Employment Disputes & Counsel
Practice Area
Barton Black Law has extensive experience advising employers in all aspects of their employment and human resources matters, including significant litigation experience defending employers. Furthermore, Barton Black Law represents employees in disputes against or transactions/negotiations with their current/former employers.
- Employee Handbooks and Manuals
- Employer Policies and Procedures
- Human Resources Advice and Counsel
- Outsourced Human Resources Department
- Litigation Prevention and Risk Management
- 1099 vs W-2 Classification (i.e. Employee or Independent Contractor
- Exempt/Non-Exempt Classification for Overtime Purposes
- Employer Complaint/Grievance Processes
- Data Privacy Concerns-
- Protection of Trade Secrets
- Protection of Confidential Information
- Terminations and Discipline
- Hiring/Onboarding of New Employees
- Employment Agreements
- Independent Contractor Agreements
- Restrictive Covenant Agreements
- Terminations
- Severance Agreements
- Incentive Plans
- Commission Plans
- Stock Incentive Plans
- Employment Litigation
- Discrimination
- Retaliation
- Hostile Work Environment
- Whistleblower
- Employment Agreements
- Unemployment Benefits
- Pay Disputes
- Overtime/Wage & Hour
- 1099 vs. W2
- Unpaid Wages
- Unpaid Commissions
- Restrictive Covenant Disputes
- Injunctions
- Non-Competes
- Non-Solicits
- Non-Disclosures
- Trade Secret Disputes
- Injunctions
- Defend Trade Secrets Act
- Computer Trespass/Computer Theft
- Breaches of Fiduciary Duties
- Tortious Interference
- Conversion/Theft
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Arbitration
- Mediation