Employment & Workplace
The law firm’s Employment & Workplace practice group provides advisory, litigation and transactional legal services to clients nationwide. No matter the scale or complexity, our employment attorneys stand ready to partner with clients to achieve their objectives and secure positive legal outcomes. The law firm’s commitment to excellence and deep legal experience allows our attorneys to provide counsel across a broad range of employment-related matters.
The team is experienced in helping clients manage risk in the workplace by advising on current and developing local, state, and federal legislation and regulations, as well as providing general risk management counsel in the employment relationship.
Our employment attorneys are prepared to represent clients in employment-related proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Kansas Human Rights Commission, the Missouri Human Rights Commission, the Department of Labor and related state tribunals, as well as before federal and state courts, both on an individual, class and collective action basis.
In every client interaction, we are committed to understanding our clients’ business, their objectives and their goals, allowing us to collaborate with our clients to develop effective, legally informed, business solutions.
Practice Group Attorneys
Areas of Experience
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Application of State and Federal Consumer Protection Laws
- Crisis Management
- DEI Initiatives
- Dispute Resolution: Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation
- Employee Relations
- Employment Agreements
- Employment Litigation, Individual, Class and Collective Actions
- Employment Policies
- Equal Pay Act (EPA)
- Executive Compensation
- Executive Employment Agreements
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- General Counsel Services
- Handbooks
- Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA)
- Independent Contractor Agreement
- Internal Investigations
- Leave Management
- Mergers and Acquisition Employment Matters
- Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
- Policies and Procedures
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)
- Preventative Employment Law Training
- Reductions in the Workforce
- Regulatory Investigations
- Reorganizations and Corporate Restructuring
- Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation)
- Retaliation
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)
- Severance Agreements
- Termination of Employment
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)
- Wage & Hour Compliance
- Whistleblower Protections
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
- Worker Classification
- Wrongful and Retaliatory Discharges
- And More