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By leveraging our breadth of legal experience and combined resources, ZAG/S&W focuses on the practice areas most critical to our business clients' success. Our practice groups include:
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Our Employment & Benefits Group brings together experienced professionals with a wide range of backgrounds in the areas of human resources management, employment discrimination, regulatory compliance, ERISA litigation, tax and compensation planning and labor relations. Pooling our individual areas of expertise enables us to address the full range of legal and practical issues involved in the employer-employee relationship including:
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The formulation of effective and dependable procedures for everyday matters such as hiring and recruiting including pre-employment investigation and testing, employee handbooks, employment applications; offer letters and employment contracts and non-competition and confidentiality agreements
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Performance appraisal and terminations including litigation risk assessment, trade secret protection and continuation of benefits
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The development of creative strategies for coping with particular challenges, including sick or disabled employees, substance abuse in the workplace, sexual or other harassment and unionization campaigns
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Fast and cost-effective solutions for payroll practices, wage, hour, vacation and overtime issues, workers compensation, unemployment compensation and benefit issues
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Employment-related disputes and adversary proceedings, including issues of wrongful termination, discrimination, breach of contract, covenants not to compete and benefit claims
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Alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation and internal dispute resolution procedures |
For more information, please visit www.sandw.com or www.zag-law.com.
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