Labor & Employment

California's management leaders confront the considerable challenge of complying with labor and employment laws on a daily basis.  Regular changes in California and federal laws continue to expand employee rights and create additional liabilities for employers, requiring businesses and public enterprises to manage human resources more effectively and with greater sensitivity.  FAB's Labor and Employment Group offers proactive business and legal strategies to ensure both legal compliance and a productive workforce.  When employee-related claims arise, FAB works efficiently to use the tools of the litigation process to move disputes toward an effective resolution - ideally before they go to trial.

FAB's Labor and Employment Group represents companies and individuals in defense of litigation involving human resources management, labor-management relations, employment contracts and employee benefits.  We represent clients in both federal and state courts, as well as before the California Labor Commissioner, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board.

The Labor and Employment Group also offers clients customized supervisor, manager and employee training in all aspects of employment law, including prevention of workplace harassment, discrimination and violence as well as hiring and management issues.

What FAB's Labor & Employment Practice Group Can Do For You

  • Employment-related Civil Litigation involving

    • Employment discrimination and harassment
    • Unpaid wages (including class actions)
    • Wrongful termination, constructive discharge
    • Negligent hiring and supervision
    • Defamation, invasion of privacy 
    • Temporary restraining orders and injunctions for employers and threatened employees

  • Labor-Management Relations

    • Employer representation at unfair labor practice hearings
    • Arbitration of grievances filed by and against labor unions or employees
    • Negotiation and drafting of collective bargaining agreements
    • Responses to union organizing and decertification petitions
    • Advice regarding informational picketing, strike preparation and lockouts
    • Injunctions for halting or limiting mass picketing and violence, unlawful strikes, secondary boycotts and illegal handbilling

  • Administrative Agency Proceedings

    • Discrimination, harassment and retaliation charges before state and federal agencies
    • Workers' compensation claims for serious and willful misconduct and/or discrimination claims under Labor Code Section 132a
    • Unemployment insurance claims 
    • Unpaid wage and overtime claims

  • Advice and Consultation on Human Resource Matters for Employers

    • Employee handbooks, manuals, policies, practices and guidelines
    • Discipline and termination of employees
    • Reductions in force, layoffs and early retirement
    • Company mergers, acquisitions and closures
    • Workplace health and safety concerns
    • Non-competition agreements, proprietary and confidential information protections and unfair competition