We offer a wide variety of employment-related services to employers and executives. Whether it involves proactive measures, advice and counsel with respect to specific situations; avoidance of litigation steps, or litigation, we are ready to assist our clients in any number of aspects of the employment relationship.

Proactive Measures:  We provide clients with proactive measures that can be taken to manage the employment relationship. We offer training programs, as well as strategic advice, on various employment related topics depending on client needs, such as applicable law and implementation of policies regarding discrimination, harassment, disability, wage-hour, drug and alcohol policies, employee leave, employee discipline, termination, document retention, trade secret protection, independent contractor status, and internal investigations. We review existing and draft new employee handbooks and policies manuals and advise clients on updating existing handbooks and manuals.

We review existing and draft new employment related documents, including applications, employment agreements, background check authorizations, non-disclosure agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, and severance agreements, and advise our clients of updates or revisions needed for existing documents

Situational Advice and Counsel:  As circumstances arise, we are here to help our clients navigate the complexities that any given employment relationship issue can raise, including compliance with applicable law. In that regard, and as circumstances arise, we guide our clients regarding employee: counseling, discipline, termination, reasonable accommodation, violation of handbook provisions, leave requests, grievances, complaints of employer or co-employee violation of law, compensation and compensation practices; drug or alcohol violations, violence, criminal conduct, restrictive covenants, as well as employee promotions, demotions and reassignments. As needed, we will provide documents, agreements or communications to assist the client in addressing, assuaging or resolving the situation.

Employment Litigation:  When litigation is necessary or cannot otherwise be avoided, we provide experienced employment litigators to assist our clients with such matters. We are experienced in litigating claims under federal statutory law (such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 1964, 1981, and 1991, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Age Discrimination Act of 1967, the Older Worker Benefit Protection Act, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, among numerous others), as well as employment claims under local ordinances and state statutory law.

We also have considerable experience in litigating a myriad of other possible employment related claims, such as those involving covenants not to compete, covenants not to solicit customers or employees, covenants regarding confidential or trade secret protected information, breaches of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, and violation of federal or state computer or electronic information protection laws.

Although litigation is usually the avenue of last resort, when the need arises, we represent our clients in federal, state and local agencies and in federal and state courts; as well as in mandatory and voluntary alternative dispute resolution forums, including mediation and arbitration.