Employment Counseling & Litigation
ZAG/S&W helps employers comply with their legal requirements and create a positive working environment. Our proactive employment counseling helps companies develop effective policies to deal with allegations of employment discrimination and sexual harassment, implement employee discipline and discharge procedures, draft employment policies and employee handbooks, prepare executive contracts and conduct on-site employment law training for managers and employees. When necessary, we litigate non-competition cases and all other types of employment-related cases in state and federal courts.
Representative Client Work
- Helped a public company make a complete review and reclassification of its workforce under the revised FLSA regulations
- Saved a dairy company $1 million in back pay by successfully arguing to the Department of Labor that certain employees were exempt from overtime requirements
- Worked with a Fortune 500 company to draft 13 affirmative action plans under revised regulations
- Provided company-wide sexual harassment training to a mutual fund company
- Established the enforceability of a non-competition covenant against a portfolio manager of an investment management company — an industry first
News
- June 17, 2011
Feds Protecting Online Criticism of Workplaces
Boston Business Journal
Events
- June 20, 2012 (8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.)
Annual Seminar for HR and Benefits Professionals - April 24-27, 2012
Administrative Mistakes & How to Fix Them - March 21, 2012 (8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.)
DOL & IRS Correction Programs - March 16, 2012 (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Drinking from the ESOP Fountain - January 24, 2012 (12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
Sleep Better at Night: Using IRS and DOL Correction Programs for Retirement Plans - October 20-21, 2011
"MAINELY ESOPS" - Annual Fall Conference - September 22, 2011 (1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
Plan Correction Programs - June 30, 2011 (12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
Part III: Cross-Border Employment Law Matters: Employee Non-Competition Arrangements, Disability Issues and Open Forum - June 21, 2011 (8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.)
Annual Seminar for Benefits Professionals - May 26, 2011 (8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Requirements: Form 5500 . . . and Beyond! - March 4, 2011
Selecting an ESOP Valuation Firm - October 21-22, 2010
ESOPs: Get a Clue
Publications
- October 27, 2011
IRS Announces Key 2012 Indexed Limits
Benefits Brief - October 5, 2011
Reminder of New, Earlier Deadline for Medicare Part D Notice
Benefits Brief - October 3, 2011
IRS Announces New Employee Classification Settlement Program
Client Advisory - January 19, 2011
Month-End Benefits Reminders and 2011 Changes
Client Advisory - December 27, 2010
2010 Employment Law Wrap-up
Client Advisory - August 12, 2010
HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules Update
Benefits Brief - May 6, 2010
Yet Another COBRA Subsidy Extension Requires Immediate Employer Action
Benefits Brief - March 25, 2010
Latest COBRA Subsidy Extension Requires Immediate Employer Action
Benefits Brief - January 22, 2010
New COBRA Subsidy Extension Requires Prompt Employer Action
Benefits Brief - January 20, 2010
Month-End Benefits Reminders
Benefits Brief - December 21, 2009
New Tax Return Requirement for Certain Group Health Plan Mandates
Benefits Brief - November 24, 2009
2009 Required Minimum Distributions - Transition Relief Ends November 30, 2009
Benefits Brief - November 9, 2009
IRS Announces Key 2010 Indexed Limits
Benefits Brief - June 12, 2009
Code Section 457A Requires Immediate Attention by Certain Sponsors of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements
Client Advisory - April 17, 2009
COBRA Subsidy and Other Benefits Developments
Client Advisory - February 26, 2009
Stimulus Package Contains Complicated COBRA Subsidy Provisions
Client Advisory - January 26, 2009
Month-End Benefits Reminder
Client Advisory - August 2, 2007
A Question-and-Answer Guide to Code Section 409A
Client Advisory