Employment Law

Our firm provides specialized employment advice to a wide variety of employers, ranging from sole proprietors to Fortune 500 companies.  These services include advice on recruiting and hiring, affirmative action obligations, EEO-1 reporting requirements, pre-employment testing and examinations, minimum wage, overtime, and Equal Pay Act requirements for employee compensation, employee leave requirements under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and military service laws, accommodation requirements under state and federal disability laws and religious accommodation laws, and rules regulating promotions, demotions, corrective action, and terminations under various state and federal equal employment/anti-discrimination laws. 

Our employment attorneys handle litigation involving employee claims in the state administrative agencies, state courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the federal courts.  We are experienced in mediation procedures within the state and federal agencies as well as through court ordered or private mediation sessions. 

Our firm has provided a range of services relating to sexual harassment policies, procedures, training and prevention.  We have served in the capacity of outside investigator in investigating sexual harassment claims. 

Our attorneys prepare, review and update personnel forms, procedures and agreements, including employee handbooks, to ensure legal compliance.  We handle workers compensation, death and disability claims, wage and hour issues, whistle blower claims, civil rights violations, and a wide variety of related matters. 

In the challenging area of non-compete agreements, we assist employers in developing appropriate safeguards and in litigation involving the enforceability of such agreements. 

Our firm assists clients with matters under the Occupational Safety and Health Act as well as other state and federal safety related rules and regulations.  We represent parties in a wide range of administrative and quasi-judicial proceedings, as well as in state and federal courts. 

We assist in developing policies, procedures, safety handbooks, and other compliance programs geared at improving the safety records of our clients.