Employment Law

We provide experienced guidance and representation to both employees and employers:

Employee representation includes:

• workplace discrimination in its many forms (including disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, age, race, national origin, religion, gender identity, criminal conviction), and sexual harassment;
• retaliation claims arising from wrongful termination or other adverse action by an employer;
• Family Medical Leave Act [FMLA] matters;
• EEOC and New York State and New York City Division of Human Rights claims, through mediation and hearings;
• FINRA arbitration of disputes;
• wage and hour and overtime claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York labor law;
• advising, negotiating, drafting, litigating employee agreements, including compensation packages for executives and generally, independent contractor and consulting agreements;
• advising, negotiating, drafting, litigating restrictive covenants, non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements;
• advising, negotiating, drafting, litigating separation, severance and release agreements;
• assisting with any aspect of an employee’s terms and conditions of employment and employment relationship generally.

Employer representation includes all of the items under employee representation above and additionally:

• advising small to medium sized businesses and not-for-profit organizations on employee policy and procedure;
• drafting employee manuals and handbooks, notice of changes in policy and procedure;
• advising on disputes with employees and monitoring appropriate protocol in varying employment situations.