Employment Law

Conflicts in the workplace are inevitable and may arise in any of the areas listed below. Often disputes can be avoided by taking proactive steps and implementing training and other preventive measures to address and manage the potential roots of the conflict before the situations escalate into disputes.  

Should situations develop into disputes, employers and employees have choices and options for dealing with those disputes, and resolving them in ways that are better suited to their specific situations and circumstances.  Not only are the Zeytoonian Center's approaches designed by intention to resolve the dispute, but are responsive to what matters most to parties in employment disputes:  cost efficiency, speed, preservation of important relationships, minimal loss of productivity and disruption in the workplace and no reputational damage.  And they can maintain control over the process used as well as the determinations of which options will best resolve the matter.

Our focus on dispute resolution in employment matters includes the following areas:

• Discrimination
• Workplace harassment
• Sexual harassment
• Reasonable (religious and disability) accommodation issues
• Family, medical and military leave
• Wrongful termination or other adverse actions
• Non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements
• Employment & severance agreements
• Employment-related contracts
• Wage and hour issues

The Center’s focus is also proactive and preventive, working with employers, businesses and organizations to put measures into place to prevent disputes from arising.  Our proactive services include the following:

• Employment audits of manuals, hiring practices, policies and procedures
• Preventive training in discrimination, harassment, internal investigations
• Ongoing proactive counsel and advisories
• Ombuds services for workplaces or organizations
• Drafting and review of employment-related contracts and agreements