Our goal is to prevent employment disputes and liability exposure from workplace litigation and agency claims, to keep our clients abreast of the evolving laws and legal requirements in the employment area, to minimize risk and to protect our clients from the losses. After familiarizing ourselves with our clients’ businesses and objectives, we develop individualized plans to meet our clients’ needs. We work with our clients to develop and implement employee agreements, policies and procedures to secure their sensitive data. In a changing national landscape regarding restrictive covenant enforcement, we partner with our clients to assess their risks and develop trade secret protection strategies, both to reduce employee misappropriation as well as defend accusations of misappropriation in competitive industry spaces. Our counseling and Human Resource support covers all business needs concerning employees. We also offer employment training on an array of topics, all uniquely tailored to each client, ranging from large corporations to small companies, including hospitals, national manufacturing companies, pharmaceutical companies, banks, major real estate and development companies, and public utilities. We counsel and assist our clients on discrimination and accommodation issues, leave requests, hiring, disciplining and terminating employees, worker classification, unfair competition, restrictive covenant agreements and enforcement, trade secret and unfair competition issues, wage and hour concerns, and draft handbook policies, procedures and agreements that protect our clients while facilitating a thriving workplace.
Areas of Focus (Management Side Only)
- Responding to Sexual Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation Complaints
- Employee Handbook Preparation and Policy Development
- Employee Agreements, such as Confidentiality Agreements, Restrictive Covenants and Authorized Use
- On and Off Boarding Practices, Forms and Procedures to Reduce Risk
- Interviewing and Hiring Guidelines
- Effective Performance Management
- Protocols to Protect Confidential Information and Business Relationships
- Leave and Accommodation Requests
- Wage and Hour Laws and Worker Classification
- Executive Employment Contracts, Compensation and Severance