Melina Peer ist Rechtsanwältin bei Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich und spezialisiert auf Arbeitsrecht.

Melina Peer berät Mandanten in allen Bereichen des Arbeitsrechts. Ihre Schwerpunkte liegen sowohl auf streitigen als auch auf nichtstreitigen Angelegenheiten, Betriebspensionen und Betriebsverfassungsrecht. Sie vertritt Mandanten vor österreichischen Gerichten und Verwaltungsbehörden.

Melina Peer ist Absolventin der Universität Wien (Mag.iur. 2016) und der London School of Economics (LL.M. 2023). Vor ihrer Tätigkeit bei Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich war sie als Gerichtspraktikantin an österreichischen Gerichten tätig und absolvierte Praktika in verschiedenen Anwaltskanzleien. Während ihres Studiums sammelte sie Berufserfahrung als Studienassistentin an der Universität Wien (Fakultät für Zivilprozessrecht, Abteilung für Arbeits- und Sozialversicherungsrecht).

Melina Peer arbeitet auf Englisch (fließend) und Deutsch (Muttersprache).

Ausgewählte Referenzfälle:

  • Assisting an international animal welfare organisation with regard to all their Austrian employment law matters.

  • Assisting a leading Spanish producer of sanitary ceramics with a strong position in Switzerland and Austria in restructuring their Austrian entity. Advising the company on all employment matters, conducting negotiations with the trade unions and the works council on a social plan, preparation of notices of termination and planning of overall reduction in force.

  • Supporting a leading German multinational home improvement supplies retailing company in all employment related matters, including assistance in drawing-up a data-protection law compliant HR system and its implementation, in line with the respective requirements under Austrian employment law, for about 3,500 employees in Austria.
    Assisting the company in defending their current working time schemes against claims of numerous employees and the works council for introduction of a 4-day working week, based on the newly introduced collective bargaining agreement.
    Representing the company in court proceedings against one of its former employees claiming re-instatement of her employment based on allegedly socially unfair notice of termination and discriminatory treatment in connection with employment termination (Austrian courts).

  • Assisting a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company with all their day-to-day employment law issues.
    Representing the company against a former employee in a court proceeding (Austrian courts).
    Assisting the company with issues involving parental part time arrangements and works-council members, including the adjustment of their contractual roles within the entity.
    Supporting the company to duly conduct their works council elections in 2020 during the COVID pandemic.

  • Supporting a Finish elevator and escalator engineering company with regard to contractual agreements with members of the board of its Austrian subsidiary.

  • Representation of a UK financial service company against a former employee in the court proceedings on damage claims (Austrian courts).

  • Ongoing employment law support of the Austrian subsidiary of an international auditing company, including the amendment of the working time scheme, the termination of employment relationship and the representation in court against former employees.

  • Assisting Japanese owned Austrian manufacturer of fine bubble aeration systems in launching their new working time and flexi-time schemes.
    Supporting the client in defending the implementation of a surveillance system against the claims of the works council.

  • Assisting a German airline specialized in charter and medical repatriation flights with regard to contractual relationship with their pilots and medical crew.

  • Representation of an Austrian building services engineering company in two court procedures initiated by a former employee, challenging the notice of termination due to his status as a disabled person.

Sie interessieren sich für weitere Referenzfälle oder eine Liste in deutscher Sprache? Kontaktieren Sie bitte [email protected] – vielen Dank.

Berufliche Erfahrung

  • Senior Associate, Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich, Wien/Österreich (seit 2023)
  • Junior Associate, Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich, Wien/Österreich (2020-2023)
  • Associate, zeiler.partners, Wien/Österreich (2018-2020)
  • Gerichtspraxis, Niederösterreich und Wien/Österreich (2018)
  • Praktikum am Verwaltungsgericht Wien, Wien/Österreich (2017)
  • Praktikum bei der österreichischen Wirtschaftskammer, Brüssel/Belgien (2017)
  • Studienassistentin an der Abteilung für Zivilprozessrecht, Universität Wien (2016-2017)
  • Studienassistentin am Institut für Arbeits- und Sozialrecht, Universität Wien (2015-2016)

Ausbildung

  • LL.M. (Informationstechnologie und Kommunikationsrecht), London School of Economics and Political Science, London/UK (2023)
  • Österreichische Rechtsanwaltsprüfung, Wien/Österreich (2021)
  • Magister Iuris, Universität Wien, Wien/Österreich (2016)
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