Proactive Counsel to Avoid Client Mistakes
Attorneys in our firm’s Labor and Employment Litigation practice have spent decades diligently working to serve as advisers in employment law. We implement proactive strategies designed to educate and protect against common and not-so-common labor and employment related issues. The firm offers counseling and training for management and human resource employees; continuing education through seminars and client alerts announcing recent changes to laws; and advice and drafting assistance with policies and procedures; and advice and drafting of employee handbooks, policies and procedures and employment agreements.
Today’s workplace is exceedingly regulated.
Clients faced with workforce-related legal challenges receive an assertive and effective defense from McCormick Barstow.
- Disability access and accommodation
- Federal and state harassment and discrimination claims
- Counseling and defense on issues of wage and hour compliance
- Employee privacy and defamation, workplace violence and theft
- Employment compensation and employee leave
- FLSA and FMLA claims
- Private and public whistleblower claims
- Unfair competition and trade secrets, including noncompetition, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements
- Administrative proceedings before the EEOC and NLRB
- Wrongful discharge
- OSHA, ERISA, public works and prevailing wage law
- Affirmative Action and OFCCP audits
- Arbitration
For Referrers and Attorneys
Our Labor and Employment Litigation practice will help clients with a variety of issues—
Defense Of Wage And Hour And Class Actions
- Proper payment of overtime
- Wage statement and compliance
- Meal and rest break compliance
- Waiting time penalties
- PAGA
Defense Of Civil Rights, Harassment, Discrimination Claims Under State And Federal Law
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
- Title IX of the Civil Rights Act
- The Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA]
- The Age Discrimination in Employment Act [ADEA]
- 42 U.S.C. Section 1983
- The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- The Fair Employment and Housing Act [FEHA]
- The Unruh Civil Rights Act
- Violations of the Constitutional Rights to Free Speech, Due Process, Equal Protection
Defense of Charges in Administrative Proceedings— Equal Employment Opportunity [EEOC] and Department of Fair Employment and Housing [DFEH]
Representation of Employers at Administrative Law Hearings
- Civil Service Commission
- Commission on Professional Competence
- Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
Defense of State Tort Claims in the Employment Context
- Wrongful Termination
- Fraud
- Defamation
- Misrepresentation