Employment & Labor

• Pre-employment testing and background checks
• Employment hiring, agreements & contracts
• Use of temporary/leased/contract employees and independent contractors
• Employee handbooks/development of HR policies/HR audits
• Leaves of absence, disability accommodation & ADA compliance
• Affirmative Action and OFCCP compliance
• Family and Medical Leave Act issues and compliance
• Performance appraisals
• Disciplinary action, termination and protocols
• Reductions in force and workforce restructuring
• Severance agreements, waivers and releases
• Diversity and inclusion counseling and implicit bias training
• Payment practices

• Employment discrimination litigation
• Employer representation before federal and state courts and administrative/government agencies
• Enforcement of restrictive covenants
• Defamation
• Employment at-will/wrongful discharge
• Unemployment compensation claims
• Joint employer liability
• Navigation of “most favored nation” status
• Compliance with WARN Act and state-level WARN regulations

• Mediation, arbitration and early neutral evaluation
• Internal conflict resolution program/policy design, training and implementation
• Private dispute resolution services

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• Temporary/professional work visas (H1-B, TN, L-1, O-1, E-1, E-2, O-1, P-1, H-2B, B-1)
• International student/researcher issues (J-1, F-1, STEM-specific issues, NIW petitions, Schedule A/B physician issues)
• Permanent residence (work and family-based)
• Labor certifications/PERM
• Employer sanctions and assistance with government audits
• Appeals before state, federal, governmental and administrative agencies
• Personal representation and filings for consular processing
• Citizenship/naturalization

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• Qualified and retirement plan counseling
• Welfare and fringe benefit plan counseling
• Executive and non-qualified deferred compensation
• Plan design and consulting for tax-exempt organizations and governments

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• Sexual and workplace harassment prevention and remediation
• Representation before Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and city and state human relations commissions
• “Whistleblower” protections

• Fair Labor Standards Act compliance and related issues
• Representation before Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division and National Labor Relations Board
• Employee classification
• Pay practice reviews and pay equity considerations

• Compliance with OSHA/state OSHA regulations
• Workplace accidents
• Environmental counseling
• Electronic communications monitoring
• Protection of employee medical/personnel records
• Data breach/security incidents
• Workplace investigations involving employee misconduct

• Enforcement of trade secrets and restrictive covenants
• Confidentiality agreements
• Nonsolicitation agreements
• Unfair business competition laws

• Labor management relations
• Collective bargaining
• Grievance administration
• Arbitration
• National Labor Relations Board proceedings
• Public sector labor relations
• Strikes, picketing, and boycott advice