Specific Practice & Industry Groups Details:
Statement of Practice Summary:
Provide Labor and Employment Advice, Training and Counseling; Litigate in all State and Federal Courts, and proceedings before Administrative Agencies. Represent Employers in Class and Collective Actions, Employment Discrimination Actions (e.g. FEHA, CFRA, Title VII, ADEA, ADA and FMLA), Non Compete, Unfair Competition and Trade Secret Litigation, Wage and Hour Litigation (State and Federal), and Employee Benefits, WARN Act and Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) matters.
Documents by Lawyers at this office
Do Your Health and Wellness Plans Violate GINA?Stephanie Alden Smithey, Timothy J. Stanton, October 6, 2009
Many employers with wellness programs that use health risk assessments will have to modify their assessments to avoid running afoul of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), under final interim regulations set to appear in the Federal Register on October 7, 2009.
Legislation Expands Mental Health Obligations for Employer PlansTimothy J. Stanton, Stephanie Alden Smithey, December 13, 2008, previously published by
The Employment Law Authority on November 18, 2008
Beginning with 2010 plan years, employer health plans and group health insurers will no longer be able to impose separate financial requirements or treatment limitations on mental health or substance use disorder benefits, under new mental health parity provisions contained in the economic bailout...
Seventh Circuit Finds Surveillance Proper In Fraud InvestigationMatthew S. Effland, December 13, 2008, previously published by
The Employment Law Authority on November 18, 2008
A federal appellate court recently dismissed a lawsuit brought by an employee who was working at her husband's lawn-mowing business while on intermittent medical leave from her employer.
Representative Clients:
Adessa, Inc.; AT&T; BAA Indianapolis, LLC; Bayer Corporation; Boston Scientific; CVS Pharmacy, Inc.; Cingular Wireless; Clarian Health Partners; ConAgra Foods, Inc.; Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.; Home Depot; International Truck and Engine Corporation; Kraft Foods, Inc.; The Kroger Co.; Liquid Transport Corp.; Meijer, Inc.; Merrill Lynch; Miller Pipeline Corporation; National Wine and Spirits, Inc.; SBC Communications; Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.; Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc.; Sysco Corporation; Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., Inc.; Tractor Supply Company; Tyco; U.S. Foodservice, Inc.