Practice Areas

Employment and Labor Law is a very broad area of the law that encompasses hundreds of legal issues that arise in the workplace and is governed by a complex mix of federal, state, and local laws. The following are but a few of the more commonly litigated issues that arise in the American workplace today with which we assist clients:

Overtime Pay
"Last Paycheck" / Unpaid Wages and Benefits
"Non-Compete" Agreements
Discrimination
Retaliation
Family Medical Leave Act Issues (FMLA)
Harassment
Wrongful Termination
Whistleblower
Defamation
Consumer-Debtor Rights under the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
Unemployment Compensation

We represent employees with:  


• "Wage & Hour" claims, including overtime pay violations; minimum wage pay violations; retaliation for employee complaints regarding overtime pay; improper paycheck deductions; unpaid last paycheck claims; failure to compensate employees for on-call, waiting, and “down” time; and other legal issues relating to the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and Florida wage law. 

• Retaliation for having complained of discriminatory treatment, unsafe conditions, illegal activity, lack of overtime pay, lack of reasonable accommodation, or for having engaged in other “protected activities” (those employee activities for which an employer may not retaliate against the employee. 

• Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") issues



We represent and assist employers with:


• Cases involving race; age; gender or sex; pregnancy; national origin; disability; sexual orientation; religion; and marital status discrimination. 

• Defense of discrimination and harassment suits/administrative proceedings/state and federal agency investigations. 

• Family and Medical Leave Act litigation defense and compliance advice. 

• Sexual Harassment and hostile work environment claims. 

• Defense of whistleblower, ADA, employer liability suits. 

• Review of company compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Equal Pay Act, ERISA, and other statutes. 

• EEOC employer position statements; representation before the EEOC, Florida Commission on Human Relations, county boards, and the Public Employees Relations Commission. 

• Whistleblower claims.


We can also assist clients with:


• Reviewing and Drafting Employee/Personnel Policies, Manuals and Handbooks. 

• Drafting of separation Agreements, covenants not to compete, and general releases. 

• Labor disputes, claims of unfair labor practices, and issues involving the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA). 

• Negligent retention and supervision of employees and managers. 

• Employment-related defamation (such as false accusations of theft, misconduct, workplace violence, sexual harassment, or discrimination); 

• Separation agreements and covenants not to compete. 

• Employee rights, privacy, illegal wiretapping, drug testing, polygraph refusal. 

• Employee/ independent contractor classification issues. 

• Federal Debt Collection Acts (FDCPA) claims.