We understand the vital relationship between the employer and its most
valuable resource — its employees. Every day we call on our extensive
experience advising employers and individual executives in order to provide
seasoned, knowledgeable counsel with respect to a wide variety of matters
that arise during the course of employment relationships.
Whether we are working with a newly-formed startup company, a mature operating
company or an individual executive, our approach is always consistent — to
provide quality and timely service with a pragmatic and proactive approach
toward resolving the particular matter at hand so that our client's business
objectives can be achieved.
We regularly provide counsel to our clients on legal and business issues that
arise in the following areas of the employment relationship:
- Employment agreements and offer letters with complex terms
- Bonuses, sales commissions, relocation reimbursements, pre-negotiated
severance arrangements, and other compensation arrangements
- Management incentive plans
- Equity-based compensation 409A compliance for new and existing arrangements
- Noncompetition agreements and trade secret protection
- Stock options and other equity incentive arrangements
- Personnel policies and employee handbooks to govern such issues as employee
conduct, discipline, compensation and benefits
- Employment separations
- Release and severance agreements
- Reductions in force
- Independent contractor issues
- Wage and hour issues
- Special Executive compensation issues
- Record keeping and retention requirements
- Background investigations
- Violence in the workplace
- Alcohol and drug policies
- Sexual and other harassment issues and policies
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Retaliation
