Competencies

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Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter's labor & employee relations practice provides experience in:

Hiring

• Employment applications and interviews
• ADA considerations
• Pre-employment testing
• Offer letters

Employment Agreements

• Confidential information
• Covenants not to compete
• Golden parachutes

Personnel Policies and Practices

• Employer handbooks
• Harassment
• Family and Medical Leave Act

Wages and Hours

• Child Labor
• Fair Labor Standards Act requirements (minimum wage, overtime)
• Government contracts
• Affirmative Action plans
• Equal Pay Act
• Prevailing wage law

Workplace Environment

• Harassment policies
• Employee/manager training
• ADA accommodations
• Drug testing

Termination of Employment

• At-will employment
• Separation agreements and releases
• COBRA compliance

Reduction in force

• RIF planning
• WARN Act compliance
• OWBPA compliance

Employee Safety

• OSHA compliance
• Defense of OSHA citations

Workers' Compensation

• Defense of workers' compensation claims
• VSSR (violation of specific safety requirement) claim defense
• Intentional tort litigation
• Workers' compensation retaliation claims

Employment-Related Litigation

• Covenants not to compete; trade secrets
• Common law employment claims
  • Defamation
  • Invasion of privacy
  • Negligent hiring/retention/supervision
  • Intentional infliction of emotional distress
• Employment termination claims
  • Contract
  • Promissory estoppel
  • Discrimination
  • Harassment
  • Retaliation
  • Wrongful discharge in violation of public policy
  • FMLA litigation
  • Unemployment compensation claims

Independent Contractors

• Independent contractor agreements
• Independent contractor disputes

Training

• Workplace Harassment Prevention
• Diversity/EEO
• Managing Employee Performance
• FMLA, ADA
• OSHA