Labor, Employment, Compensation & Benefits

Our practice handles a full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment, labor, compensation, and benefits matters. We advise clients on wage and hour class and collective actions, OSHA and workplace safety issues, workforce restructuring, employment issues tied to M&A transactions, and other day-to-day business issues. Our litigation attorneys advise on sex, race, age, and national origin discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and other employment-related restrictive covenants.

Our service offerings include, among many others:

  • Executive compensation and obligations;
  • Incentives;
  • Government regulations;
  • Disciplinary procedures;
  • Hiring and dismissal;
  • Retirement;
  • Severance;
  • Internal grievances;
  • Insurance;
  • Dispute resolution;
  • Job restructuring; and,
  • Immigration.

Our lawyers also work closely with in-house legal counsel and our client’s HR departments to assist with:

  • Drafting employment contracts;
  • Advising on employee rights and obligations;
  • Formulating, structuring, and implementing incentive schemes such as ESOP;
  • Drafting, implementing, and enforcing best practices through preparation and documentation of employment policies and procedures;
  • Advising on governance matters, performance issues, and non-compliance-related issues;
  • Advising on employee dismissal; and,
  • Handling claims and disputes from employees.