Employment and Benefits

We counsel clients in a wide variety of employment issues, including employment covenants, hiring, confidentiality, promotion, performance evaluations, discipline, compensation, employee discharge, reduction in force, releases, leaves of absence, and protecting proprietary information and trade secrets.

Our attorneys have extensive experience in preparing employee handbooks and drafting company policies and procedures.  We advise our clients on how to avoid employment disputes and assist with the resolution of such disputes before and after litigation has commenced.

We conduct internal investigations of employee misconduct, harassment, and hostile work environment allegations.  Our attorneys regularly draft and litigate employment, severance, and restrictive covenant agreements.  We have handled numerous claims involving employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA).

On the benefits side, our attorneys regularly prepare qualified and non-qualified plans of deferred compensation, stock bonus plans, and other employee benefits.