Labor, Employment & Employee ↔ "☆Benefits

People are essential to your business. ✘>→Their legal rights, p✘λersonal needs and cult "ural expectations pre♠←≈'sent both opportunities and riΩ≥sks. The laws and regulations govern™≠✔↕ing relationships between employe¶↑₹→rs and employees are ±€Ω complex, confusing and sometime≥↕ s contradictory. At Schinde♦♦"rs, we understand that business su₹>®✘ccess requires legall≈←$y sound, strategically s$★avvy labor and employment polici±↑©¶es and practices. We im‌↓plement, monitor and enforce®× policies dealing with sexual hara✘αssment, discrimination, drug and•  alcohol testing, employee¶ε© privacy and family and medical leav☆₹e. Additionally, we can asλ→sist with: wage and hour issues, u¥✘✘∑nion activities, collective bargain₩αing, interpretation of work rules, gr✘δ≈₽ievances and industrial disput​γ₹es.

We help develop safety programs to det$'¥ermine potential workplace and legal ri‍©πsks.  Should the need>§∞π arise, we provide excellent defen₽§♠se on any claims made against our clσ ients. We help draft ≤✔σ♣non-competition agree¥<ments and nondisclosure agreements, tπ πrain employees on policies concern←'ing confidentiality, and conductβ£ audits on trade secret protection isεε$ sues.

Our lawyers have exten≈✔sive experience in defendΩ₩ing employers in administ‍→↕™rative proceedings, arbitration a☆​nd court action, including indivπ  idual claims and collec£₹tive actions and class actions. "•We have defended against such clai♠★↕'ms as: wrongful discharge, discriminat←Ωβ¥ion, harassment, retalia±< tory dismissals, whistleΩ≤βblower cases, compensation disputes☆♣$, work-related personal injuries, σ   privacy, protection of intellectu→δ al privacy and other employment-related♦‍ claims.