Transactional Skills
Businesses face daily threats to their reputations, investor confidence, and profitability. Our labor and employment rapid-response teams directly tackle threats posed by health crises, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, trade secret, wage-and-hour, and other high-profile issues.
A company's relationship with its employees is undergoing constant and fundamental change. In the last few years, employers – no matter how careful and conscientious – have faced an increasing number of employment class actions and collective actions, as well as heightened government enforcement.
At the same time, labor unions have revived their organizing campaigns with new and tougher tactics. McAllister Davis & Goldstein can help you avoid and solve workplace problems.
A primary focus is addressing litigation risk in the clients’ creation and on-going management of employment relationships, conducting internal investigations, and successfully resolving actual or threatened litigation through strategic planning and negotiation.
When litigation cannot be avoided, however, McAllister Davis & Goldstein brings the full scope of its experience to bear in vigorously pursuing or defending claims at trial. In cases involving claims of race, age, disability, and sex discrimination, we have represented a wide range of multi-national business enterprises.
Labor and Employment Litigation
When litigation is necessary in the labor context, our litigators are at your disposal. We assist clients with:
- Union avoidance
- Unfair labor practice charges
- Labor contract negotiations and arbitration
- Strike contingency plans
We work closely with clients to avoid expensive and counterproductive legal disputes through the development of sound policies and practices. Where conflict is unavoidable, our experienced employment litigators defend clients in state and federal courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitrations.
Policies and Procedures
In providing advisory services, McAllister Davis & Goldstein helps its clients navigate the formation, maintenance and dissolution of employment relationships and develop and implement related policies and procedures, including:
- Developing and implementing employee handbooks and policies
- Advising employers regarding hiring, evaluation, documentation and termination decisions
- Developing and implementing compensation and retention programs for employers
- Negotiating and documenting offer letters, employment, consulting, non-compete, non-solicitation and separation agreements and other related documents for senior executives, independent contractors and companies alike.
