Patrick Bannon

(a) Defense of wage-and-hour cases, including: class and collective actions; suits by employees who claim they were wrongly treated as overtime exempt; claims by independent contractors who allege they should have been treated as employees; and actions by employees claiming that they were required to work off-the-clock. (b) Creation and enforcement of arbitration agreements. (c) Employee compensation advice, including advice about: equity compensation, commission plans, bonuses, and determining overtime-exempt or overtime-eligible status. (d) Drafting and negotiating employment agreements, including executive employment agreements, separation agreements and non-competition agreements. (e) Advice about employee performance management, leaves of absence, requests for accommodation, and discipline and termination.

ABA, L&E Section (speaker and member); Massachusetts Bar Association, Vice-Chair, L&E Section (2003-2004).

“No Hypocrisy In Getting To The Merits: Why Good Companies Want Arbitration—But Not Mass Arbitration—Of Employment Disputes” WLF Backgrounder (2022); "OT for IT: Which Information Technology Employees Are Entitled to Overtime Pay?" 42 Compensation &Benefits Review 142 (2010);"Bill Would Allow Unions to Expand At All Costs," Boston Globe (1/18/09).