Employment

Your people are among your most important assets.  We understand that you want to treat your employees fairly and retain your best personnel.  We provide strategic advice in risk situations and forcefully litigate to help you get there.  We work with management to implement company policies and help you understand your obligations to the workforce.  We represent employers in most every type of workplace dispute.

• Executive compensation
• Hiring, Performance Management, Termination
• Discrimination and Harassment – Title VII, Fair Employment and Housing Act and Wrongful Termination Claims – sex, race, age, national origin, disability and medical condition
• Federal Equal Employment Opportunity and California Department of Fair Employment and Housing Investigations
• Whistleblower and Retaliation
• Employee Leave Laws – Family and Medical Leave and California Family Rights Act Issues
• Wage and hour –meal and rest period issues; employee misclassification – exempt and non-exempt status, employee v. independent contractor; unpaid wages, overtime, commissions, and vacation
• Fair Labor Standards Act and California Labor Code Violations – Federal Department of Labor, California Labor Commissioner and Division of Labor Standards Enforcement Audits, Investigations, and Hearings
• Prevailing Wage Issues
• Trade Secrets and Unfair Business Practices – non-competition, founder disputes
• Policies, Procedures and handbooks