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Practice Areas

Labor & Employment Law

HR Counsel

Employee Relations

Local NY & Conflicts Counsel

Workplace Investigations

Workplace Training Programs

Commercial Litigation & Defense

General Business & Corporate Law

Alternate Dispute Resolution

Employment Related Practice

Affirmative Action Compliance
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Anti-Harassment Training . Preventative Programming
Anti-Discrimination Training . Preventative Programming
Audits . FLSA, DOL, EEO, Comp. UI
Audits . Employment Practices
Audits . Internal Compliance Review
Background Checks
Change Management
Competition and Trade Secret Law
Data Security & Workplace Privacy
Discrimination and Harassment
Diversity Training . Preventative Programming
Disability Leave
Disciplinary Actions
Drug Testing
Education Law
EEO Trainings and Compliance Seminars
EEOC Position Statements
Employee Benefits
Employee Handbook Draft & Update
Executive Compensation
Foreign Companies Doing Business In US
General Business Law
Government Contractors
Hiring, Firing and Performance
Hospitality Law
HR Compliance
Immigration and Visas
Independent Contractors
Independent Workplace Investigations
International Employment Law
Internship Programs
Labor & Union Matters
Labor . Grievances & Hearings
Leaves of Absence
Litigation
Mass Layoffs . WARN Act
Non-competes and Unfair Competition
Non-disclosure, Non-disparagement
Non-Solicitation
Policies, Procedures & Handbooks
Position Statements
Preventative Training Programming
Reductions in Force, WARN Act
Respectful Workplace . Training Programming
Retaliation
Staffing Workers
Training . Preventative Programming
Union Matters . Grievances & Hearings
Unpaid Interns
Wage & Hour
WARN Act . Mass Layoffs
Whistleblowing & Retaliation
Workplace Privacy & Data Security
Workplace Investigations
Workplace Safety - OSHA
Workplace Training Programs . Preventative Programming

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Practice Areas we routinely assist clients in a wide variety of employment related practice areas:

We help clients with all issues arising in the workplace. We work closely with HR and in-house counsel, emphasizing prevention and compliance to help clients avoid claims or to be well positioned when claims do arise. When necessary, we defend claims in all venues (litigation, arbitration, mediation).

We review company handbooks, policies and procedures for company-wide consistency and multi-state compliance, and we assist foreign companies with US compliance. We draft comprehensive employment agreements (including non-competes, non-disclosures, separation and severance agreements) and review internal documentation and routinely walk HR and management through sensitive or problematic disciplinary situations. We assist with preparing documentation and self-audits (FLSA/overtime, affirmative action)

Additionally, we offer an array of customized training programs and one-on-one coaching programs, and we conduct workplace investigations. We advise on individual terminations and reductions in force, as well as employment issues arising in mergers & acquisitions, bankruptcies and other corporate restructurings, including WARN Act, NLRA and OWBPA compliance. We assist companies in responding to governmental audits, agency charges and any other workplace issues that arise in both unionized and non-unionized environments.

Employment Law & Human Resources Solutions

employment law

ensure statutory compliance with all local, state and federal statutes, including FMLA, ADEA, ADA, FLSA, WARN, OWBPA, OFCCP, NYSHRL, NYCHRL,NLRA (and other local and state human rights laws).
defend alleged claims of wrongful termination (harassment, discrimination) and retaliation in all venues (court/mediation/arbitration) and before all agencies.
draft and update handbooks, conform policies and procedures for local, multi-jurisdictional (multi-state and international) deployment
defend against governmental agency audits respond to agency inquiries, draft position statements
draft employment contracts, severance agreements, independent contractor and internship agreements, non-competes, trade secrets, duty of loyalty, unfair competition, data protection, privacy issues
representing clients in employee downsizing, mass lay-offs, WARN Act
analyze compliance and potential employment exposure associated with corporate mergers, acquisitions, financing and restructuring, change management

H R Consulting & Employee Relations

advise HR on problematic disciplinary situations, draft union charges, internal documentation, performance management
workplace investigations
hiring / firing / disciplinary situations
preventative training programs - EEO & respectful workplace training, anti-harassment, diversity training, group and one-on-one coaching sessions for management and staff
record keeping, payroll, posting requirements, I-9 & E-Verify / L1 & H1B visas
overtime, leave of absence, FMLA compliance
respond to employee complaints -- formal and informal
draft employment contracts, including severance agreements, independent contractor and internship agreements, non-competes, protection of trade secrets, duty of loyalty, unfair competiation, data protection, privacy / confidentiality issues
representing clients in reductions in force (RIFs), downsizing, mass-layoffs, WARN Act, early retirement programs
analyze compliance and potential employment exposure associated with corporate mergers, acquisitinos, financing and restructuring, change management

labor law / union matters
union avoidance, compliance with collective bargain agreements, bringing charges, handling grievances, general administration, NLRA compliance, draft disciplinary charges and step opinions, hearing representation, hearing officer, general administration

local NY employment counsel / conflicts counsel
local NY employment counsel / conflicts counsel / employment law experts

audits
governmental agency audits, internal audits, FLSA, DOL, Workers' Compensation, Unemployment, OFCCP / government contrators, OMIG

workplace training (nationwide, international) - preventative programming
EEO & respectful workplace training, diversity training, management training, one-on-one coaching sessions, effective HR documentation training. All training seminars performed by experienced employment attorneys, nationwide coverage

workplace investigations (national, international)
simple and complex, independent workplace investigations when employees complain to management alleging EEO violations. All investigations are performed by experienced employment attorneys who are available in all 50 states and internationally

change management
review and analyze exposure in connection with mergers and acquisitions, and all issues relating to change in management

bankruptcy / reorganization - employment analysis

education law
represent colleges/universities (union, non-union), public, private education

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