Labor & Employment

When it comes to protecting investment in one's workforce, minimizing risks and positioning a company for maximum productivity and profitability, the experienced employment and labor lawyers at Lathrop GPM can help:

• Create proactive employment strategies and implement best practices and policies
• Navigate complicated labor issues
• Stay in compliance with the complex maze of federal, state and local employment regulations
• Manage immigration issues to help attract talent from other countries and avoid the immigration violations that lead to costly sanctions
• Respond swiftly and assertively when employment disputes arise, from defending discrimination and harassment to pursuing trade secret and noncompetition violations.

Lathrop GPM’s employment and labor attorneys have experience in almost every facet of employment and labor law, including:

• Employment litigation and disputes
• Employment advice
• Employee classification issues
• Employee leave and disability accommodation management
• Executive and other employment contracts
• Affirmative Action programs
• Anti-discrimination and anti-harassment guidance
• Criminal background and other investigative searches
• Drug testing regulations and policies
• Intellectual property protection
• Internal investigations and government audits
• Multistate and multinational services
• Social media considerations
• Harassment and discrimination training
• Wage-and-hour regulation compliance
• Whistle-blower and retaliation exposure management
• Workplace safety
• Workers’ compensation
• White collar crime