Jireh & Greys Attorneys is a leading Nigerian employment and labour law practice, trusted by multinational employers, Nigerian conglomerates, startups, oil & gas companies, financial institutions, and C-suite executives to manage their most sensitive people issues with commercial pragmatism and legal precision.
Our Employment & Labour Law team advises on the full lifecycle of the employment relationship in Nigeria’s complex and highly regulated labour environment, including:
Drafting and negotiation of senior executive service contracts, expatriate assignments, secondments, and termination packages
Design and implementation of bonus schemes, long-term incentive plans (LTIPs), employee share ownership plans (ESOPs), and phantom equity arrangements
Restrictive covenants, confidentiality, garden leave, and team-move protocols
Workforce restructuring, redundancies, collective dismissals, and transfer of undertakings (TUPE-style issues)
Compliance with the Labour Act, Pension Reform Act, Employee Compensation Act, NSITF, ITF contributions, and expatriate quota administration
Workplace policies – anti-harassment, discrimination, whistleblowing, disciplinary, grievance, and remote/hybrid working
Trade union recognition, collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), and industrial action defence
Immigration and work permits – Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card (CERPAC), Temporary Work Permits, and quota positions
Employment litigation and dispute resolution before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), mediation, and settlement negotiations
Health & safety compliance, workplace investigations, and crisis response (sexual harassment, fraud, whistleblowing)
Employee data protection, monitoring, and privacy issues under the Nigeria Data Protection Act
Our lawyers appear regularly before the National Industrial Court in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, and have an outstanding track record of defeating high-value wrongful termination, discrimination, and bonus claims while securing favourable settlements when required.
Whether you are onboarding a new CEO with a multimillion-dollar package, managing a large-scale redundancy across multiple states, defending a discrimination claim brought by a former executive, or negotiating with a trade union during a threatened strike, Jireh & Greys Attorneys delivers strategic, discreet, and results-driven advice that protects your business and your reputation.