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Labor & Employment

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP is a company with a true labor practice – not just litigators who try work cases. On a relative basis for a company our size, we have among the biggest work and labor groups in California. Each of our lawyers works carefully and personally with company clients to establish proactive compliance and disagreement resolution methods. Our company believe this individually counseling is much more effective than an unwieldy group. We work with customers to assist them prevent workplace issues, but where controversy is inevitable, we have handled literally hundreds of jury trials, administrative trials and appeals before courts and administrative agencies nationwide.

JMBM is recognized as a Go-To Law Practice® & reg; for the leading 500 business in the United States in the locations of labor litigation and labor & work law, as figured out by American Lawyer Media’s (ALM) annual survey of internal counsel at FORTUNE 500® & reg; business. Because labor and work problems typically involve high stakes and intense time pressure, our lawyers are dedicated to offering employers the most immediate service possible. We react quickly and without fail, with simple recommendations from a knowledgeable lawyer who won’t pass your issue off to somebody else. Issues like sexual harassment and office violence demand instant attention- and we supply it.

Employers in the middle of a disagreement over an organizing drive or an unreasonable labor practice problem rely on our aggressive and prompt action. Accountability and availability are our watchwords, and you get direct access to the person who can solve your problem or address your concern.

Among the strengths of our labor and employment group is the variety of the companies we represent. Public and personal companies in organization sectors varying from standard production to technology, apparel to aerospace and from health care to financial services all count on JMBM labor legal representatives, despite the problem. Many clients have actually been with us 10 to 20 years-in numerous cases working with the very same knowledgeable legal representative who totally understands their organization.

Our industry-specific prevention and preparedness methods can avoid or lessen pricey claims. We work closely with senior executives and internal counsel to craft personalized, efficient work policies – total with an emphasis on correctly training supervisors and HR staff on legal rights and responsibilities. Our services work to guarantee compliance with national and state labor laws, minimize conflicts with staff members, and maximize strategic benefit if litigation is required. We stress imaginative planning and aggressive advocacy for every customer.

There are company sectors where we have unique ability in managing employment matters. Many law practice rely on us for counsel on issues involving staff and legal representatives, and we typically advise broker-dealers on non-compete and disciplinary debates. Our lawyers likewise successfully represent many healthcare and hospitality industry clients in collective bargaining and other labor and work concerns.

Any safeguarded class of employees-by age, race, gender, special needs, religion-could bring match versus a company under the discrimination statues. We have actually successfully prosecuted and solved all kinds of discrimination matters brought under such employment laws as the:

– Americans with Disabilities Act

– Family Medical Leave Act

– Age Discrimination in Employment Act

– Fair Labor Standards Act

– Family and job Medical Leave Act

The best way to handle any claim is to avoid it from being submitted, and we give clients effective guidance right from the start to manage complaints correctly and keep them from ending up being suits. If litigation is necessary, our legal representatives investigate thoroughly and prepare a strong position that can negate complainant claims.

We provide strong defense in state and federal court, in administrative actions before the Federal Equal Job Opportunity Commission and before all the California state companies – the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, job the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the Development Department.

Often overlapping with discrimination issues are claims for wrongful termination, retaliatory treatment and whistle blowing. We understand the necessity in such cases to demonstrate that a company’s actions were proper, and in spite of the notoriety that is in some cases included, we have actually had significant success at showing that company conduct was genuine and dealt with properly.

Whether your service currently has 3rd party representation or seeks to maintain a work environment devoid of such participation, our highly efficient labor relations counsel can be vital to helping keep a competitive work environment while lessening conflicts and job maximizing management flexibility. Employers that face union organizing drives rely on our help to:

– Maintain a favorable working environment with open interaction with all workers

– Adhere to NLRB election laws

– Counter aggressive unionizing efforts without creating a “union-busting” debate

In unionized workplaces, our firm is an extremely experienced and responsive partner that works along with company personnels and labor relations workers to:

– Participate in cumulative bargaining – including multi-union, multi-location talks

– React to grievance and arbitration actions

– Manage decreases in force, drug screening, discipline procedures and strikes

– Provide representation in NLRB procedures

Responsiveness, decision and focus are what set our labor relations counsel apart from that of other law firms. We provide instant action, day-and-night schedule in crisis situations and aggressive defense of all employers’ rights.

We defend numerous companies against class action claims in which employees take legal action against for back overtime pay-and millions of dollars in damages-claiming that under company policies the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime pay exemption no longer uses to them.

JMBM labor attorneys can assist companies prevent category issues that cause lawsuits by:

– Auditing existing salary policy and pay practices

– Reviewing the language of composed employment policies to ensure they conform to FLSA requirements for exempt and job non-exempt staff members

– Making certain all exempt employee job descriptions involve management and guidance

If you as a company are faced with a wage and hour lawsuit, whether under federal law or California wage and hour statutes, we install a vigorous and job efficient defense. Your JMBM attorney will seek to reject class accreditation and job work to protect an efficient and efficient settlement that dismisses unfounded claims and secures your interests.

Disputes over non-compete agreements involving trade tricks often pit employers versus each other – particularly in California, where the state’s Unfair Competition Law (Section 17200) makes it particularly hard to impose non-compete terms. We’ve handled lawsuits representing both staff members’ former and existing companies, and are skilled at securing and resisting TROs and permanent injunctions to secure company interests in either type of case.