Areas of Practice



We focus on the following areas of practice:
Labor Relations Practice Group
Resources
- Effective strategies for handling corporate campaigns, brand protection issues, and boycotts
- Counter-organizational campaigns
- Negotiation of Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Operating under Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Strike preparedness strategies
- Labor Relations Strategies for Workforce Mergers/Acquisitions
Representation in State and Federal Labor Boards and Courts
- Unfair Labor Practices charges
- Representational proceedings (elections)
- Jurisdictional disputes
- Back pay procedures
- Enforcement procedures
Advocacy and Defense; Representation in State Labor Boards and Courts
- Representation before the National Labor Relations Board
- California Agricultural Labor Relations Board
- Arizona Employee Relations Board
Employment Practices Defense and Counseling Group
Resources
- Day to Day Counseling: Discipline, Termination, Compensation, and Management Issues
- Employee Handbooks
- Comprehensive Internal Compliance Audits
- Wage and Hour Issues
- Safety Policies, Practices and Workplace Security
- Managing Farm Labor Contractor Relationships
- Employment Contracts and Severance Agreements
- Trade Secrets/ Intellectual Property Protection
- Strategic Planning
- Due Diligence
- Wage Surveys
Representation in State and Courts
- Complex Class Action litigation
- Wage and Hour litigation
- Wrongful Termination
- Sexual Harassment
- Civil Rights/Discrimination
Administrative Practice
- State Labor Boards
- State Labor Commissioner
- US Department of Labor
- DFEH
- EEOC
- OSHA
Advocacy & Defense; Representation in State and Federal Courts
- Harassment and Discrimination Complaints
- Wrongful Discharge
- Wage Claims (California Labor Commissioner and U.S. Department of Labor)
- Class Action Lawsuits / Complex Wage and Hour Litigation
- Cal/OSHA Appeals
- Fair Housing Claims
- Litigation of Unfair Labor Practice Charges
- Grievance Arbitrations
Management Development Series TM
Raising the Bar in Human Resource Management
We offer the following training modules as well as customized training for your organization:
- All in the Family: What Happens When You Hire a Village
- An Employer's Guide to Employee Manuals and Handbooks
- Art and Science of Employee Polling
- Conducting Workplace Investigations
- Cyberspace Policies for Your Company
- Drugs, Sex & Violence in the Workplace
- Game Plans for Surprise Visits by Government Agencies
- Heat Illness Training
- Immigration Trends and Strategies
- Joint Employer Liability
- Labor and Employment Law Compliance and Planning Strategies
- Maintaining a Union Free Environment
- Management Guide to Winning Union Organizing Campaigns
- Negotiating the Bermuda Triangle (ADA, FMLA, & Workers' Compensation)
- Preventing and Defending Employment Discrimination Charges