What
better place to come for employment issues than one of "America's Greatest
Places to Work With a Law Degree"?
Worth more than a "pound of cure," we take pride in counseling clients
in "preventative" strategies to minimize liability and litigation. We
help you by providing practical, preventative counseling on labor and
employment issues. Our job is to help you avoid problems through effective
documentation, and education and training of managers. When litigation
does become necessary, we provide our clients with a vigorous, thorough
defense, aimed at achieving the best possible result.
Who are our clients? They include companies from diverse industries,
such as the airline, paper and lumber manufacturing, mining, banking
and finance, food distribution, cosmetics, biotechnology, clothing,
computer and high technology industries. Here's how we work:
Advising
and Counseling. We advise employers in all areas of day-to-day
personnel practices and employee relations matters, including discrimination
and harassment issues, disability and religious accommodation issues,
interpretation and application of employment policies and agreements,
union matters, layoffs and terminations, conducting and supervising
internal investigations, counseling on appropriate actions to minimize
risk of liability, coordinating workers' compensation issues with state
and federal disability laws, and negotiating and preparing employment
contracts and separation agreements. We also prepare non-disclosure,
trade secret, non-solicitation, and non-competition agreements.
Employment-at-Will.
Many employers seek to preserve an "at will" relationship with their
employees. We can help you in the drafting of policies and procedures
to protect you from liability and to preserve "employment-at-will" standards.
Employment
Policies and Handbooks. We prepare and review employment policies
and employee handbooks for employers of all sizes. Services range from
review of particular policies prepared by clients to complete preparation
of employee handbooks tailored to the needs of individual employers.
Employment
Discrimination. We work with our clients
to develop policies and practices to prevent employment discrimination
and harassment and to strengthen our clients' defenses to employment
discrimination and harassment claims.
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Management
Training. We provide training programs to educate managers
and supervisors to avoid actions that could result in employment law
liability. These programs cover performance management and termination,
performance appraisal and evaluation, workplace harassment and discrimination,
managing leaves of absence and attendance, non-discriminatory employment
practices, and interviewing and hiring. We are willing to tailor training
programs to your specific needs.
Wage
and Hour Matters. We provide day-to-day advice, policy reviews
and other services related to wage and hour issues. We also defend claims
arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Davis Bacon Act, Walsh-Healey
Act, and other federal and state wage and hour laws and regulations.
Unemployment
Benefits. We represent employers in planning personnel
actions to minimize unemployment taxes and assessments and in defending
claims for benefits in administrative proceedings and court appeals.
Employment
Litigation. We provide an effective defense to employers
in wrongful discharge, harassment, discrimination, contract, tort and
all other employment-related claims, in federal and state trial and
appellate courts, and before administrative tribunals. Our attorneys
have extensive, specialized employment litigation experience that enhances
our ability to get the best result.
OSHA/ADA.
We counsel employers about preventive practices and contesting safety
citations and penalties, and represent businesses in administrative
and judicial proceedings.
Employee
Counseling and Representation. We provide employment
advice and assistance to individuals who have been wrongfully terminated,
discriminated against, or who are otherwise in need of legal services.
For More Information Contact: Robert
B. Van Cleve or Laurie Lootens
Chyz.
