Randl Partners work pro bono publico

Randl Partners Law Office is aware of its social responsibility. For this reason we actively cooperate on projects from various areas of society and try to help where it makes sense. We provide free legal advice and related services to non-profit organizations, assisting disabled persons and promoting jobs for those who can’t work regular working hours. In addition, we also participate in the education of future generations of lawyers through Moot Court competitions. More information about individual projects can be found below.

Handbook: How to support involving employees in community beneficial projects and activities

Natasa Randlova participated on the creation of the handbook named How to support involving employees in community beneficial projects and activities, which is the result of the group of experts formed by the platform Business for Society, forum of responsible companies. The work of employees for non-profit organizations is beneficial not only for the receivers of help, but also for the companies themselves. Many of them are using this type of activities as a teambuilding tool or as a benefit which is able to strengthen employee loyalty and company identity. The main goal of the handbook is to help companies to start with involving employees into philantrophical projects, as well as to inspire non-profit organizations by showing them the possibilities of various forms of cooperation with companies.

The entire text of the handbook (Czech version only) can be found here.

Run for a good cause within the Hervis Prague Half Marathon

The first Saturday in April, Hervis Prague Half Marathon took place. Our office was represented by two relay teams made of lawyers, associates and students, who gathered to support the charity event called “Run for a good cause”. Because we donated a certain amount of money to our partner, Agency for Professional Counselling for the Deaf, we received start numbers both for Randls Ladies and Randls Gentlemen teams from them. Therefore, we ran from start to finish not only with athletic enthusiasm, but also with a sense of doing something good for others. After a little misunderstanding around passing the relay-stick, the Ladies team finished in the back of the starting field, whereas the Gentlemen team ended up at very good 98th place from the 321 teams participating.

Some pictures from the Hervis Prague Half Marathon can be found here.

International conference: New welfare model? Social protection in Central and Eastern Europe 20 years after democratization

Randls Partners supported the realization of the conference organized by the Charles University in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The aim of the conference was to analyze and evaluate, whether and how successfully the new social model in Central and -Eastern Europe was created and stabilized 20 years after the fall of communist regime. The conference focused on the issue of effectiveness and success of social reforms, which were made in this area during the democratization process. Prominent Czech and European specialists dealt with trends in progress of social model and discussed the question, whether we are witnessing the rise of a new form of social relationships in our society.

Legal Counsel for the Deaf

Randl Partners became a partner of Legal Counsel for the Deaf run by the Agency for Professional Counselling for the Deaf (APPN). Randl Partners provide free labour law advice to employers and clients of the Counsel.

APPN’s main objective is to actively influence the creation and development of a healthy and stable labour market for the hearing impaired and to help integrate these persons into the speaking world by increasing the availability and quality of social services. It focuses particularly on providing support in obtaining and maintaining employment and increasing mutual respect and awareness of this minority group. The organisation supports the development of knowledge and skills of hearing impaired job seekers to increase their competitiveness and find a place corresponding to their wants.

Project Alternative

Randl Partners are actively involved with Project Alternative, project aimed at promoting atypical types of work for those in atypical situations. It also provides advice and “alternative jobs” advertisements on its portal Work Otherwise. Members of the Randl Partners employment law team provide free lectures and on-line legal advice. Project Alternative is supported by the Czech Society for Human Resources Development (ČSRLZ) with which we also cooperate closely.

Project Alternative is focused on promoting atypical types of work for non-traditional groups of employees. Jobs supported by this project are mainly those with reduced working time in atypical work shifts, flexible hours, compressed work weeks, and jobs where employees work from home, share jobs, agreements on work performance....The project reacts to the current state of the labour market and the associated increased demand for skilled and flexible employees. One solution to meet this demand is the creation of under-used styles of work, which allow people from socially disadvantaged groups to enter the labour market.

Project Alternative’s employment portal lists job offers and potential employees for various kinds of alternative jobs free of charge. The portal meets the requirements of employers as well as the demands of candidates for jobs with non-standard working hours. Supported by the Czech Society for Human Resource Development, Project Alternative’s job portal is designed for employers and candidates to help improve access to jobs with more flexibility (for parents on maternity or parental leave, persons with reduced work capacity, persons over the age of 50, people who are care givers, students, and all others who want flexible work).

 

Moot Court Competition

Randl Partners is interested in developing high-quality lawyers specialised in labour law for future generations and to improve the labour law practice in the Czech Republic. We therefore support Moot Court Competitions, both financially and professionally. This is a competition of law students in a simulated trial. Randl Partners was a partner of the Moot Court Competition in Labour Law in 2008/2009.