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Labor and Employment Law
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Our Labor and Employment Law Practice Group provides superior legal services to Florida, national, and international clients. We take pride in our ability to provide prompt, individualized, and quality service to our clients, and to keep our clients informed of the progress of any and all matters on which we are working on their behalf. The members of our group have many years of practical experience counseling and representing employers and employees involved in virtually every major industry and in connection with all aspects of labor and employment law, such as:
WAGE AND HOUR LAW
- Unpaid wages
- Unpaid benefits
- Failure to pay minimum wage
- Failure to pay overtime wage
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims
- Collective FLSA actions
- Defense of FLSA claims
- Vacation pay
- Severance pay
- Commission pay
- Tips
- Sick pay
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Maternity leave
- Disability leave
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Equal Pay Act
- Misclassification of employees as independent contractors disputes
- Client counseling on wage and hour compliance
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION
- Race discrimination
- Religious discrimination
- Discrimination based on creed
- Discrimination based on color
- Discrimination based on ethnicity
- National origin discrimination
- Discrimination based on ancestry
- Sex discrimination
- Pregnancy discrimination
- Marital status discrimination
- Family status discrimination
- Gender identity discrimination
- Sexual orientation discrimination
- Gender expression discrimination
- Age discrimination
- Physical or mental disability discrimination (Americans with Disabilities Act – ADA)
- AIDS and/or related diseases
- Genetic information discrimination
- Citizenship or immigration status discrimination (except as may be required to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or government contract)
- Uniform Service Member status discrimination
- Florida National Guard membership discrimination
- Retaliation claims
- Whistleblower claims
- Client counseling on avoiding discrimination claims
- Training employees and supervisors with regard to equal employment opportunity requirements
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
- Quid Pro Quo claims
- Disparate impact claims
- Hostile work environment claims
- Retaliation claims
- Client counseling on avoiding sexual harassment claims
CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS
- Company investigations of employee allegations
AGENCY INVESTIGATIONS
- Representing companies under investigation by agencies such as the EEOC or the NLRB
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION
- Federal court employment litigation
- State court employment litigation
- Appellate court employment litigation
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
- Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) proceedings
- Florida Commission on Human Relations (FCHR) proceedings
- Miami-Dade County Commission on Human Rights proceedings
- Administrative Procedures Act proceedings
- Unemployment proceedings
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- Employment Arbitration
- Employment Mediation
- Negotiated settlements
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS, HANDBOOKS, AND POLICIES
- Preparation of employment contracts
- Preparation of employment policies
- Preparation of Equal Employment Opportunity policies
- Preparation of employee notifications
- Preparation of employee handbooks
- I-9 protocols
- Management of subcontractor and sourcing relationships to protect against I-9 penalties for vendor hiring practices
- Documenting personnel actions
- Conducting compliance audits
- Working with Human Resources
WRONGFUL TERMINATION
- Bringing or defending claims where employee contends termination was legally improper
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
- Covenants not to compete
- Non-solicitation agreements
- Confidentiality agreements
- Treatment of employer trade secrets
- Works-for-Hire agreements
EMPLOYMENT-RELATED TORTS (ACTIONABLE CIVIL WRONGS)
- Negligent hiring and retention
- Negligent supervision
- Defamation
- Intentional infliction of emotional distress
- Assault and battery
- Invasion of privacy
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT
- Union issues
- Advice on day-to-day labor/management relations issues
- Guiding employers with legal issues arising during union organizing campaigns
- Collective bargaining negotiations
- Advise management and act as a negotiator at the bargaining table
- Represent management in labor arbitrations
- Union decertification drives
- Discipline and discharge cases
- Labor disputes
- Advice concerning picket lines and strikes
- Grievance proceedings
- Unfair labor practice allegations
- Union election proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board
Our approach to litigation is to handle claims in an aggressive yet efficient and cost-effective fashion.
