EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

There is no question that the explosion of employment laws is paralyzing the workplace and the managers who try to comply with them. Many managers feel they need a sophisticated GPS system just to maintain the agency's personnel system, let alone be proactive.

Linda can help you plot the best course.... She has spent her entire career helping employers unravel the intricacies of employment laws and develop strategies and implementation paths that resolve employment issues, particularly those involving multiple claims. Linda's extensive experience can assist managers in resolving those "multiple claims" situations, such as when an employee who files a harassment claim has also received a poor performance review and a disciplinary reprimand, and may eventually file a workers' compensation stress claim, a claim for leave under the FMLA or CFRA, and/or a claim of retaliation because of treatment allegedly received after these claims were filed.

Linda’s experience includes:

• Providing advice and representation regarding discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and/or disability accommodation issues before the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and preparing the employer's response to such claims
  
  
• Providing investigation and assessment of multiple, related employment claims and developing an all-inclusive settlement
  
  
• Representing employers before the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
  
  
• Representing employers in administrative and court-litigated matters involving wrongful discharge, violation of civil rights and retaliation