Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn
provides cost-effective advice and representation
to its clients regarding employment issues. The firm
is able to provide guidance for hiring and termination
decisions as well as drafting of employee handbooks
suited for a client’s particular needs in an
effort to avoid or minimize liability. The firm also
provides seminars regarding current employment laws.
In the event of litigation, SPS&R provides
efficient, responsive representation at administrative
levels (e.g., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC), United States Department of Labor (DOL) and
Louisiana’s Office of Worker’s Compensation),
arbitration, and at state and federal trial and appellate
court levels.
This group provides a wide variety of services,
including the following:
- Employee Manuals and Handbooks (including Policies
for Substance Abuse, Vacation and Maternity Leave):
Drafting, Advising, and Enforcement Issues.
- Supervisor Training: Sexual Harassment and Other
Discrimination Issues
- Employment Contracts, including Non-Competition
Agreements: Drafting and Litigation
- General Personnel Advice: Hiring and firing
decisions; compliance with state and federal employment
laws reductions in force
- Employment Discrimination Litigation: includes
representation before the following groups:
the
EEOC, state and local human rights commissions,
and state and federal courts for claims under Title
VII, Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Age Discrimination
in Employment Act (ADEA), Family Medical Leave
Act (FMLA), Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act (USERRA), and related state anti-discrimination
laws
- Wrongful Termination and Retaliatory Discharge
Litigation
- Wage and Hour Litigation
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Litigation: Defense against recovery claims.
- Worker’s Compensation Litigation: Defense
of Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation
and Louisiana Worker’s Compensation claims.
- Unemployment Compensation Hearings
- Representation of Professional Employer Organization
(PEO’s)
|
