We assist clients in setting up and maintaining effective employee relations programs designed to minimize the risk of litigation in areas of:
Even the best employment counseling cannot prevent all disputes from occurring, however. We practice and counsel before EEOC and state and local human rights departments in areas of discrimination based upon race, sex, age, disability, and non-compliance with family and medical leave laws.
Our lawyers have successfully defended state law contract claims related to employee handbooks and claims for wrongful termination, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress alleged to have arisen out of employment termination.
We can represent you in claims regarding:
Age, Sex, Religious, Race and National Origin Discrimination | Wrongful Termination |
Americans with Disabilities Act | Retaliatory Discharge |
Family and Medical Leave Act | Illinois Human Rights Act |
Sexual Harassment | Cook County Human Rights Ordinance |
Wage and Hour Disputes | Chicago Human Rights Ordinance |
Workplace Violence | Non-Compete Agreements and Restraints |
Unemployment Compensation | Tortious Interference |
Workers Compensation | Defamation |
Malicious Prosecution |
These services include the design, implementation, administration, and termination of employee benefit and executive compensation plans.
The employee benefits plans we create and maintain are designed to attract superior talent, save fees and taxes, reduce health care costs, create employee loyalty, and provide benefits to owner-employees, including:
The benefit plans we create for our clients are compliant from the outset. But when a new client brings us a plan that has fallen out of compliance, we take action to correct the operational defects to avoid negative consequences and preserve the benefits of the plan.
We advise, counsel, and inform plan sponsors and participants on the legal aspects of plan administration, the interpretation of plan terms, duties of plan fiduciaries, claims for benefits, discrimination testing, qualified domestic relations orders (“QDROs”), partial terminations, and reporting and disclosure rules.
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