Workplace Counseling

To help avoid costly litigation, the attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg provide clients with access to a number of preventive counseling strategies and solutions to address workplace matters, including:

• Affirmative Action/OFCCP considerations and compliance
• Accommodating employees with disabilities
• Compliance with federal, state and local employment laws
• Constitutional issues affecting the employment relationship in the public sector
• Discrimination, harassment and retaliation prevention and training
• Document retention and record-keeping
• Drafting employment forms and human resources policies and procedures
• Drafting and review of employee handbooks
• Drug and alcohol programs and compliance
• Employee benefits
• Employment contracts and severance and separation agreements
• Immigration compliance
• Non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements
• Privacy and social media agreements
• Recruiting and hiring employees, including background checks and offer letters
• Workplace safety

Our Labor & Employment attorneys have the depth and breadth of experience to quickly react to and advise clients on:

• Complaints or charges filed with federal, state or local administrative agencies
• Discipline and termination
• Employee claims of workplace torts, including defamation
• Human resources audits
• Internal employee complaints and investigations
• Leaves of absence and administration, including military leaves of absence
• Reductions-in-force
• Unemployment claims
• Wage and hour and compensation issues
• Workers- compensation
• Workplace violence