Labor and Employment Counseling and Compliance

The costs of litigation go well beyond its expense and distraction to the reputational and public-relations damage that lawsuits often cause. Our decades of experience and up-to-the-minute understanding of evolving laws allows us to offer pragmatic, cost-effective, and solutions-oriented advice that helps you manage risks and avoid disputes before they start. We keep our clients’ business and operational goals front and center and provide bespoke answers and options, not academic legal analysis. 

We handle: 

• Compliance with the entire range of federal, state, and local employment laws 
• Recruitment, compensation, benefits, and equal pay/pay equity compliance 
• State and federal wage and hour laws, including wage and hour litigation 
• Performance management, discipline, and termination 
• Reductions in-force and redundancies 
• Employment contracts, non-compete agreements, and restrictive covenants 
• Workplace and human resources policies
• Harassment and hostile workplace training 
• Preparation of affirmative action plans 

We understand the challenges of an international workforce and bring a distinctly cross-border perspective to the many multinational companies we serve. Our lawyers lead international legal and HR teams in cross-border transactions and labor issues requiring the balancing of legal requirements in the EU, Asia, and the Americas. We work with a global network of trusted counsel to address our clients’ global employment law challenges wherever they arise. 

We handle:

• Employment regulations  
• Employment agreements 
• Compensation and benefits 
• Global mobility 
• Dismissal-related issues 
• Relocations, collective redundancies, and plant closures 

We help employers identify and effectively manage the risks of internal complaints, including whistleblower complaints, in matters that both stay under the radar and end up making headlines. We have particular experience in crisis management (including public relations) and helping employers address issues head-on while minimizing disruption in the workplace.

We handle:

• Internal investigations related to allegations of code of conduct violations including sexual harassment and pay equity  
• Developing and updating of codes of conduct, employee reporting mechanisms (whistleblower hotlines), and employee awareness
• Customizing related training programs  
• Defending whistleblower claims in federal and state courts