Labor Law – Is your company embroiled in labor disputes?
Employment Litigation – Has your company been sued?
Administrative Law – Is your company under investigation by a state or federal agency?
Legal Compliance – Does your company have questions about its legal rights and responsibilities?
Business Transactions and Operations – Is your company considering changes to its operations?
Labor Law – Is your company embroiled in labor disputes?
Our firm can assist you in:
- Responding to a union organizing campaign
- Preparing for a strike
- Minimizing disruptions caused by picketing
- Collective bargaining
- Representing your company in grievance and arbitration proceedings
- Representing your company in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, the Hawaii Labor Relations Board, or the National Mediation Board.
Employment Litigation – Has your company been sued?
Our litigation team is experienced in defending employers and managers against a wide variety of claims filed in Hawaii state and federal courts, including claims for:
- Sexual harassment
- Employment discrimination
- Retaliation
- Whistleblowing
- Wrongful termination
- Breach of contract
- Invasion of privacy
- Defamation, libel, and slander
- Emotional distress
- Pension plan litigation
Administrative Law – Is your company under investigation by a state or federal agency?
Our attorneys have represented employers in investigations and hearings instituted by the following government agencies, among others:
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Hawaii Civil Rights Commission
- Federal Department of Labor
- State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- National Labor Relations Board
- National Mediation Board
- Hawaii Labor Relations Board
- Hawaii Labor and Industrial Relations Appeal Board
Legal Compliance – Does your company have questions about its legal rights and responsibilities?
Our firm can help guide you through the growing framework of labor and employment laws. We have answered countless questions and have provided advice on such issues as:
- Collective bargaining and contract administration
- Wage and hour issues
- Substance abuse testing
- Criminal background checks
- Workplace violence
- Occupational safety and heath
- Sexual harassment
- Employment discrimination
- Accommodations for disabled employees
- Family, medical, and pregnancy leave
- Military leave
- Prepaid Health Care, Temporary Disability Insurance, and continued health care coverage under COBRA
- Employee discipline and discharge
- Non-compete agreements
Prevention and Risk Management – Is your company interested in proactive measures to reduce its risk of liability?
We believe that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We can assist you in:
- Drafting (or updating) employee handbooks
- Drafting (or updating) employment policies
- Drafting executive contracts
- Training your managers on key employment issues
- Training your employees on your company’s harassment and discrimination policy
- Creating compensation programs
- Auditing your employment policies and practices for compliance with federal and state law
- Investigating employee complaints
Government Employers and Contractors – Are you dealing with issues unique to government employers and contractors?
We can help your company comply with special laws that apply to government employers and contractors. Some of the more common laws include:
- Executive Order 11246 (which requires affirmative action programs for government contractors)
- Davis-Bacon (which requires government contractors to pay “prevailing wages” to employees who perform work on government projects)
Business Transactions and Operations – Is your company considering changes to its operations?
Our firm can help guide your company through challenging times. We are prepared to assist you in:
- Providing notice under the state Dislocated Workers Act and the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
- Addressing labor and employment issues that arise in the context of a sale, transfer, acquisition or change of control of a business
- Preparing for and implementing a reorganization or reduction in force
- Implementing severance programs
