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Labor & Employment

We advise employers on workforce matters ranging from day-to-day counseling to high-risk, sensitive situations.

Focus on the practical and actionable.

Employment issues rarely arrive at convenient times—and often require decisions before all facts are known. Our clients include companies at all stages of growth, as well as very large and sophisticated organizations managing complex, multi-state workforces-including ones in staffing, industrials, manufacturing and service-based industries where workforce considerations are central to the business.

We provide clear, actionable advice that allows clients to move forward with confidence, understanding both the legal risks and the practical implications of each option. In workforce-driven industries, issues such as personnel retention, employee classification, and management of customer-facing personnel can be critical. We focus on these practical dynamics alongside legal analysis.

Scope of Practice

  • Day-to-day counseling on hiring, discipline, and terminations

  • Drafting and negotiating employment, separation, and retention agreements

  • Restrictive covenants, trade secret protection, and employee mobility issues

  • Workplace investigations

  • Wage and hour compliance and classification issues

  • Development of employee handbooks and policies

  • Workforce issues arising in connection with transactions, including integration, retention, and restructuring

We have particular experience advising on workforce-intensive business models, including staffing platforms, facilities management providers, and manufacturing operations.

Recent Matters

  • Advising on workforce integration and retention in connection with acquisitions across staffing, industrials, and services sectors

  • Drafting executive employment, separation, and restrictive covenant arrangements

  • Conducting workplace investigations involving senior personnel

  • Supporting multi-state employers on compliance, wage and hour, and classification issues

  • Developing policies and procedures for scaling and operationally complex organizations