Employment Law: Employer

Sacramento Labor and Employment Law Lawyers

Representing Employers in Claim Prevention, Litigation, and Administrative Proceedings

At Millstone, Peterson & Watts, LLP, we are experienced providers of labor and employment law services to both public and private employers. Our attorneys offer “virtual in-house counsel” to companies needing litigation avoidance, defend clients against any type of employment and labor law lawsuit, and represent employers in administrative proceedings.

Virtual In-House Counsel

Our attorneys practice proactive “claim prevention” by formulating and implementing employment policies that are hand-crafted to fit our clients’ unique workplaces. We assess and incorporate the training of supervisors and managers at all levels, and provide tailor-made, day-to-day advice on risk management and minimizing exposure. Our labor and employment law services accompany our assistance of companies in business contacts and transactions.

Labor and Employment Litigation

When litigation is involved, our attorneys have extensive experience in defending employment-related lawsuits of all kinds, including wrongful termination, wage and hour, breach of contract, violation of privacy, and defamation claims. We have extensive employment litigation experience in state and federal court, and in private arbitration and mediation proceedings.

Our chief Sacramento labor and employment law lawyer, Jeremy Millstone, has compiled tremendous experience in litigation and appeals. His past cases include the defense of a class action lawsuit against a major overnight delivery company for alleged minimum wage and overtime violations, and the defense of sexual harassment charges against a major Sacramento-based construction firm filed by a former employee with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing. (For a comprehensive list of our lawyers’ cases, please visit the cases of interest page.)

Administrative Proceedings

We also represent employers in administrative proceedings before local civil service boards and commissions, as well as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), the Employment Development Department (EDD), the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB), and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

In all, our Sacramento employment law lawyers provide a wide range of services, including:

• employee handbooks and other personnel policies
• employment contracts, especially for executives and managers
• compliance with state and federal laws governing employment, including the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), the Pregnancy Disability Leave Act (PDL), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Title VII), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
• disciplinary action against public civil service employees
• hiring and firing employees and managing high-risk terminations
• severance and release agreements
• arbitration agreements
• proper classification of employees for overtime and tax purposes
• prevention of sex, race, and other unlawful harassment and discrimination claims through training and day-to-day advice
• investigation of workplace harassment and discrimination claims
• privacy issues in the workplace, such as monitoring computer and Internet use, drug testing, conducting workplace searches, background checks, and managing office romance
• prevention of workplace violence
• medical and personal leaves of absence, workers’ compensation, and disabilities in the workplace, including whether and how to reasonably accommodate employees
• non-solicitation and confidentiality agreement to protect proprietary information, trade secrets, inventions, and customers
• labor implications of mergers and asset acquisitions
• workers compensation appeals
• investigation of defamation of character claims

Please fill out our employment law intake form or visit the Millstone, Peterson & Watts, LLP contact page to receive more information about our services.

For information about recent developments in labor and employment law, please visit our Employment Law News page.

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