Call For PROPOSAL - CONTRACTUALISATION OF A LAW FIRM - AMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL PROCESS ASSISTANCE

OBJECTIVES

The main objectives of this contractualisation are:

• to assist SI with any legal issues that may happen by answering questions or providing legal advice via emails, messages or phone calls, preferably a 24 hour window
• To enable the legal firm to express an opinion on Solidarités International legal documents such as contracts and Internal Staff Regulations
• To assist Solidarités International with any legal and administrative process with the authoritities
• To provide Solidarités international with a legal watch that allows Solidarites International to comply with them

EXPECTATIONS

In a more specific, but neither exclusive nor restrictive, manner:

• To provide a legal opinion on the Internal Staff Regulations review and its registration and legalization at the Ministry of Labor, as well as the update of the internal regulation whenever needed.
• To examine the actual Internal Staff Regulations of Solidarités INTERNATIONAL in regards to the Lebanese Labor Law and amendment acts to provide its recommendations to ensure its compliance with the legal framework.
• the final version of the Internal Staff Regulations should be validated
• To assist Solidarites international with the Follow up and updating of the registration with the Lebanese authorities at the Ministry of Interior – NGO department (replacement of the representative of SI in Lebanon, submitting annual budget, amendments and updating the ministerial decree,...).
• To examine the actual contracts (employment, Daily Workers and service) of Solidarités INTERNATIONAL in regards to the Lebanese Labor Law and decrees to provide its recommendations to ensure its compliance with the legal framework.
• Recommendations are expected to be presented under a commented version of the actual contracts of Solidarités INTERNATIONAL. Exhaustive official English version of all related legal texts should be in annexes.
• the final version of the standard contracts should be validated
• To provide a legal opinion on working hours, salary payment, holidays, trial periods, leaves, allowances, benefits.
• To assist Solidarités INTERNATIONAL with the residency and Work permits for all its non Lebanese employees
• Drafting and wording of agreements concerning the activities of SI in Lebanon, including lease contracts for office spaces, warehouses and expatriates housing. Or MoU to be signed with any others partners.
• Introducing and following up administrative procedures in front of the different Lebanese public administrations: Ministry of Telecoms, Electricité Du Liban, Municipalities, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Social Affairs, Customs, General
• To assist SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL with any other legal issues that may happen by answering questions or providing legal advice via emails, messages or phone calls, preferably a 24 hour window (with the clear exception of cases when longer periods of time are needed).

DURATION

 1 year, renewable.