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
