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 | Employment LawK-12 Education | Higher Education | Labor Relations | Disability Law | Litigation | Class Action Litigation
"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen." Frank Lloyd Wright
We represent clients in a broad range of labor, employment and human resources matters in the private and public sectors. We have successfully defended employers in highly complex state and federal litigation involving race, gender and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, medical leave issues, whistle blowing, and workplace search and seizure.
The firm has substantial expertise in employee discipline, discharge, and layoff, as well as general personnel and labor matters. We have practiced before a multitude of administrative agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), the United States Department of Labor (DOL), the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS), and the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
Some of the issues on which we routinely represent clients, include:
• wage and hour matters • responding to DFEH or EEOC complaints • drafting personnel policies, forms, and handbooks • employee trainings • negotiating employment agreements • grievance arbitrations • teacher credentialing and evaluation issues • teacher and classified staff discipline or terminations • strategic planning and implementation of school district layoffs • discrimination and wrongful discharge litigation • collective bargaining • PERB or NRLB unit determination matters • defending unfair labor practice charges |