Labor & Employment

McLane's Employment Law Practice Group
PERSONNEL PARTNERS^Ò

Employment laws can raise some of the most troublesome issues for your business. McLane's Labor & Employment Law Group has the expertise and commitment to help you manage your workplace. Our risk management approach and client-focused responsiveness help you to ensure compliance with state and federal laws and prevent personnel problems before they arise. When lawsuits occur, our experienced employment litigators bring a wealth of knowledge and skills to defend your organization, and resolve disputes successfully and within your budget.

Each client's needs are unique. We are committed to knowing your organization and delivering services that fit your specialized business strategy and financial objectives. Through experience-based counseling and clear communication, we develop lasting partnerships with our clients. We are your personnel partners™.

Managing Workplace Issues

We partner with our clients to design and implement problem-avoidance measures tailored to each client's business needs. The techniques we use include: focused workplace audits; company-specific policy development and maintenance; strategic workforce training; timely workplace investigations; targeted employment agreements; and day-to-day responsive consultation services. Our risk management approach also minimizes your legal costs by addressing critical and sensitive personnel matters promptly and effectively. In short, we represent your organization by understanding your workforce and business, implementing measures to avoid problems, and promptly resolving issues that do arise.

Our experienced employment lawyers handle complicated employment law compliance matters for a wide variety of manufacturing, service, educational and technology businesses. We have substantial experience in the following areas: discrimination; harassment; disability; data privacy; family and medical leave; military leave; drug testing; federal and state regulatory compliance; OSHA; wage and hour; reductions in force; immigration; non-compete and employment agreements; ERISA; COBRA; data security; records management; and other benefits and personnel-related laws.

No matter what your business, our goal is to protect your organization through proactive risk management counseling. We also utilize the diversity of talent from other departments in the firm to offer comprehensive representation for businesses.

We invite you to review the menu of our Risk Management Services.

For further information on how we can assist you, please contact Jennifer L. Parent, Chair of the Labor & Employment Group, at jennifer.parent@mclane.com.