia’s leading full-service independent law firms, providing top quality legal service to a diverse range of international and national clients, from SME to Global 500. Our Employment team offers the most comprehensive and cost-effective way to both national and international companies to ensure employment and labour law compliance in Serbia. Jovana Tomić, partner and head of Employment practice at Živković Samardžić is a Vice Chair of AmCham Serbia Labour Committee and a member of the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), world’s largest network of labour and employment lawyers. Jovana’s consulting expertise is primarily focused on executive terminations, redundancies, reorganisation management, union negotiations and employment disputes resolution.