Employment

We believe in the inherent dignity of work and enjoy clients who share this vision. We have decades of experience helping clients build and maintain healthy teams, with an emphasis on businesses driven by engineering talent. Our group provides advice and representation to employers on a wide range of employment related matters to help employers build healthy teams, prevent disputes when possible and mitigate existing disputes effectively, including:

• Counseling with respect to employee hiring, compensation and termination, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, wage and hour issues and use of independent contractors
• Providing on demand, day-to-day guidance to your HR team
• Advising employers concerning personnel policies and practices including:
• • Wage / hour compliance (including classification audits)
  • Handbooks, policy manuals and drug testing plans
  • Employment and independent contractor agreements
  • Reduction in force policies and best practices
  • Terminations, severance plans and releases
  • Sexual harassment training (including prevention)
  • Protecting trade secrets and confidential business information
  • IP ownership and assignment issues
  • Leaves of absence and return to work issues