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Employment Law
Group Leader: Kathy
Worm
Hutchison Law Group advises and represents employers and individual executives in a wide variety of employment related matters. This assistance includes the offer process and negotiation of employment agreements, compensation issues, reviews and performance improvement issues, terminations and reductions in force.
We help prepare employee handbooks and to craft and implement policies designed to avoid employment related claims. We have extensive experience representing individual executives in negotiating employment agreements and provide counsel on release and severance agreements. Hutchison Law Group emphasizes proactive employment advice, well in advance of any proposed action or likely disagreement. We understand the critical relationship between the employer and its most valuable asset, employees.
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- Hiring practices
- Personnel policies and employee handbooks to govern such issues as employee conduct, discipline, compensation and benefits
- Compensation issues
- Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act
- Alcohol and drug policies
- Sexual and other harassment issues and policies
- Reductions in force
- Record keeping requirements
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- The distinction between independent contractors and employees
- Violence in the workplace
- Wage and hour issues
- Noncompete agreements and trade secret protection
- Retaliation
- Background investigations
- Release and severance agreements
- Executive compensation
- Stock option plans and other benefits
- 409A compliance
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